Creative Research Practice: Extending and Consolidating an Independent Project

In this immersive course, students will devise, conceptualise and execute an ambitious self-directed creative project. Students undertake independent practice-led research. They identify, contextualise and solve problems through developing and testing methodologies that culminate in a resolved body of work. Artistic methods are developed and refined through critical engagement with research strategies, materials, concepts and collaboration. Students will explore a variety of material and conceptual methods relevant to their area(s) of interest based on an independent work proposal (IWP) and project. Students will learn how to research and articulate the context of their work, expanding their skills to articulate their emerging practice in a professional setting. This course provides a transdisciplinary problem-solving forum for critical and contextual discussions relevant to contemporary creative practices, supported through tutorials and peer review across discipline areas. Work Health and Safety (WHS) instruction is an integral part of this course and will be handled within each discipline area. This course is delivered by the following School of Art and Design disciplines: Ceramics, Glass, Painting, Photography & Media Arts, Printmedia & Drawing, Sculpture & Spatial Practice, and Textiles.