Handbook - Second Skin: Textiles and the Body

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Overview

This course investigates the intimate relationship between cloth and the body. Cloth is embedded within our very being, like a second skin it records and traces our journey from birth till death. The body and ideas of embodiment remain key conceptual concerns for many contemporary artists who utilise or make… For more content click the Read More button below.

As part of this course you will research the role of the garment to cloth, cover, protect and conceal the human form. You will undertake projects that challenge the concepts of containment, the wearable, and negotiate breaking the boundaries between art and fashion. You will realise studio projects informed by this research that are conceptually driven as opposed to focusing on wearable or functional outcomes.

Studio workshops will explore a range of textile techniques and diverse approaches that experiment with surface, form, installation and display. Assessment in this course includes research tasks, workshop experimentation and realising projects that engage with the concepts developed the course.

SDES3402 Second Skin and SDES3403 Experimental Art Textiles are complementary 3rd year courses which together form the two Level 3 core studies in the Textiles studio stream within the BFA and BMA programs. Together these courses prepare you for more advanced studies in Level 4 courses.

Conditions for Enrolment

L2 Textiles Prerequisite

Course Outline

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$821
Domestic Students	$4560
International Students	$4560

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