Course detail

Media of the Event 2 - summer

FaVU-MED-LAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course in the theory and history of action art, with the emphasis on interactive media art:
ACTION (in an environment) – CONSTRUCTION / DECONSTRUCTION
STORY (in society) – COMPOSITION / DECOMPOSITION

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

ACTION (in an environment) – CONSTRUCTION / DECONSTRUCTION

Niki de SAINT PHALLE & Jean TINGUELY, Daniel SPOERRI, ARMAN – NEO REALISM Robert RAUSCHENBERG, Robert MORRIS, Edward KEINHOLZ – POP ART
Claes OLDENBURG, Jim DINE, Robert WHITMAN - HAPPENINGS
Rebecca HORN, Jenny HOLZER, Barbara KRUGER, Martha ROSSLER - Faschion Reflex
Jimmie DURHAM, James LUNA, Coco FUSCO, Guillermo GÓMEZ-PEŃA – Indian Moovement
RESIDENTS, Monty CANTSIN, John BOCK – Underground / Neoism / Anarchism
Paul McCARTHY, Mike KELLEY, John DUNCAN – Perversion & Punk

STORY (in society) – COMPOSITION / DECOMPOSITION

Andy WARHOL / FACTORY / VELVET UNDERGROUND - POP CULT
LIVING THEATRE, PERFORMANCE GROUP, WOOSTER GROUP – Theater Alternatives
Yannis KOUNELIS, SOCIETAS RAFFAELO SANZIO, FORCED ENTERTAINMENT – Action Staging
Shirin NESHAT, Mona HATOUM, Sigalit LANDAU, Tanja OSTOJIČ, Tehching HSIEH – Identity
Laurie ANDERSON, Mathew BARNEY – Media show / Style a Manner
Jeff KOONS, Damien HIRST - Market Show / Kitsch and Exclusivity

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

HOPKINS, David. After modern art: 1945-2000. New York: Oxford University Press (CS)
COLLINS, Bradford R. Pop art: the independent group to Neo pop, 1952-90. New York: Phaidon (CS)
FUSCO, Coco. Corpus delecti: performance art of the Americas. New York: Routledge (CS)
GOLDBERG, RoseLee. a Laurie ANDERSON. Laurie Anderson. New York: Harry N. Abrams (CS)
KIRBY, Michael. Happenings : an Illustrated Anthology, New York: Jim Dine, Dutton (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch ZST , 1. year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APE , 2. year of study, summer semester, elective
    branch APE , 2. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer