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Introduces methods and concepts for engaging with computing as artistic practice. Students will learn fundamental principles of programming, work with generative and algorithmic processes, and explore approaches and ideas in the field of computational arts. No prior experience in coding is necessary.

How does the contemporary art world work? Premised on the idea that there are many art worlds, this course examines global and local contemporary artistic practices, theories, histories and institutions, exploring the practices and discourses that constitute these worlds. No prior knowledge or experience of contemporary art is assumed.

How does the contemporary art world work? Premised on the idea that there are many art worlds, this course examines global and local contemporary artistic practices, theories, histories and institutions, exploring the practices and discourses that constitute these worlds. No prior knowledge or experience of contemporary art is assumed.

Engages students with concepts, materials and methods of making that are indigenous to Aotearoa. Explores ways of developing and creating contemporary art in fibre and textile.

Engages students with concepts, materials and methods of making that are indigenous to Aotearoa. Explores ways of developing and creating contemporary art in kōhatu/stone.

Explores contemporary printed matter. Students will work with a range of traditional printmaking technologies that may include monoprint, screen print, woodcut, and photogravure as well as expanded, experimental processes using digital and laser cutting technologies.

Introduces students to print publication as a site of contemporary practice exploring ways in which artists, designers, and activists have made use of the printed form as a social medium. Students will experiment with the format and materiality of printed media, and the experience of viewing, through the production of self-published works such as artist’s books, posters, and zines. Technical workshops will develop skills in digital and hand-made print and production methods.

Offers a practical exploration of moving image production. Students will learn camera techniques and editing skills to support the development of experimental video and audio while learning how digital workflow and project management can affect a creative outcome. Students can work collaboratively or individually, using a range of filmmaking equipment and editing software to create moving image works.

Considers how documentation informs our understanding of time-based action and/or performance art and what might be done to retain and communicate the effects of a passing event. Students explore their own time-based practices and develop appropriate methods of documentation including video, photography, drawing, and sound recording. Students can work both collaboratively and individually, using documentation as a visual and conceptual tool for the creation of artworks.

Covers the conceptual and practical possibilities of digital photography. Students will experiment with a wide range of image-making technologies including SLR digital cameras. Lighting considerations and a range of options for printing digital photos will be explored. Contemporary photographic practices will be covered within the context of global image circulation.

Provides students with an overview of analogue photographic processes. Students will gain skills in darkroom photography, including a practical understanding of film camera technologies, developing and printing processes, and the use of darkroom techniques to refine and manipulate photographic imagery.

Considers the various ways in which actions, processes, and materials can shape a painting practice. Covers a range of painterly actions and a self-generated list of ‘paint-related’ verbs (to roll, to smudge, to scrape). Students will create a ‘catalogue’ of marks and manipulations of paint. They will then develop these ideas through a studio practice which explores abstraction, materiality, and considerations of form. A broad range of traditional, modern and expanded paint properties and mediums will be considered.

Explores contemporary techniques of still life and representational painting as a means of re-thinking visual histories. Students will gather and arrange source materials and object references and explore a range of painted responses. Emphasises the construction and preparation of supports and surfaces, colour theory, and the methods and mediums that support painting practice.

Based in the metal and wood workshops, this course will guide students in the exploration of materials and construction processes. Develop sculptural works in metal or wood. Students will use tools and techniques such as cutting, joining and welding.

Engages with tactile processes of object-making and reproduction to create works of contemporary art using clay, wax, and other materials. Students will make reproductions of their handmade objects using a range of casting processes and explore how multiples impact the form and content of artworks.

Students will consider the types of roles and structures that exist in contemporary art worlds, with a focus on curatorial practice and exhibition making from the perspective of the artist. Engaging with the local art world, students will develop a critically informed exhibition proposal for a real-world context.

An introduction to approaches to drawing and its relationship with contemporary practices in art and design, including digital and analogue drawing techniques. The course explores drawing as a conceptual method of thinking through making.

Explores and examines the ongoing impact of colonisation, imperialism, and migration through art making. Related indigenous methodologies and concepts will be explored.

Addresses image-making in a digital world. Explores the relation between the fabrication of individual images and their circulation through mass media using different mediums. Reflection on the different ways artists might embrace or subvert the profusion of internet imagery.

How is identity produced? Explores key concepts of fluidity, intersectionality, body image, fashion, gender and persona, in relation to photography, film, art, and fashion.

Students will undertake a studio art project that responds to the challenges of the Anthropocene and climate change. The course explores related art and ideas from Aotearoa and overseas.

Explores our place as a species within a broader ecological framework. Enables students to reflect on the limitations proposed by ways of thinking that separate self from world. Through studio practice and artistic research, develops an enhanced awareness of and sensitivity to living systems.

Focuses on the idea that a key driver of creative practice is the seeking out and imagining of alternative models for living, this course provides students with the opportunity to engage in world-making. Students generate and produce artworks that explore new worlds. Provides an understanding of how material affects and conceptual propositions work together to produce meaning in an artwork.