Course detail

Media of the Event 3 - winter

FaVU-MED3-ZAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course in the theory and history of Action Art, with the emphasis on Interactive Media Art:
COMMUNICATION AND CONEXT - the World of Art / the Artistic World
COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Philosophy, Spirituality / Life Style

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

Exam.
The prerequisite for the credit is the accomplishment of assigned tasks in the form of a paper.

Course curriculum

COMMUNICATION AND CONEXT - the World of Art / the Artistic World

1. Law & Censorship / Anti Art:
Genpei AKASEGAWA, HI-RED CENTER & NEO DADA / Ukio MISHIMA
Gustav METZGER - DESTRUCTION ART SYMPOSIUM (Mark BOYLE, John LATHAM)
Ai WEI WEI, SUN Yuan, YANG Zichao, ZHU Yu

2. Feminism:
GUERILLA GIRLS
Rachel ROSENTHAL, Mary Beth EDELSON, Judy CHICAGO, Suzanne LACY,
Ann MAGNUSSON, Karen FINLEY, Adrian PIPER, Janine ANTONI, Cheryl DONEGAN,
Patty CHANG, Tracey ROSE, Jana STERBAK, Katarzyna KOZYRA

3. Politics & Social Intervention:
BLACK MASK & GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP & ART WORKERS COALITION
J.J. LEBEL & Guy DEBORD & SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL
Hans HAACKE & Stuart BRISLEY & Krzystof WODICZKO

4. Activism & Participation:
Lygia CLARK & Helio OTICICA / Santiago SIERRA & ROSARIO GROUP
GROUP MATERIAL & Rirkrit TIRAVANJA, Thierry GEOFFROY-COLONEL,
Francis ALYS, Tino SEHGAL, Jeremy DELLER

5. Hacking & Tactical Media:
ANT FARM & GENERAL IDEA / RTMARK & YES MEN
Brian SPRINGER & Geert LOVINK / ARTS CATALYST
& Heath BUNTING & Rod DICKINSON & Alexandra MIR

6. Eco & Bio Art:
GREEN PEACE / Helen MAYER & Newton HARRISON
Peter FEND & Mel CHIN & Alan SONFIST
CRITICAL ART ENSAMBLE & Eduardo KAC & Oron CATTS


COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Philosophy, Spirituality / Life Style

1.
Futurism - Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI, Luigi RUSSOLO
Avantguard - Kazimir MALEVIČ, Vladimir TATLIN, Vladimir MAJAKOVSKIJ
Surrealism - Antonin ARTAUD, André BRETON, Salvador DALÍ
Bauhaus - Oskar SCHLEMMER

2.
Dada - Marcel DUCHAMP / Anti Art - STURTEVANT
Antroposophy - Rudolf STEINER / FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Joseph BEUYS

3.
Tadeus KANTOR - Informal, Zero, Impossible and Theatre of Death
Jerzy GROTOWSKI - Poor Theatre, Laboratory, Theatre of Participation and Sources
Andrei TARKOVSKIJ – Stalker
Alejandro JODOROWSKI – Psychomagic / Panic Therapy

4.
FLUXUS:
George MACIUNAS & Dick HIGGINS & George BRECHT
Emmett WILLIAMS & Robert FILLIOU, & Ben VAUTIER
Jackson MAC LOW & Henry FLYNT & Al HANSEN
Ben PATTERSON & Geoffrey HENDRICX & Henning CHRISTIANSEN
Wolf VOSTELL & Dieter ROTH & Endre TÓT

5.
BLACK MARKET - MOVEMENT:
SCHOOL OF ATTENTION / GROUNDWORKS - Zygmunt PIOTROWSKI
OPEN SITUATIONS - Tomas RULLER & Habib KHERADYAR ZAMANI
ART SERVIS ASSOCIATION - Boris NIESLONY & Jurgen FRITZ
Zbygniew WARPECHOWSKI & Nigel ROLFE

6.
BLACK MARKET INTERNATIONAL - GROUP:
Norbert KLASSEN & Jacques VAN POPPEL & Roi VAARA
Alastair MAC LENNAN & Lee WEN & Jason LIM
Myriam LAPLANTE, Elvira SANTAMARIA TORRES, Julie ANDREE T

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APE , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective
    branch APE , 3. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer