Question:
Consider the ways contemporary artists and/or designers challenge the ways that we define and categorise humans (gender, race, sexuality, science, etc.). Using three or four examples from the last 20 years discuss new ways of understanding what a ‘human’ is.
Requirements
1,500 word academic essay
contextualise your discussion within relevant historical, theoretical, cultural, and/or sociopolitical frameworks
critique art, design and media practices by synthesizing your own analysis and argument with other writers
Use Footnote / Bibliography or 'Oxford' referencing style
Your visual analysis must contain formal analysis, critical analysis and an argument which relates to the question. Make sure that you can demonstrate how your argument is supported by your analysis. Research into the example is required to contextualize and deepen your analysis, but you can also speculate meaning based on your visual reading.
Demonstrate academic research skills in locating appropriate resources to contextualize (theoretically, socially and politically) contemporary creative practice 2. Demonstrate visual analysis of art, design and media practices in the context of key contemporary questions and problem. One of the example I’m using is - Patrick Tresset, Aikon II, 2008-12
Include at least 5 Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles