Course detail

New Media Art - Art and Technology 2

FEKT-MPC-UNM2Acad. year: 2025/2026

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.

Department

Hudební fakulta (HF JAMU)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

Dunn, D. - Vasulka, W. - vasulka, s. (ed.) EIGENWELT DER APPARATE - WELT, Pioneers of Electronic Art. Linz: Ars Electronica, 1992.
Ed. Wardrip-Fruin, N. a kol.: The New Media Reader. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003.
Frieling, R.; Daniels, D.: Media Kunst Netz/Media Art Net. Vídeň-New York: Springer, 2004
Frieling, R.; Daniels,D. Medien Kunst Interaktion, Die 80er und 90er Jahre in deutschland/Media Art Interaction, the 1980s and 1990s in Germany. Springer, 1997.
Hansen, Mark, B.N.: New Philosophy for New Media, MIT Press, 2004.
Murray, J., H. Hamlet on the Holodeck, The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1997.
Rush, M.: New Media in Late 20th-Century Art. Londýn/New York : Thames&Hudson, 1999.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-AUD Master's

    specialization AUDM-ZVUK , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introductory lecture: The course content and completion conditions. 

2. Interactivity, collaboration and participation.

3. Apropriation, remake, remix.

4. Gaming a interventions, culture jamming, tactical media.

5. Databases, data visualisation, mapping.

6. Beyond the book: text and narrative environments;.

7. Mobile and locative media.

8. Telepresence, telematics, telerobotics.

9. Artificial life, Artificial intelligence, intelligent agents.

10. New media art festivals and institutions.

11.  New Media Art: Czech scene.