Czech

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Students are oriented in the history and contemporary practice of curating. They are able to identify key figures of curating both in the international context and within the Czech art scene of the last 20 years; they know the important exhibitions and exhibition formats.

A solid knowledge of the context of contemporary art and its theory.

Not applicable.

Combination of lectures, presentations of invited guests concluded by a controlled discussion, and presentations of students related to selected topics covered during the semester.

A credit. Based on presentation of the conception of a curatorial project.

Lectures:
1. Key curators-authors since the post-war era up to now (Harald Szeeman, Lucy Lippard, Pontus Hultén, Nicolas Bourriaud, Maria Lind...).
2. Curating in the Czech republic after 1989: important representatives, important curatorial projects.
3. Exhibition formats (one-man show, collective shows, thematic exhibition, biennial etc.) and the roles to be adapted or created by curators within these formats.
4. A relationship between curating and theory; a relatedness of curating and art practice.
5. “Low-cost curating”: off-spaces, artist-run spaces, artist as curators.
6. Institutionalisation of curating within the academy; theoretical reflextion of curating.

Workshops:
Presentations of the selected Czech or foreign curators.
Field trip(s): selected exhibitions, where the variety of curatorial strategies and approaches can be seen in flesh.

Not applicable.

The aim of the course is to develop a deeper understanding of curating, both in its history and up-to-date practice. Students will be informed about the important representatives of the curatorial, about the key exhibition formats; they will meet curators and in discussion with them they will be able to reflect on the specific nature of the curatorial practice.

Compulsory attendance (3 absences allowed).

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časopis On curating (http://on-curating.org/)
David Korecký (ed.), Médium – kurátor, Praha: Agite/Fra, 2009.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Everything you always wanted to know about curating but were afraid to ask, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2011.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stručné dějiny kurátorství, Kutná Hora: GASK, 2012.
Paul O’Neill (ed.), Curating subjects, London: Open Editions, 2007.