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Unit of Study AAD72205 - Artists' Books (2018)

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    A minimum 80% attendance is required to qualify for a passing grade.

Unit description

Considering all aspects of Artists' Books and the production and design, including papermaking and binding. Students will investigate the principles of typography and book design, by creating their own artist books. Students will consider the relationship of image and text, the question of sequence in the structure of the book, the relationship of form and content. The unit will consider the presentation and distribution of the artist's book, looking at both historical and contemporary examples, utilising the collection of artists' books in the SCU Library.

Unit content

  • Papermaking
  • Concertina books
  • Simple hardcover book
  • Japanese binding
  • Origami Books and Techniques
  • Clamshell box
  • Zines and Quick Documents
  • Perfect bound books
  • Image and Text
  • Type Knowledge and Setting

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 develop an awareness of their individual visual language, and of the ideas and theories that are relevant and related to this language
2 possess practical skills to realise the form of the artists' book chosen to explore their aesthetic and theoretical concerns
3 demonstrate effective communication and critical skills in discussing and sharing their work and ideas in individual and group tutorials, and in engaging with the ideas and practice of their fellow students
4 develop a foundational knowledge of design principles in bookbinding and variations
5 demonstrate understanding and practice the rules of occupational health, safety and environment in the Printmaking/Artists' Books studio, and be able to work collaboratively, cooperatively, safely and productively within the studio environment.

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

  1. develop an awareness of their individual visual language, and of the ideas and theories that are relevant and related to this language
    • GA4:
  2. possess practical skills to realise the form of the artists' book chosen to explore their aesthetic and theoretical concerns
    • GA2:
  3. demonstrate effective communication and critical skills in discussing and sharing their work and ideas in individual and group tutorials, and in engaging with the ideas and practice of their fellow students
    • GA4:
  4. develop a foundational knowledge of design principles in bookbinding and variations
    • GA1:
  5. demonstrate understanding and practice the rules of occupational health, safety and environment in the Printmaking/Artists' Books studio, and be able to work collaboratively, cooperatively, safely and productively within the studio environment.
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.