Course Title: Printmaking the Multiple 1A

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Printmaking the Multiple 1A

Credit Points: 12


Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

VART1899

City Campus

Undergraduate

340H Art

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2011

Course Coordinator: Richard Harding

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1035

Course Coordinator Email:richard.harding@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bld 49.2.11

Course Coordinator Availability: Via Appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

 You will be introduced to the unique possibilities offered by printmaking’s inherent capacity for duplication and multiplication, focussing on monoprint (utilising stencils) and intaglio (collagraph) processes. Notions of repetition, variation, mirroring, inversion, layering and residue will inform the conceptual foundations of the work, which in turn will be developed further through explorations of process, materiality and multiple states.The course is also designed to motivate and involve students in analytical thinking about visual perceptions, and to engage in objective evaluation and study. Set projects will address ideas and concepts, materials and methods of production, the role of presentation, and health and safety issues within the print studio.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

You will develop a level of technical competence in a range of printmaking processes as well as develop an understanding of the unique aesthetic and conceptual possibilities offered by print media, particularly its inherent capacity for duplication. Studio sessions will enable you to investigate conceptual and aesthetic problems to increase an awareness of and give expression to projects, and to develop safe handling techniques. You will also be encouraged to develop working and thinking methodologies that assist in extending conceptual parameters and establishing research skills, as well as establish an understanding of printmaking’s role within contemporary art practice and the conceptual ramifications and possibilities of the multiple.



Overview of Learning Activities

Learning will essentially be studio based via practical class demonstrations and individual consultation with the lecturer. The three set projects presented by the lecturer will cover a number of printmaking processes and encourage an investigation of the aesthetic and conceptual possibilities of the multiple in contemporary art practice. Students will also conduct individual visual and technical research and be introduced to written and verbal means of articulating visual projects.


Overview of Learning Resources

You will have access to professional standard printmaking facilities, a selected range of supplies and equipment, and full time technical staff. RMIT is in close proximity to a broad range of Melbourne galleries and cultural venues, and professional printmaking workshops and suppliers are also readily accessible. All students have access to RMIT Library online and hardcopy resources, with the State Library being on RMIT’s doorstep.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is via folio submission, and is conducted by an assessment panel made up of at least two first year lecturers and a moderator. Details will be available through the lecturer prior to the time of assessment.
The final folio of work should demonstrate technical competence and critical engagement. Back up work should demonstrate both technical and conceptual experimentation, as well as engagement with contemporary art practice.