Course Title: Conceive, develop and realise exhibition designs
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: LIBR5011C
Course Title: Conceive, develop and realise exhibition designs
School: 340T Art
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5234 - Diploma of Visual Art
Course Contact : Jennifer Cabraja
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4472
Course Contact Email:TAFEArt@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Julia Powles - julia.powles@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to undertake the complete exhibition design process, from initial conception of ideas to the final realisation of the design. In this course, you will learn how to prepare, develop and realise small exhibitions in response to a conceptual brief. Students are introduced to the practical aspects of designing a collaborative exhibition. You are encouraged to question the role of artist as curator and are required to underpin their exhibition design with strong conceptual/theoretical content.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CULMS008B Conceive, develop and realise exhibition designs |
Learning Outcomes
<style type="text/css">@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Courier New"; }@font-face { font-family: "Times"; }@font-face { font-family: "Wingdings"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; }p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, li.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast, div.MsoListParagraphCxSpLast { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }ol { margin-bottom: 0cm; }ul { margin-bottom: 0cm; }</style>
On successful completion of this course, you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate your competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
This Unit of Competency will be delivered through a series of small group exhibitions. Students in each group will respond to an exhibition brief, or conceptual premise, and after consultation within their group students will design and install a coherent and conceptually relevant exhibition. the design process will be documented. The exhibition will be peer reviewed and a written evaluation will be made. Students will keep an exhibition notebook which will be presented for assessment.
Teaching Schedule
Week 1: Orientation
Week 2: Introduction to the Subject.
Week 3-6: Students work in consultation with staff on their exhibition design. the design process is documented.
Week 7-16: Exhibition Calendar.
Week 17- 18: Assessment
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment is on-going throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include:
A range of assessment methods will be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. Theses assessment methods include:
- direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence
- performance by the candidate
- evaluation of an exhibition design
- has been responsible in terms of meeting concept and resource practicality
- evaluation of reports which demonstrate the processes used in developing and realising the creative concept, including challenges faced and how these were resolved
- oral or written questioning aimed at evaluating the processes used in developing and realising the creative concept.
An assessment charter summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers
Assessment Tasks
Assessment will be via the submission of the following items:
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION FOLDER:
All exhibition idea development and design must be documented in the form of either notes, drawing and photographs. There must be evidence of research.
NOTEBOOK:
In the exhibition notebook students must have a written review of each of the group exhibitions presented throughout the semester. Each review must be a minimum of 300 words.
Assessment Matrix
Course Overview: Access Course Overview