Course detail

Media of the Event - winter

FaVU-MEA-ZAcad. year: 2009/2010

The course in the theory and history of action art, with the emphasis put on interactive expressions in current media art.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course theoretically and historically supplements the studies of action art in the area of media and interactive creation.

Prerequisites

Without.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit.
The prerequisite for the credit is the accomplishment of assigned tasks in the form of a paper.

Course curriculum

KOMUNIKACE A KONTEXT - svět umění / umělecký svět


1. Zákon & cenzura: Genpei AKASEGAWA, STURTEVANT, Gustav METZGER -
DESTRUCTION IN ART SYMPOSIUM (Mark BOYLE & Joan HILLS, John LATHAM)
2. Feminismus: GUERILLA GIRLS etc. (Judy CHICAGO, Susan HILLER, Suzane
LACY, Linda MONTANO, Ann MAGNUSSON, Karen FINLEY, Adrian PIPER, Janine
ANTONI, Jana STERBAK, Cheryl DONEGAN, Sigalit LANDAU, Patty CHANG)
3. Politika & sociální interakce: BLACK MASK, GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP /
Stuart BRISLEY, Hans HAACKE, Krzystof WODICZKO
4. ANTI-ART Japan: HI-RED CENTER, NEO DADA, Yukio MISHIMA
Aktivismus & Postkoncept: ANT FARM, GENERAL IDEA, RTMARK & YES MEN
5. Hacking: CRITICAL ART ENSAMBLE, Brian SPRINGER, Geert LOVINK
Art & Science: THE ART CATALYSTS, Heath BUNTING, Rod DICKINSON
6. EKO & BIO ART: Helen MEYER & Newton HARRISON, Alan SONFIST,
GREEN PEACE, Mel CHIN, Peter FEND, Eduardo KAC, Oron CATTS


KOMPLEXNÍ SYSTÉMY - politika, ekologie, spiritualita / životní styl


1. Futurismus - MARINETTI, Avantgarda - MALEVICH, Surrealismus - DALÍ,
Bauhaus - SCHLEMMER
2. Marcel DUCHAMP / STURTEVANT - DADA / ANTI ART
3. Rudolf STEINER / Joseph BEUYS - Antroposofie / FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
4. FLUXUS:
MACIUNAS, HIGGINS, BRECHT, WILLIAMS, VOSTELL, FILLIOU, HANSEN, BEN
(+ Milan KNÍŽÁK)
5. BLACK MARKET:
Norbert KLASSEN, Jacques VAN POPPEL, Nigel ROLFE, Roi VAARA,
Zbygniew WARPECHOWSKI
6. ASA, OPEN SITUATIONS, GROUNDWORKS
Boris NIESLONY, Alastair MAC LENNAN, Zygmunt PIOTROWSKI
(+ Tomáš RULLER)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To develop the abilities to combine and incorporate theoretic knowledge in the area of action art for the sake of reflection of a complex artwork. This is achieved through the cognition of interactive forms of presentation, through the cognition of media strategies of creative entry into reality.

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

Lessons are obligatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CAGE, John. Silence. Wesleyan: University press (CS)
KELLEY, Jeff. Childsplay: the art of Allan Kaprow. Berkeley: University of California Press (CS)
HRSG. VON OLIVIER BERGGRUEN, MAX HOLLEIN, INGRID PFEIFFER, hrsg. von Olivier Berggruen, Max Hollein, Ingrid Pfeiffer a Olivier Berggruen. Paolo Bianchi.. [et al.]. MIT BEITRÄGEN VON NUIT BANAI. Yves Klein. Ostfildern-Ruit: H. Cantz (CS)
James Turrell: Geometrie des Lichts = geometry of light. Editor Ursula SINNREICH. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz (CS)
VISO, Olga M. Ana Mendieta: earth body : sculpture and performance, 1972-1985. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APE , 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer