Program Leader: Nicholas Bastin & Jazmina Cininas
Email: nicholas.bastin@rmit.edu.au / jazmina.cininas@rmit.edu.au
Dates: 15 – 29 June 2024 plus travel
Availability: 25-30 places (FULLY BOOKED)
Location: Japan
The Art Global Intensive: Japan 2023 (HUS1072), is an undergraduate University student elective comprising a two-week study tour of Japan, supplemented by activities on RMIT City Campus either side of the tour. Japanese destinations on the Art Global Intensive include:
· Art museums and outdoor sculpture installations on the Art Islands of Naoshima and Teshima
· Traditional and contemporary museums in the historical city of Kyoto
· Contemporary art galleries in cosmopolitan Tokyo
· The mountain village of Higashichichibu, where you will learn traditional papermaking and wood block printing in workshops by Japanese masters at Washi no Sato.
Prior to travel to Japan, there will be an online pre-travel briefing and a face-to-face workshop, during which you will prepare pages for a sketchbook, which will be bound using the Japanese Retchousou binding technique in Japan. You will use this portable sketchbook, alongside digital documentation, to record your Japanese experiences and encounters. Assessment tasks include the creation of a travel blog that evaluates and reflects upon your time in Japan, the completed sketchbook, and the production of an original artwork that responds to your cultural, artistic and social experiences of Japan.
Image: The Art Global Intensive: Japan Led by Dr Nicholas Bastin and Dr Jazmina Cininas, Naoshima Art island and travel through Japan 2023
More information: RMIT Global Experiences