Syllabus

COURSE FORMAT: 4 instructional hours/week and 1.5 lab hours/week for 15 weeks

Start time: Tuesday 3:30pm

COURSE PREREQUISITE:  SART 190

RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP COURSE:  SART 290

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

General: This course expands on multi-disciplinary approaches to art making developed in Media Art I. It provides students with hands-on production experience and exposes them to both historical and contemporary theories and practices. 

Students develop a critical awareness of national and international art practices while discussing and creating art from a critical perspective.

Students gain an appreciation of the diverse possibilities for art production through exposure to a range of technologies, processes and art making strategies. 

Instructional: Students learn black and white chemical photography, digital imaging, and new genre public art, as they relate to the visual arts.

Media are investigated through both studio production and academic research and presentation.

Students explore course content through research presentations, individual and collaborative projects, visual presentations of related artwork, technical demonstrations, class critiques and discussions.

REQUIRED TEXT:  Media Art II course pack assembled by instructor, available in Bookstore.

EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES:  The College will be able to supply some basic material requirements for the course. However, students should anticipate supplying most of their material needs. Some supplies will be available for purchase from the instructor.

Students should expect to incur costs from $100-$200 for basic supplies including personal darkroom tools, black and white film and photo paper, digital printing, and external film processing costs. Students will also determine some of their own materials.

It is an asset if students can provide their own SLR cameras, digital cameras and laptops, but it is not compulsory.

EVALUATION PROFILE:

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Black and White Chemical Photography

2. Digital Imaging

3. New Genre Public Art

Students are required to devote a minimum of 4 hours per week outside of class time to the completion of assignments.

Studio Art assignments will be assessed according to the following considerations. The following 5 categories will be weighted equally.

Concept: Concept is defined as: content development, depth of exploration of subject matter, and progression of ideas.

Understanding: Understanding is defined as: suitability of work produced as a response to the assignment, and a general understanding of one’s own work as communicated in critiques. Verbal articulation of ideas and concepts that underpin the work is the key.

Effective Communication:  Effective communication is defined by the student’s ability to convey their intended meaning(s).

Execution: Execution is defined by technical proficiency, time spent on projects, design, level of skill shown throughout preparation and production, detail, integrity of form, and final presentation.

Imagination/Inventiveness:  Imagination and inventiveness is defined by creativity, originality, level of involvement, and going beyond basic requirements and expectations.

GROUP PRESENTATION: Each group will research and present information on one of the following subjects:

1. Photography before 1945

2. Photography after 1945

3. Public Art

Research materials are available from the course package, Capilano College Library, Inter-library exchange with other institutions (including Emily Carr) and the instructor upon request. Students are expected to familiarize themselves with the visual arts section of the library and the periodicals section. Research must not be based solely on Internet information.