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School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Why do cultures around the world communicate identity through pattern? Why do our brains attempt to recognise patterns within chaos? What happens when pattern falls apart? These questions underpin Repeat: Pattern and Disintegration to open a nuanced approach to line and colour, figure and ground, layering and assemblage; and of course, iteration and repetition. Students will use a range of digital and analogue skills to develop pattern systems and then explore the disintegration of those systems materially, aesthetically and conceptually. Accessing the facilities of Textiles, Print Media and ANU Makerspace, artwork and design outcomes will be refined and applied on a range of surfaces such as paper and textile. Through research and experimentation students will develop skills and knowledge relating to the rich historical, social and cultural meanings embedded in pattern processes and imagery. This course may be delivered as a semester length course or offered as an intensive.
Group task studio theory and research
Learning outcomes 1, 3, 4
Pattern design based creative project
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Portfolio of studio work expanding on pattern design project
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Studio research diary and written reflection
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Semester length delivery 130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks consisting of lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing. In Intensive mode, the 48 contact hours are delivered over the intensive period. Other Information School of Art & Design studio courses have a limited enrolment capacity. Students are advised to enrol as early as possible to maximise the opportunity of securing a place.
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