Course detail

Philosophic/Aesthetic Aspects of Intermedia Art

FaVU-1FIEA-ZAcad. year: 2013/2014

The course focuses on sociological, philosophical/aesthetical and poetic points of departure of art media. The intermedia and multimedia character of contemporary art is a result of natural integration of disciplines, media, and technologies in a process of meaningful articulation of singular phenomena in a pluralistic world. Synchronic multifocality, polyphreny, and interaction will be used as tools for reflection in the course. We will look at bordering art genres, problematic character and relativisation of genre taxonimies in contemporary art, and at the mutual relationship between art, science, and technology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, Ph.D.

Department

Intermedia Studio (AIN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be informed about the developments in contemporayr art intermedia and will be able to theoretically reason their own preferences of untraditional artistic media.

Prerequisites

None

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The methods of teaching vary according to the form of teaching and they are described by Article 7 of the BUT Rules for Study and Exams.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credits, tests, exam.

Course curriculum

1. Time and space in the symbolic reflection of the wold
2. Sociological, philosophico-aesthetical and poetic departure points of art intermedia
3. Intermedia and multimedia character of contemporary art as the result of natural integration of disciplines, media, and technoloies
4. Synchronic multifocality, polyphreny, and relativization of genre taxonomies in conteporary art
6. The relationship between art, science, and technology
7. The pioneers of intermedia approach to art (Duchamp, Cage, Kaprow, Beuys, Paik).
8. Dematerialization and conceptualization of an artwork
9. Art and new media and technologies
10. Interactivity and the open art work

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide an overview for the students of contemporary artistic media and prvide them with philosophical-poetic basis for their decisions to transgress and combine traditional media in their own work.

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

Attendance is mandatory

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Cseres, Jozef - Murin, Michal (eds.): Od analógového k digitálnemu. AU, Banská Bystrica 2010.
Kostelanetz, Richard: The Theatre of Mixed Means. Pitman Publishing, London 1970.
Kahn, Douglas: Noise, Water, Meat. A History of Sound in the Arts. MIT Press, Cambridge 1999.
Rush, M.: New Media in Late 20th Century Art.

Recommended reading

Cseres, J. - Murin, Michal (eds.): Od analogového k digitálnímu.. AU, Banská Bystrica 2010.
Higgins, Dick: Intermédia. In: Ulver, S. - Západní filmová avantgarda, Praha 1991.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch AIN , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch APE , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

52 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, Ph.D.