Course detail

Media of the Event - winter

FaVU-MEA-ZAcad. year: 2017/2018

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

The image of movement - "composition in time"

5th block: OBJECT IN MOTION (machine/robot) - MECHANIC RHYTHM

1/ physical space-time - object - code (KNOWBOTIC Research/SURVIVAL Research)
2/ movement and meaning - sign and symbol, translation and animation (Garry HILL/Bill VIOLA)
3/ the image of speech: visualisation - visual poetry (Bruce NAUMAN/Joan JONAS)
4/ the speech of music - sonic values and articulation, manipulation and multiplication - sound art (DUMB TYPE)
5/ speaking machines, artificial languages (midi), mathematic linguistics and language games, artificial intelligence and memory (VASULKA)
6/ "in-formation, per-formance, trans-formation" (VAN GOGH TV)

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)
CAGE, John. Silence: přednášky a texty. Praha: Tranzit (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, elective

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APE , 2. 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