Course detail

DSP 1 Interactions - winter

FaVU-3IA1-ZAcad. year: 2011/2012

Theory and history of action art emphasizing interactive expression in contemporary media art.
bibliography:
Elisabeth Jappe, Performance, Ritual, Prozess, Prestel - Munich
RoseLee Goldberg, Performance Art, Abrams - New York
RoseLee Goldberg, Performance Art since 1960, Abrams - N. Y.
Paul Shimmel, Out of actions, MOMA - Los Angeles
Henry Sayre, The Object of Performance, University of Chicago Press
Frank Popper, Art, Action, Participation, New York University Press
Robyn Brentano, Outside the frame, CCA - Cleveland
Rebeca Schneider, The Explicit Body in Performace, Routledge - N.Y.
Amelia Jones, Performing the Body / Performing the Text, Routledge - N.Y.
Amelia Jones, Body Art / Performing the Subject, Minnesota Press - London
Adrian Piper, Out of Order, Out of Site, MIT Press
Richard Schechner, The Future of Ritual, Routledge - N.Y.
Performance art 90´s, Art & Design - London

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. akad. soch. Tomáš Ruller

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course provides theoretical and historical information on action art in media and interactive artworks.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

individual studies, written assigments

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Classified credit - the quality of written assigments is assesed.

Course curriculum

INTERACTION - winter semester (1)

Action (in environment) - CONSTRUCTION/DECONSTRUCTION


1. Niki de SAINT FALL & Jean TINGUELY / Pat OLESZKO
2. Robert RAUSCHENBERG / Robert MORRIS / Claes OLDENBURG / Jim DINE / Robert WHITMAN / ED KEINHOLZ
3. Rebeca HORN, Jenny HOLZER, Barbara KRUGER
4. Jimmie DURHAM / James LUNA / Coco FUSCO / Guillermo GÓMEZ-PEŃA
5. Monty CANTSIN / John BOCK
6. Paul McCARTHY / Mike KELLEY

A NARRATIVE (in the community) - COMPOSITION/DECOMPOSITION
1. Shirin NESHAT / Mona HATOUM / Tehching HSIEH
2. Tadeus KANTOR / Jerzy GROTOWSKI
3. Andy WARHOL - FACTORY - VELVET UNDERGROUND
4. Robert WILSON / Andrej TARKOVSKIJ
5. RESIDENTS / Jeff KOONS
6. Laurie ANDERSON / Mathew BARNEY

COMMUNICATION AND CONTEXT - the world of art/artistic world

1. The law/Censorship and Art: Dorota NIEZNALSKA, Genpei AKASEGAWA
2. Feminism and art: GUERILLA GIRLS
3. politics and art: Hans HAACKE, Stuart BRISLEY, Krzystof WODICZKO
4. Activism/Postconceptual art: GENERAL IDEA, RTMARK, YES MEN

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course develops students' skills to combine and integrate theoretical knowledge in action art needed for the reflection of a complex work of art by learning about interactive forms of presentation and media strategies of creative interaction with reality.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

tutorials on essays regarding the individual thematic blocs

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Elisabeth Jappe, Performance, Ritual, Prozess, Prestel - Munich

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch UMVP_DP , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. akad. soch. Tomáš Ruller