Project Brief 3 – due end of Week 7 – Fri 11 Sep.
(Project 20%, Refection & Blog posts 5%)

Approaching site – Testing Ground – Documentary Series

This project will allow students to engage directly with practitioners that work specifically with site in a number of disciplines such as architecture, design, art, sound, and performance.

Working in collaboration with the ‘Testing Ground’ organisation based in a central Melbourne, students, will be paired up (groups of three) with creative practitioners that have/are utilising the ‘Testing Ground’ site as the bases site-specific investigations.

Students will gather material and interview their allocated artist to create a 5-7min documentary that each will bring an insight into the multiple ways artists creatively work with site.

To begin

– Student groups and allocated artists.
– Initial research, meet and discuss artists practice.
– Create draft artist email for initial contact and potential interview time. Send to Robbie by Fri 21st August.
– Once approved send email to artist cc’ing robbie.rowlands@rmit.edu.au

Research

Utilizing your combined research draft a set of questions and consider the potential approach to interview/doco and site.
Watch Lyda doco’s – Tips on shooting an interview with one camera & The Art of Video Interviews

**To sign into Lynda search ‘RMIT Lynda’ and sign in using your student number and password.
If you haven’t started a Lynda account, create one!

– Do a test run using video and sound equipment from tech building 9. (Photo evidence)
– Students each to research a written work that broadens their understanding of the concepts associated with the artists approach to site.  (These need to be different for each person)

Submission – Due end of Week 7 – Fri 11 Sep – 4:30pm
– Upload mpeg4 to drive and blog – Remember to have backup copies of all material
– Submit proof of initial research and meeting notes/reflections.
– Submit an 800 word reflection that draws important insight from your experience with researching and documenting the artist and associated site/s. Also (crucial) include insight from readings   from research with appropriate citing of references.