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VIS Visual Studies Courses VIS120H1 Visual concepts introduces students to a wide range of topics
situated in Modernism and Post-modernism that inform current art practice and critical
discourse. The course investigates post-1970 art practice through the diverse societal,
cultural and political influences of post-modernism. VIS130H1 A studio based course that employs intensive and diverse
investigation of drawing strategies that stress the formulation and communication of
visual ideas.NOTE enrolment instructions in Handbook for this
course! VIS201H1 This is a hands-on course that deals with technical and
theoretical issues of painting in the late 20th Century. The act of painting and the
relevance of painting are stressed through both historical and current issues. This course
is very project oriented. VIS202H1 This course is designed to introduce students to Video Art
production and post-production techniques. Students conceive, shoot and edit a video tape
in a hands-on-manner under the guidance of the instructor. The production of the Video Art
project occurs within the framework of seminars, exhibitions and current critical writing
on issues particular to Video Art. VIS203H1 Principles and practices of Relief Printmaking. Projects in
single and multiple block edition production. VIS205H1 Studio-based projects explore drawing practice in the late
20th century. Materials and approaches both bear witness to continuity and respond to
changing contemporary cultural issues. VIS206H1 Popular culture in the Post-modern era is the central idea
here. Artistic strategies in cultural appropriation and other post-modern concerns are
discussed and used in the production of studio projects. Projects illustrate a particular
situation and also index components of popular culture in a consumer society. VIS207H1 This course asks the question: where does the
"city" sit in your imagination? Through individual projects, discussions and
critiques we explore the idea of the city both as a personal reality and as a metaphor. An
initial written statement by each student provides the framework for two subsequent
projects. The goal of the course is for you to locate and articulate your relationship to
the idea of the city in expressive forms. (A studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS208H1 Practical and aesthetic concerns in the evolution of
Performance against the backdrop of critical and historical perspectives. Students explore
a range of Performance possibilities, alone and collaboratively to develop both
intellectual and physical skills which will inform both their performance work and their
view of art. Seminars focus on critical aspects of Performance. VIS209H1 The emergence and incorporation of the feminist perspective
in current art theory and practice form the basis of lectures, seminars, projects and
essays that focus on language, photography and other mediums that signal the shift to a
variety of strategies shaping art in the post-modern era. VIS210H1 Theories and dialogue informing the practice of art in the
20th century are studied and form the basis of studio projects. The goal is to encourage
cross-discipline research to inform your thinking about art and the making of art. VIS211H1 This course addresses, through theoretical and practical
photo based projects with an emphasis on the interaction of its practice with contemporary
image making and technology. VIS212H1 Colour may be claimed as the property of all: for most
everyone sees, uses, and knows colour. Studying colour takes us into areas of humanities
and sciences. This study, through lectures, projects and readings aims to develop a
student's understanding and use of colour. VIS213H1 At the heart of form is movements; metamorphosis,
transformation, regeneration. While central to our study is form as it manifests in visual
art, the dialectic between matter and form of object, nature and culture continually
places this study in a broader interdisciplinary context. VIS214H1 Image appropriation and the uses of that process in painting
are central to this course. Systems of signifiers and coding in painting are inherent to
recognition through the appropriation of imagery, technique and cultural context. VIS215H1 A seminar based course that confronts questions of
accessibility to painting in contemporary culture. Issues of alienation through gender,
sexual orientation, and race meet the legacy of painting. VIS216H1 The life and work of one of this century's most influential,
significant sculptors, manipulator of paper, stone, light, space, water, movement and time
is studied and assessed as a bridge between east and west. VIS301H1 This is a project oriented course that somewhat critically
examines contemporary visual culture through painting. Lectures and discussions are
featured in the course, but the foundation of the course is in making paintings. VIS302H1 Emphasis on pre-production, production and post-production of
a video project. Students script, shoot and edit a tape through rough cut to fine cut.
Class discussions focus on all stages of the work-in-progress. Strategies for
distribution, exhibition and funding are examined. VIS303H1 An introduction through studio projects to the principle
forms of intaglio printmaking, including etching and collagraph. VIS305H1 Time and place in drawing and painting. This course provides
a discourse with which to continue the evolution of the students' work in drawing and
painting. VIS306H1 An investigation into the history and practice of
site/installation and 3 dimensional fabrication through slide lectures, projects and
seminar discussions. Earth works, large scale public projects, and site specific
installations will be explored. VIS307H1 Applying art to the borders of other disciplines or issues
within the university community, students develop projects with the objective of opening
spaces for discourse: art as a transgressive device. VIS308H1 Through photo-based studio projects complemented by readings
and seminars, Art Intersections examines the concepts and processes that enabled artists
to address Identity Art. VIS309H1 Seminars and studio projects give the more advanced students
the opportunity to address issues of transformation in Print technology. VIS310H1 Studio projects complemented by seminars and readings examine
plastic, social and gender politics in contemporary imaging. VIS311H1 TBA VIS312H1 An investigation of collage through the 20th century. The
evolution of collage as a means of expression will be explored in the form of studio
projects and lectures. VIS313H1 Ideas about the body are challenged by developments in
technology, culture and politics. This course studies the metamorphosis of gender, age,
and culture through projects, lectures, and readings. VIS315H1 This course offers a critical exploration of our culture's
infatuation with the machine as an extension of the body. The canoe and the motorcycle are
examines as icons that have captivated the imagination of designers, artists and curators. VIS316H1 The course examines censorship as the enforcement of moral or
political norms. In their time artists such as Picasso, Klee and Max Ernst were banned or
banished as degenerate outsiders. Works by urban graffitti artists, visionaries/dreamers
are examined in various contexts. VIS317H1 Timeless markers and propaganda and props provide material
for the study of the primordial human need to set memorials that attempt to defeat human
transience. Successful reclamation of such spaces are investigated, proposals for problems
advanced. DRM354Y1 The course explores the meaning and function of stage and
costume design for the theatre with emphasis on creative thinking, text analysis and
concept development. Limited enrolment for Visual Studies students who must be at the
3rd-year level. VIS401H1 Taken in conjunction with VIS402H
Thesis Project, students develop project(s) over the course of the academic year with
studio, textual and critical analysis forming the components of the project. Class
discussions with faculty. VIS402H1 Students realize projects embarked upon in VIS 401H Thesis Text and Critique. Class discussions with
faculty. VIS403H1 A variety of projects developed in various media with a
strong interdisciplinary focus. VIS404H1 Individual advanced projects, including texts, that are
subject to group critiques. |
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(A studio fee of $50 payable with tuition.)