Visual Art Major Project (FINA40003)

HonoursPoints: 75On Campus (Southbank)

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In this subject each student is required to define and explore a specific area or activity in their chosen practice that underpins their work as artists and researchers. Through the development and execution of a defined major project the student is encouraged to explore the critical landscape surrounding their practice and the artistic possibilities of their own place within it.

Whether through the development of a substantive body of studio-based work or the exploration of performance-based practice or the pursuit of any other crucial aspect of contemporary visual art practice, this subject offers the student an opportunity to create a major work that tests and progresses their creative and critical capacity as a visual art practitioner.

This subject aims to challenge and extend students' understanding and practice of visual art and develop considerate, open, courageous, thinking artists.

Travel

Depending on the nature of the discipline and project, students may travel to undertake fieldwork where this aligns to the outcomes of their major project. Any travel undertaken is at the student's own expense.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • plan and execute an independently devised major project;
  • analyse and situate their creative practice in a research-led context;
  • persuasively reflect on their own artistic position in oral and written form;
  • produce work in alignment with professional visual art requirements;
  • apply analytical, critical and research skills in the creation of an independent artistic project.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • engage in independent research-based practice;
  • apply critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills to unfamiliar challenges;
  • communicate effectively, in oral, written and digital forms;
  • initiate and manage major projects;
  • evaluate relevant scholarly literature;
  • manage time to maximise the quality of research and scholarship;
  • apply scholarly conventions in the field;
  • consider the relationship with and responsibility to the cultural environment and society;
  • show respect for intellectual integrity, research and scholarship.

Last updated: 4 March 2025