Visual Study
You will need to formulate your own topic to research.
SACE outline:
A visual study is an exploration of, and/or experimentation with, one or more styles, ideas, concepts, media, materials, methods, techniques, technologies, or processes. Students base their exploration and/or experimentation on critical analysis of the work of other practitioners, individual research, and the development of visual thinking and/or technical skills. They present the findings of their visual study as well as their conclusions, insights, and personal opinions about aesthetics.
Students develop an idea for a visual study that may:
The visual study may be connected to, but must not repeat, other aspects of the teaching and learning program. Students may wish to take the opportunity to diversify and to learn about an area of art or design not covered elsewhere in their teaching and learning program.
Students are expected to understand and apply a process that leads to conclusions or findings of some significance. The process should involve:
For 20credit subjects, students should submit a maximum of twenty A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 2000 words of written text (source references not included) or a maximum of 12 minutes of recorded oral explanation.
You might research and draw conclusions about:
The focus of a visual study is to research, analyse, interpret and evaluate artworks.
You might like to look through the Stage 1 Visual Study guide booklets to help you develop a structure for your Visual Study.
SACE outline:
A visual study is an exploration of, and/or experimentation with, one or more styles, ideas, concepts, media, materials, methods, techniques, technologies, or processes. Students base their exploration and/or experimentation on critical analysis of the work of other practitioners, individual research, and the development of visual thinking and/or technical skills. They present the findings of their visual study as well as their conclusions, insights, and personal opinions about aesthetics.
Students develop an idea for a visual study that may:
- answer a question about a practical application
- explore and/or experiment with concepts, ideas, media, materials, techniques, technologies, and/or processes
- support or refute a visual arts-in-practice statement.
The visual study may be connected to, but must not repeat, other aspects of the teaching and learning program. Students may wish to take the opportunity to diversify and to learn about an area of art or design not covered elsewhere in their teaching and learning program.
Students are expected to understand and apply a process that leads to conclusions or findings of some significance. The process should involve:
- locating and acknowledging information about the chosen visual study.
- analysing and interpreting the work of relevant practitioners and works of art or design in context; this may be used as a starting point, and could continue throughout the visual study to inform the explorations and/or experiments
- exploring and/or experimenting with styles, genres, processes, media, materials, methods, techniques, and/or technologies, to further develop visual thinking and technical skills
- critically analysing and synthesising information and ideas, and/or visual thinking and technical skills, learning, and thoughts on visual arts, including issues and/or questions
- developing and communicating insights into the visual arts, and findings and opinions about a personal aesthetic.
For 20credit subjects, students should submit a maximum of twenty A3 pages (or equivalent) of visual study, integrated with a maximum of 2000 words of written text (source references not included) or a maximum of 12 minutes of recorded oral explanation.
You might research and draw conclusions about:
- A medium.
- An art/design movement.
- An artist.
- A culture.
The focus of a visual study is to research, analyse, interpret and evaluate artworks.
You might like to look through the Stage 1 Visual Study guide booklets to help you develop a structure for your Visual Study.