Your HSCVisual Arts, Body of Work

What will I need to hand in

by the end of HSC Visual

Arts course? Completed and named Body

of Work Visual Arts Process Diary

Artist Statement (optional

and no more than 300

words)

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How much does my BoW weigh in regards to my final overall mark for my HSC for Visual Arts?

The work is weighted at 50%.

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How will I be marked for my BoW

and VAPD?

Your VAPD will first be handed in for

marking in Week 8 of Term 4.

Your BoW will be marked this same

week via a Statement to explain your

concept and vision. In Term 1, Week 3, your BoW and

VAPD will undergo another session of

marking aimed at evaluating your

progress. In Term 3, Week 7 your BoW and

VAPD should be completed, and will

undergo a final session of marking to

evaluate the final product.

Finally, you will receive an external

mark from a panel of four markers.

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What can my BoW be

made out of? Your BoW will fit into

one or more of a list of

12 art forms. When classifying your work

upon completion, you

will select the expressive form that

best and most suits your BoW.

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What expressive forms are

available here at AIM? We can accommodate

Drawing, Painting, Documented Forms,

Collection of Works, Photomedia, Graphic Design,

Designed Objects, Sculpture

and Time-Based Forms.Please note thatthere are somematerials, technologyor tools that you may

need to source yourself.

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So can I make an 8 foot

tall bronze statue of my

interpretation of a taco? Well no… There are a

number of weight and

scale restrictions that you

must abide by when

creating your work. You

will all be given a handout

in regards to this, as well

as a digital copy that will

be on the Visual Arts Year

12 Wikispace.

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Is there anything I can’t use? Yes! There is an extensive list

of materials and items that you

cannot use in your BoW.

However, these are for safety

reasons, and must be

understood and obeyed in

regards to your work.

Therefore, it is important that

you familiarise yourself with it,

so you do not plan to use a

material or object that you

cannot.

Hypodermic syringes must not be included in any submitted works. This includes new or used syringes, with or without needles.

Bodily secretions and blood products must not be included in any submitted works.

Food and/or perishable materials (including rice, pasta, dried beans, coffee grounds, confectionary, tobacco) and objects must not be included in any submitted works.

Liquids in any form must not be included in any submitted works.

Medications in any form, including tablets and capsules, must not be included in any submitted works.

Glass in any form must not be included in any submitted works. This includes unbroken glass such as bottles, mirrors or any other form. The use of plastic LED lights is advised. Teflon coated light bulbs may only be used within a sealed light box.

Any materials that have sharp or jagged edges (barbed wire, fish hooks, corrugated iron, broken machinery etc.) must not be included in any submitted works.

Live, blank and dummy ammunition casings must not be used in any submitted work.

Electrical wiring that has not been certified by an electrician must not be included in any submitted works.

Submissions requiring a high voltage electrical current (Eg. 240 volts) must have a certificate for electrical safety attached. Any electrical wiring necessary for artworks should be undertaken by a qualified electrician. Details and records of such work should be noted in students’ diaries.

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Woah, woah, woah! You

just gave me a LOT of

information! Yes. Yes I did. So where do I start?!

What if I don’t have an

idea yet!

Don’t panic!I’ll explain…

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This is your own artmaking process, which

will be the marriage of an

idea with an expressive

form.

When you ‘marry’ two

things together, they

need to complement

each other and support

each other.

Your BoW is no different.

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The HSC is not a time to try

out completely new materials, but rather a time

to demonstrate the things

that you’re good at in new

ways.

Decide, or find out, what

materials you work best with. You may already know, you

may need to experiment.

Start with what you like.

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Find artists and works that you like.

Experiment with different

materials.

Write down what themes and

concepts you’re interested in and

how you might explore them. The best ideas are authentic ones.

For example, if you’re doing a

culturally influenced work, don’t do

it on a culture that is not your own.

And where do all these things

go…?

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In a VAPD?

Yes! A Visual Arts Processing Diary –

preferably A3 in size. This is where you must document all

your experiments, ideas

development, inspirations, and

progress.

It is important that you keep this

book entirely for your BoW and not

for normal classwork or study. You must also NOT write your name

anywhere on or in this book. You

must label it with an image of

yourself.

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Alright then, well what should I make my

BoW about?

The syllabus describes the production of a

BoW as a response to the student’s

environment. This can mean your physical,

social, religious, political, emotional,

psychological, racial or gender

environment. The boundaries of what

constitutes your world and environment are

wide and full of creative potential. It is up to

you to determine what constitutes your

environment in terms of your study. Your

BoW should reflect an interest, concept or

issue that you relate to and feel strongly

towards and wish to incorporate as a visual

statement. Try to avoid cliché concepts. Be

honest in relating your art work to your

genuine interests and not what you think the

markers want. Use your VAPD to explore

issues and concepts that interest you and

attempt to figure out how to create an

artwork(s) that presents these ideas in a

thoughtful manner. Your BoW should reflect

these interests.

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Oh ok, so I make a work

with acceptable materials

to an acceptable scale and

weight, document my work

using a VAPD, and then I’m

done?

Not quite, but almost! When

making your work you need

to consider things like how

will your work be packaged –

so things like fragility need to

be considered. You also must

take into account how you

want the markers to view

your work – and how it might

be displayed to an audience.

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Right! Well, I have lots of time so I guess I

could get started in the next few weeks…

Nope. You need to start now. What?! Why? It seems like a lot of time, but in reality isn’t

not a lot of time at all. Consider that you have

many other subjects to attend to, perhaps

other major works, commitments at home,

maybe even a job, and you know that little

thing you like to call your social life?

Yeah…?

If you want to hold on to that, you need to start

now, and keep working and constantly work bit

by bit until it’s done. This is not something you

can leave until the last minute. You will save

yourselves so much stress and so many freak

outs if you start now and get the ball rolling.

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I suppose I’ll start now then. That’s exactly right. First step is

research and deciding what

expressive form you’d like to use.

And I’ll need to put in extra

work out of class time? Yes, but if you do, it must be well

documented with photographs

etc. in your VAPD, and you must

constantly keep your teacher up

to date. Though 80% of your BoW

should be completed in class

time.

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Alright, do you feel ready? Sort of… Yes and no. Good, that’s how you’re

supposed to feel. No one is

pretending it’s an easy task –

it’s a very challenging aspect

of HSC, but as long as you

choose something that you’re

passionate about and

interested in, the easier it will

be, and while it will always be

labour, hopefully it will be a

labour of love.

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Any more questions?

Please feel free to ask…