Course detail

Studio I - Body Design - summer

FaVU-B1TD-LAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course has two main tasks - common project and individual project.
The theme of the common project will be defined at the beginning of the semester.
Task for the 1st semester as part of the common project: to acquire new experience of team creative work
Task for the first semester of the individual project:
Recommended topic: Physical body - its construction and physical features
Recommended technique: material visual object

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Successful adaptation to the way of college studio education.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to communicate in visual and verbal form.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

By completing an active participation in at least one joint project, submitting a photographic documentation and with at least 70% attendance at the consultations, the student will receive a credit.
If one of these components is not met, the student has the chance to correct the situation by fulfilling the individual task.
The individual project will culminate as final project of semester and will be commissioned by the commission.

Obligatory attendance at 70%.
Mandatory participation in at least one joint project per semester.
Photographic documentation of a common project and individual work.

Aims

Understanding the meaning and broad possibilities of the concept of body art.
Linking concept to real material.
Dual access to the body of the artist - as to the body that forms and to the body - the object.
Aspects of the artwork documentation.
The student is already orientated in the system of work of the studio and in the system of the school
The student will understand the relationship between the concept and its transfer to the material.
Students will learn the basics of the work with the selected material - they will focus on the system of workshop help within and outside the school.
The student begins to notice the importance of the installation to illustrate the significance of the artifact.
The student continues to improve the work with the idea and its communication both verbally and verbally.
Students will find their place in the team and discover their abilities as a specific contribution to team work.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Annik de Souzenelle:"Symbolismus lidského těla", unitaria 1994
REZEK, Petr. Tělo, věc a skutečnost v současném umění (CS)
Robert Murphy, Umlčené tělo (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

    branch VU-IDT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1st - 2nd week - presentation of the work and experience made between the semesters, setting up a common task, determining the process of its solution, providing theoretical background and literature and accompanying events.
3rd - 5th week - usually work on a common project
6th week - completion of a common project and feedback
7th - 13th week - work on individual projects
11th week - excursion, outdoor sympozion
13th week - consultation with guest
The timetable may vary according to the terms of the common project.

Seminar

156 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Výuka probíhá podle pokynů vedoucího ateliéru a v souladu s individuálními tvůrčími kvalitami studentů.