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ECU511 Assignment 1 (10%)
Art portfolio (800 or equivalent)
Due date: Week Three Sunday 23:59
Task Description:
Art portfolio:
Assignment 1 requires the making of an art portfolio of your artwork or other’s artwork that gives you
inspiration. The art portfolio aims to showcase the style or method or work.
In the art portfolio, you must cover at least three areas in Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual
arts.
You need to demonstrate your understanding of the artwork in
• knowledge, skills, techniques, processes, materials and technologies used in the arts practices
• how the artworks communicate ideas and intentions
• how you explore, respond to, analyse and interpret the artworks.
You can use the table below from ACARA as a guide for the art portfolio.
Presentation:
Submission of the art portfolio can be in any of the following forms.
• Audio-visual demonstration
• PowerPoint presentation with audio-visual
Submission Guidelines:
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Format your PowerPoint slides using Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman, and a font size
appropriate for the amount of text on each slide. Any citations must adhere to APA 7th
edition guidelines, with a full reference list (if relevant) shown on the final slide (no voice-over required
for the reference list slide). You will upload your presentation to the relevant assessment
portal in Learnline. You can either submit a PPTX file or a MP4 file through PowerPoint. There is no word
limit, but the presentations must not exceed 12 minutes.
For the Audio-visual demonstration, you can use any recording device to accomplish this task. The
recording needs to be done in a quiet place, which you can make yourself audible. If you are recording
outdoor, please make sure your voice can be heard. You need to submit a MP4 file to the assessment
portal in Learnline. There is no word limit, but the presentations must not exceed 12 minutes. If the size
of your mp4 file is too big, please use SharePoint to share with unit lecturer.
Microsoft provides good instructions on how to Save a presentation as a video.
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Table 1: Examples of viewpoints and questions through which artworks can be explored and interpreted
| Examples of viewpoints | As the artist: | As the audience: |
| Contexts, including: • societal • cultural • historical |
• What does this artwork tell us about the cultural context in which it was made? • How does this artwork relate to my culture? • What social or historical forces and influences have shaped my artwork? • What ideas am I expressing about the future? |
• How does the artwork relate to its social context? • How would different audiences respond to this artwork? • What is the cultural context in which it was developed, or in which it is viewed, and what does this context signify? • What historical forces and influences are evident in the artwork? • What are the implications of this work for future artworks? |
| Knowledge • elements • materials • skills, techniques, processes • forms and styles • content |
• How is the work structured/ organised/arranged? • How have materials been used to make the work? • How have skills and processes been selected and used? • What forms and styles are being used and why? |
• Why did the artist select particular content? |
| Evaluations (judgements) | • How effective is the artwork in meeting the artist’s intentions? • How are concepts and contexts interpreted by the artist? |
• How does the artwork communicate meaning to an audience? • What interpretations will audiences have? |
| Evaluations • philosophical and ideological • theoretical • institutional • psychological • scientific |
• What philosophical, ideological and/or political perspectives does the artwork represent? • How do philosophies, ideologies and/or scientific knowledge impact on artworks? • What important theories does this artwork explore? • How have established behaviours or conventions influenced its creation? |
• What philosophical, ideological and/or political perspectives evident in the artwork affect the audience’s interpretation of it? • How do philosophies, ideologies and/or scientific knowledge impact on artworks? • What important theories does this artwork explore? • How have established behaviours or conventions influenced its creation? • What processes of the mind and emotions are involved in interpreting the artwork? |
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| Marking Criteria | High Distinction | Distinction | Credit | Pass | Fail |
| Identified knowledge processes undertaken and links between art and societal, cultural, historical contexts |
Demonstrates an extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of content, literature, research, subject matter, and texts / thorough and complete |
Demonstrates an excellent in depth knowledge and understanding of content, literature, research, subject matter, and texts / thorough and complete |
Demonstrates a good knowledge and understanding of content, literature research, subject matter, and texts / thorough and complete |
Demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of content, literature research, subject matter, and texts / thorough and complete |
Demonstrates insufficient understanding of the content, literature, research, subject matter, and texts and/or incomplete |
| Knowledge •elements •materials •skills, techniques, processes •forms and styles •content |
Demonstrates an extensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of elements, materials, skills, techniques, processes, forms and styles and content. |
Demonstrates an excellent in depth knowledge and understanding of elements, materials, skills, techniques, processes, forms and styles and content. |
Demonstrates a good knowledge and understanding of elements, materials, skills, techniques, processes, forms and styles and content. |
Demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of elements, materials, skills, techniques, processes, forms and styles and content. |
Demonstrates insufficient understanding of elements, materials, skills, techniques, processes, forms and styles and content. |
| Evaluations (judgements) Evaluations philosophical and ideological theoretical institutional psychological scientific |
Demonstrates an extensive in-depth knowledge and evaluations of philosophical and ideological, theoretical, Institutional, psychological, Or scientific impact of the artwork. |
Demonstrates an excellent in depth knowledge and understanding of philosophical and ideological, theoretical, Institutional, psychological, Or scientific impact of the artwork. |
Demonstrates a good knowledge and understanding of philosophical and ideological, theoretical, Institutional, psychological, Or scientific impact of the artwork. |
Demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of philosophical and ideological, theoretical, Institutional, psychological, Or scientific impact of the artwork. |
Demonstrates insufficient understanding of philosophical and ideological, theoretical, Institutional, psychological, Or scientific impact of the artwork. |
| Overall presentation is clear, ideas are presented coherently and English expression is of a professional standard |
Demonstrates exceptional ability to organise, integrate and articulate ideas persuasively and fluently; excellent clarity of written and/or oral language |
Demonstrates excellent ability to organise, integrate and articulate ideas persuasively and fluently; excellent clarity of written and/or oral language |
Demonstrates a good ability to organise, integrate and articulate ideas; reasonable written and/or oral language |
Demonstrates ability to organise, integrate and articulate ideas; reasonable written and/or oral language |
Demonstrates insufficient ability to organise, integrate and express ideas; unsatisfactory written and/or oral language |