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Street Art (CCDP20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 2
Christopher Honig
Overview
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From illegally spray-painted stencils to secret exhibitions in abandoned warehouses to exclusive multi-million dollar art fairs, this subject explores the rise of street art in the contemporary city.
The subject examines the diversity of artists, materials and political impulses that drive street art and graffiti and its shift from an illicit subculture to a mainstream practice. Using examples from Melbourne and other key cities such as New York, Rome and Berlin, the subject investigates how the meaning and impact of street art derive from spatial and social contexts and how street art can provide new ways of understanding a city, as well as broader debates about art, public space and urban development.
Students undertaking this subject will develop skills in identifying, mapping and designing street art in Melbourne’s laneways.
Intended learning outcomes
Students completing this subject will:
- Be able to identify a range of street art in a variety of urban contexts;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of materials and creative practices that comprise street art;
- Demonstrate an understanding of how the meaning of forms of street art is shaped by spatial and social contexts;
- Have developed skills in the mapping and design of street art.
Generic skills
Students completing the subject will develop generic skills in:
- research and inquiry, including analysing information and constructing an argument
- visual literacy, including the ability to analyse spaces and objects and articulate findings
- communication and interpersonal skills, through the development of collaborative proposals and presentations
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Photographic documentation and 500 word (max) written analysis of examples of street art (week 5) - 20%
Short Essay- 1200 words (max) - (Week 10) - 30%
Mapping and Design proposals-Small Group Presentations and 1000 words summary of presentation. (Week 12) - 50%
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jon Cattapan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jon Cattapan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Christopher Honig
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Cubrilo, Duro et al (2010). King’s Way: The Beginnings of Australian Graffiti – Melbourne 1983-1993 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press)
Schacter, Rafael (ed.) (2013). The World Atlas of Graffiti and Street Art (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press)
Young, Alison (2014). Street Art, Public City: Law, Crime and the Urban Imagination (London: Routledge)
- Related Handbook entries
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- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 27 April 2024