Course detail

Media of the Event 3 - winter

FaVU-MED3-ZAcad. year: 2012/2013

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

COMMINICATION & CONTEXT - World fo Art / Art World

1.10. 1. Law & Cenzorship:
Genpei AKASEGAWA
Gustav METZGER - DESTRUCTION ART SYMPOSIUM
Mark BOYLE, John LATHAM + Ukio MISHIMA

8.10. 2. Feminism:
GUERILLA GIRLS
Judy CHICAGO, Suzanne LACY, Linda MONTANO, Ann MAGNUSSON,
Karen FINLEY, Adrian PIPER, Janine ANTONI, Susan HILLER,
Cheryl DONEGAN, Sigalit LANDAU, Patty CHANG, Jana STERBAK

15.10. 3. Politics & social interaction:
BLACK MASK & GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP
J.J. LEBEL & SITUATIONISTS
Hans HAACKE & Stuart BRISLEY

22.10. 4. Anti Art / Activism:
HI-RED CENTER & NEO DADA / GENERAL IDEA & Krzystof WODICZKO
RTMARK & YES MEN

29.10. 5. Hacking:
ANT FARM + CRITICAL ART ENSAMBLE / Brian SPRINGER & Geert LOVINK /
ART CATALYSTS & Heath BUNTING & Rod DICKINSON

5.11. 6. Eko & Bio Art:
GREEN PEACE / Helen MAYER - Newton HARRISON & Peter FEND /
Alan SONFIST & Mel CHIN / Eduardo KAC & Oron CATTS


COMPLEX SYSTEMS - philosophy, spirituality / life style

12.11.
Futurism - Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI
Avantguard - Kazimir MALEVICH
Surrealism - Salvador DALÍ
Bauhaus - Oskar SCHLEMMER

19.11.
Dada - Marcel DUCHAMP /
Anti Art - STURTEVANT
Anthroposophy - Rudolf STEINER /
FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Joseph BEUYS

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

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

10.12. BLACK MARKET INTERNATIONAL GROUP:
Norbert KLASSEN & Jacques VAN POPPEL & Roi VAARA
Alastair MAC LENNAN & Wen LEE & Jason LIM
Myriam LAPLANTE, Elvira SANTAMARIA TORRES, Julie ANDREE TREMBLAY

















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 , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme Bachelor's

    branch APE , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer