'do it' Artist-led projects: Overview

Elaborations:
• developing visual images by combining and adapting materials, techniques, technologies and art making processes
• exploring and applying ideas inspired by the style of other artists in their own artworks
• exploring and reflecting on the connections between their own artworks and artworks from different contexts and cultures
• experimenting with digital and virtual technologies in their artworks to enhance intended meaning
• exploring the practices of a range of artists and identifying the influences on the development of the artists’ personal style.
• conceptualising how visual conventions can express ideas in their artwork

Elaborations:
• deconstructing and appropriating a range of images, objects and/or spaces to express viewpoints, concepts, purposes and/or meanings
• using selected techniques, technologies and processes to explore personal expression of a theme, concept or subject matter
• experimenting with a variety of techniques and processes when exploring their intentions as artist
• selecting, testing and experimenting with materials, techniques, technologies and processes to express ideas in multiple forms of expression

Elaborations:
• developing technical proficiency in designed and constructed artworks, using safe and sustainable practices
• using innovative thinking as to explore the capabilities of digital and virtual technologies to resolve design and planning problems
• developing skills that can transfer to cross-media domains of visual arts and identify the translation of skills

Elaborations:
• analysing and documenting the practices of selected visual artists and designers, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to investigate their use of materials, technologies, techniques and processes, when developing their intentions
• developing an individual focus for a series of artworks based on a given theme, concept or subject matter
• developing different options for making artworks in different forms, that have similar concepts, for example, artworks made from different materials or produced in a different form to change the meaning of the artwork
• applying their understanding of traditional art, craft and design practices to plan the use of materials, technologies and processes in a contemporary context
• planning, manipulating and/or appropriating images, objects and spaces into new contexts and meanings, applying a personal aesthetic

Elaborations:
• visiting galleries, art museums and public art displays, in formal and informal settings, to research the role of the curator and the evaluate the effective display or exhibition of artworks
• exploring a range of artworks in different settings and discuss how the location can influence the viewer’s understanding of the artwork.
• developing and expressing ideas as images, objects and spaces for example, presenting artworks and highlight how artworks demonstrate the interaction between the artist and the audience
• discussing the presentation and relationships of artworks in an exhibition, and how the display enhances the relationship between the artist and audience
• applying ethical understandings to a theme, concept or subject matter when making their artworks.
• investigating the role of commercial galleries and collectors in the making of artworks, for example, sponsorship of work and artworks commissioned for a commercial business
• documenting experiences and observations from visiting an exhibition and apply this knowledge to develop a physical or virtual exhibition of their own or others’ artworks