Clarification details
Updated December 2016. This document has been updated in its entirety to address new issues that have arisen from moderation.
Systematic clarification of ideas
The identification of a specific pictorial, thematic, technical and/or conceptual proposition enhances students’ opportunity to clarify ideas.
Systematic progression of ideas means that work builds upon the evaluation of preceding outcomes to ensure the cohesive progression of technical, pictorial and thematic ideas.
Extension and regeneration of ideas
At Merit and Excellence, students will often combine methods and ideas from a range of approaches with their own visual or technical innovations. This may include an element of risk taking with materials and/or subject matter.
Extension typically involves a second phase of development that explores a new visual or conceptual direction. Convincing extension of ideas will typically include the evaluation of previous outcomes, a sound understanding of field-specific conventions, and the successive introduction of new artist models.
Regeneration typically involves the sustained progression of ideas through a number of distinctly different visual and/or conceptual iterations. Regeneration often involves insightful evaluation of previous outcomes, mastery of field conventions and significant innovation and risk taking to produce unexpected outcomes.
Appropriate evidence
Evidence for this standard should include the entire developmental journey rather than an edited series of final outcomes. Isolated or unrelated outcomes, or the exploration of an effect as an end in itself, are unlikely to generate appropriate evidence for this standard.
Students should independently gather a range of appropriate resource material and imagery to ensure the investigation is sustainable. At Merit and Excellence, this pool of resources should be continually refreshed with new material.
Contemporary artist models, and those relevant to the cultural milieu of students, are recommended. New Zealand models may be particularly relevant. New artist models are often introduced throughout the investigative process to support the advancement of ideas.
Annotations may identify strengths and weaknesses of preceding outcomes and indicate future directions. Annotations support rather than replace the required visual evidence.