Course detail

PhD Lab 2 (Art Creation & Exhibition)

FaVU-3LAB2Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course provides students with support throughout the complex process of artistic creation, from the initial vision to the final exhibition or presentation of the work. The specific content of the course is shaped by joint discussions on theoretical and practical issues related to artistic research, artistic practice, and the various modes of their presentation that students encounter in their work. The course is conducted through both group and individual consultations, allowing for an intensive and personalized approach to teaching.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Filip Cenek

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Classes take place in the classrooms of the Faculty of Fine Arts at BUT during the hours specified in the schedule. The course credit is awarded based on attendance, active participation in seminars, and a final colloquium.

Aims

The aim of the course is to enhance the professional competencies of doctoral students in the areas of creation, artistic research, exhibition, and presentation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Mieke BAL, Travelling Concepts In the Humanities. A Rough Guide, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Recommended reading

Brian O´DOHERTY: Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1999.
Claire BISHOP and Dan PERJOVSCHI: Radical Museology: Or, What's 'Contemporary' in Museums of Contemporary Art? London: Koenig, 2014.
David BALZER: Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else. Pluto Press: London. 2014.
Dieter LESAGE: Art, Research and Politics: Essays in Curatorial Criticism (1999-2014)
Elke KRASNY, Sophie LINGG, Lena FRITSCH, Birgit BOSOLD, Vera HOFMANN (eds.), Radicalizing Care Feminist and Queer Activismin Curating, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2022.
Jana ŠEVČÍKOVÁ – Jiří ŠEVČÍK: Texty. Praha: tranzit. 2010.
Maria HLAVAJOVA and Simon SHEIKH. Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989. Utrecht and Cambridge: basis vor actuele kunst and MIT Press. 2016.
Paul O’NEILL – Mick WILSON (eds.), Curating Research, London – Amsterdam: Open Editions 2015.
Petra HANÁKOVÁ: Ženy – Inštitúcie? K dejinám umeleckej prevádzky deväťdesiatych rokov. Bratislava: VŠVU, Slovart. 2010.
WILL Bradley and Charles ESCHE. Art and Social Change: A Critical Reader. London: Tate Publishing.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUD_P_CZ Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme VUD_P_EN Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme VUD_P_CZ Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Filip Cenek