Course Title: Performance and Live Art

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Performance and Live Art

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

VART3504

City Campus

Undergraduate

340H Art

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016,
Sem 2 2017

Course Coordinator: Dr Martine Corompt

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 2955

Course Coordinator Email: Martine.Corompt@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 2.3.9

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

In this practical course you will explore a range of performance traditions and strategies drawing from historical and contemporary art. You will examine key aspects of Performance Art including the body, gesture, process, collaboration, audience/spectatorship, liveness, time and spatial dynamics to develop and stage your own performance works.

The history of performance draws on the collaborative traditions of 20th Century avant-garde movements such as Dada, Futurism and Conceptualism. It incorporates and combines strategies of improvisation, intervention, visual art, dramaturgy, choreography, voice, and events in the public realm.  Performance can be understood as a way of engaging directly with the social world, the audience, the specifics of a space, the artistic process and the politics of identity.

 

You will also explore artists’ ideas, movements, philosophies, styles, periods, technologies and methods in relation to performance, which will help to form your own creative responses.




Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

In this course you will develop the following RMIT Capabilities:

  • Create and utilise a blend of digital and human skills, tools and emerging technologies to learn, solve problems, innovate, communicate and collaborate.
  • Establish and continue to grow and apply disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise in real life contexts and as life-long learners.


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

    1. explore, experiment and develop performance based artworks from a creative, ethical, safe, and sustainable perspective
    2. engage with key historical and contemporary Performance Art ideas and processes in the development and realisation of your own creative outcomes
    3. consider the role of the body, collaboration, site and audience in the creation of performance artworks
    4. develop appropriate methods for documenting, translating and archiving your work in relation to issues of temporality.
    5. critically reflect upon the process and outcomes of your own work and the work of others.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will engage in a range of practical hands-on learning activities such as themed provocations, collaborative activities and workshops, using props, costumes, materials and the conditions of site to generate performative responses.

You will be asked to consider the ethical, sustainable and safety implications of your performance projects as well as audience engagement.

Other learning activities may include lectures, artist’s talks, observing demonstrations, visiting galleries and sites, reflective writing, group discussions, peer reviews, and individual discussion on your projects. Some of your learning will be collaborative, however at other times you will be expected to engage in independent experiments.


You will receive verbal and/or written feedback from academic staff and peers through presentations, group and individual tutorials on your work. You will also have access to online materials, and readings through Canvas.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

Detailed learning resources will be available on Canvas 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the learning outcomes of this course and on your development against the program capabilities. Your work will be assessed progressively throughout the semester and may consist of collaborative works, individual creative works that relate to your studio practice, reflective writing, presentations, practice-based research folios, critiques of methods and processes, and peer reviews.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Experimental Works and Research (40%) [CLO1, CLO2, CLO3]

Assessment Task 2: Resolved Works and Research (40%) [CLO1, CLO2, CLO3]

Assessment Task 3: Archiving and Critical reflection on Processes and Artworks (20%) [CLO4, CLO5]

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Studio Coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

An assessment charter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document.