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VIS Visual Studies CoursesVIS120H1
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. (A studio fee of $50 payable with tuition.) VIS203H1
Principles and practices of Relief Printmaking. Projects in single and multiple block edition production. (A studio fee of $100 is payable with tuition.) VIS204H1
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of working in 3 dimensions, using projects, slide lectures and writing. 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. (A studio fee of $25 is payable with tuition.) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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)(Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. VIS217H1
Photobased projects in which the fundamentals of optical-chemical-mechanical photographic processes and technologies are integrated with concepts in contemporary photobased practice. (Studio fee of $60.00 payable with tuition; student must have light metre and 35mm camera that allows full manual control.) VIS218H1
Photobased projects in which the fundamentals of optical/digital photographic processes and technologies are integrated with concepts in contemporary photobased practice. (Studio fee of $60.00 payable with tuition.) 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. (A studio fee of $50 is payable with tuition.) VIS303H1
An introduction through studio projects to the principle forms of intaglio printmaking, including etching and collagraph. (A studio fee of $100 is payable with tuition.) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) 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. (Not offered in 2002-2003) VIS318H1
Studio projects are based on issues and writing relevant to contemporary photobased practice; seminars and readings are integral. Students will work with both chemical and digital processes. (Studio fee of $60.00 payable with tuition.) VIS319H1
The concept of “landscape” is the entry point for investigating the changing relationship between people and their environments: landscape as both the source of inspiration and the vehicle of expression. Studio and written projects, readings, seminars, lectures. VIS320H1
Projects and seminars, in collaboration with The Power Plant, develop an understanding of curatorial and critical practices in contemporary visual and media arts. VIS401H1
Taken in conjunction with VIS402H1 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 401H1 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. VIS405H1
A one semester Internship provides placement at a gallery, media arts centre, artist run centre, artist or publication with a focus on contemporary art practice |
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