Course detail

Studio IV - Photography - winter

FaVU-B4FO-ZAcad. year: 2023/2024

Semestrial work - “Photographic book”
Major work - exhibition series for the final exam.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Department

Photography Studio (AFO)

Entry knowledge

Interest in spiritual approach to photography. Conceptual thinking. Creative maturity and greater experience with the medium of photography in contemporary art. The high technical level is indisputable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Exam.

Aims

The ability to reflect one's own practice as an artist and orientation in the contemporary art scene.
Extending knowledge in the field of photography in contemporary art. Developed critical thinking. Confronted with common artistic expressions.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bourdieu, Pierre, Photography: A Middle-brow Art, trans. Shaun Whiteside Cambridge: Polity Press, paperback ed., 1996 (EN)
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, tranzit.cz, 2004 (CS)
Fontcuberta, Joan: Pandora's Camera. Mack, London, 2014 (EN)
Fontcuberta, Joan ed.: Photography. Crisis of history, Actar, Barcelona, 2002 (EN)
Fried, Michael: Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: Art Power. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: On the New. London and New York: Verso, 2014 (EN)
Paul Wood & Charles Harrison ed.: Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, United Kingdom, 2003 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.
Mgr. Tomáš Javůrek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Semestrial work - “Photographic book”
Students must create publication that will reflect the mature approach to photography.
The greatest emphasis is put on the students' ability to understand and analyze situation of contemporary art.
Mandatory studio meetings, individual consultations and discussions about students' major work. The studio visits by authorities from the art word.

Seminar

156 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.