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Installations and Happenings (ABPL30069)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 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
Dr. Tanja Beer: beer.t@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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Installations and Happenings forms part of the Event Design specialisation.
This subject explores the potential of small-scale events and temporary spatial interventions to reimagine public spaces. From street art, pop-up parks, temporary installations, guerrilla gardens and street performances, it examines a diversity of political tactics and place-making tools that designer-citizens use to activate and revitalise urban spaces. The subject will include a series of lectures with accompanying readings, workshops, site-specific research and experience-based tasks. Students will be exposed to a number of hands-on strategies for working across sites and communities to uncover the social, cultural and environmental conditions of place. This will provide inspiration for students to realise their own small-scale and temporary spatial interventions that foster dialogue, build social capital and address critical global-to-local issues
Intended learning outcomes
- Understand and articulate the histories, contemporary policies and design praxis governing installations and happenings in relation to public urban space;
- Strategically use a range of theories (performative, artistic, environmental, historical, philosophical, scientific, etc.) to make them relevant to the task at hand;
- Propose strategies, plans, designs and tactics to foster dialogue and address critical community issues.
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the compliance/OH&S issues surrounding small scale urban interventions and public events;
- Effectively document and communicate the research and development of a design project from concept to implementation, and reflect on the outcome.
Generic skills
- Upon successful completion of this subject the student will have had the opportunity to develop the following generic skills: • cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge about their discipline; • cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of design with depth in at least one discipline; • cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving design problems with intellectual independence; • communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas; • be able to participate in team work through involvement in syndicate groups and group discussions.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ARCH10001 | Foundations of Design: Representation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
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: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Precedent study analysis (5-minute pin-up/ presentation): Students will choose one small-scale event space example to review and critique, due week 3, 10%;
- Site investigation and event space proposal, 10-minute presentation using multiple tools and media ( group work). Students will conduct a site analysis using three different investigative tools to develop their event-space proposal, due week 7, 20%;
- Design development & analysis , 10-minute presentation of realised ‘event space’ (group work). Students will develop and test a component of their proposed design on site and collect data on the experience, due week 10, 20%;
- Design documentation and reflection: Students will hand in a portfolio which provides an overview of their design process and outcome. They will critically reflect on the outcome of the site-intervention (what worked, and didn’t work), including identifying opportunities for further development & improvement. Assessment includes 1500 word reflective essay and and a portfolio which provides an overview of design process and outcomes, due week 12, 50%.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Tanja Beer Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours (1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 2 hour tutorial per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Dr. Tanja Beer: beer.t@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
- Kristin Feireiss and Oliver Hamm, Transforming Cities: Urban Interventions in Public Space (Berlin; 2015).
- Jaime Lerner, Urban Acupuncture (Washington: 2014).
- Erika Suderburg (Ed.), Space, Site, Intervention: Situating Installation Art (Ipswich: 2000).
- Mildred Glimcher and Robert R. McElroy, Happenings (New York: 2012).
- Claire Bishop, Installation art: a critical history (London: 2005)
- Joslin McKinney and Scott Palmer, Scenography Expanded: An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design (2017).
- Robert Klanten and Matthias Hübner, Urban Interventions: Personal Projects in Public Spaces Editors (2010)
Last updated: 3 November 2022