ARTHIST 317

Contemporary Pacific Art

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for ARTHIST 317.

Description

 

Focuses on work by contemporary Pacific artists, exploring the ways that they translate indigenous knowledge and urban experiences into gallery forms such as painting, installation, performance, film and video making. Themes such as migration and diaspora, language and memory, notions of homelands and return and the creation of complex cultural identities will be explored.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Caroline Vercoe

Reading/Texts

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ARTHIST 317: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Art History; or PACIFIC 201 and 15 points at Stage II in Pacific Studies; or HERITAGE 200 or MUSEUMS 200

Restrictions

ARTHIST 217