AHT4210 · History of art in public space

Overview

This unit is based around four key topics that examine the historical and theoretical constructions of the public and publicness, including notions of the public sphere in political thought, the various forms of the digital public, the shifting notion of site specificity in visual art practice and Indigenous constructions of public space. In this unit you will participate in lectures by significant artists and industry figures working in public art and space today as well as attend field trips to various public art sites around Melbourne.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Examine the historical and theoretical constructions of the public and publicness through the lenses of politics, the digital, site specificity, and Indigenous perspectives;
2. Explore the works of significant artists and industry figures working in public art in Australia and abroad;
3. Critically discuss public art practice in a wider context, with consideration of the impact on local and international communities.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study, or equivalent.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.