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Design and Production Melbourne x Berlin (DPSS30011)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Off Campus
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | June - Off Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Scenic design, installation, op-art and trompe-l’oeil have become increasingly familiar in urban and suburban environments. Escapism, usually the domain of the theatres, operas, circuses and runways, needs a more immediate, domestic application in the age of Covid-19, when so many performance venues have closed. This intensive module looks to familiar spaces for opportunities for fantastical design, happenstance theatricality and immersive scenographies, recognizing that art can meet the angsts of a society, alleviate anxieties and offer new perspectives.
Collaborating with SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, students from both Melbourne and Berlin attend a number of design seminars which track the prominent roles and ideas at play in the world of scenography. Namely scenic painting, graffiti art and sculpture, lighting design, sound design, installation management, and spatial philosophy. These lectures occur both in real and cyber-space, where students undertake a number of collaborative design tasks alongside their research and theoretical learning. Students engage in design studios to devise and develop complete blueprints for a scenographic intervention, designed for an audience of one, for two real warehouse spaces in Berlin and Melbourne.
At the midway point, blueprints are switched and students across the world realize designs developed by their peers in the opposite hemisphere. By grafting a new conversation onto a familiar canvas, students may find themselves evoking drama, mystique, surprise and serendipity; offering up new design experiences to an unwitting public.
Results of this project will be captured, exhibited and reflected upon at Calgary’s World Stage Design Conference following the intensive, engaging a third city in the design conversation and further building upon international networks.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- engage with workshops, discussions, lectures and exhibitions in a thoughtful and organised manner;
- articulate selected aspects of current practice in design or production for live performance in one or more international locations;
- articulate own artistic position/place as a designer, technician or stage manager in the global context.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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DPSS20013 | Production Studio 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Visual and written material documenting activities undertaken
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Oral presentation
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Reflective paper based on experience
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all elements of assessment to be eligibiel for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- June - Off Campus
Coordinator Anna Cordingley Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 50 hours, comprising one 2-hour off-campus seminar and 3-hours of off-campus workshops, studios and online discussions per day. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 14 June 2021 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to attend a planning meeting 2 weeks prior to the event to finalise program. Teaching period 28 June 2021 to 9 July 2021 Last self-enrol date 16 June 2021 Census date 2 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 July 2021 Assessment period ends 30 July 2021
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Incidental costs
This subject may incur costs in addition to tuition fees. These costs may include: public transport fares, accommodation, food, materials, and transport during travel depending on location and student concession. Additional costs will be provided to students prior to commencement in the LMS. *Additional costs are subject to change.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
Last updated: 3 November 2022