Course detail

Media of the Event 2 - winter

FaVU-MED-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

OBJEKT V POHYBU (stroj / robot) - MECHANICKÝ RYTMUS
ART & TECHNOLOGY
1. Nam June PAIK, VASULKA'S – Media & Robotika
2. Bruce NAUMAN, Joan JONAS – Video performance
3. Garry HILL, Bill VIOLA – Video instalace
4. DUMB TYPE, KNOWBOTIC Research, VAN GOGH TV - Hi-tech & VR
5. SURVIVAL Research, BOW GAMELAN, Roman SIGNER, Eric HOBIJN, FISCHLI & WEISS, Cai Guo QIANG – výbušné procesy
6. La Monte YOUNG, Terry FOX, Joe JONES, Paul PANHUYSEN - SOUND ART

FIGURA V POHYBU (gesto / tanec / hlas) - BIOLOGICKÝ RYTMUS

1. Iuichi INOUE, Lucio FONTANA (ZERO), Georges MATTIEU, Jackson POLLOCK
2. AKCIONISMUS – NITSCH, SCHWARTZKOGLER, BRUS, MUHL
3. GUTAI – YOSHIHARA, SHIMAMOTO, SHIRAGA, MURAKAMI, TANAKA
4. BUTO – ONO, HIJIKATA, TANAKA, SANKAI JUKU, DAI RAKUDA KAN
5. JUDSON DANCE GROUP, WOOSTER GROUP - tanec
6. Meredith MONK, Diamanda GALAS - hlas

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

ALEXANDRA MUNROE. [COORGANIZED BY THE JAPAN FOUNDATION ..]. Japanese art after 1945: scream against the sky ; [exhibition tour: Yokohama Museum of Art, February 5 - March 30, 1994, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York September 14, 1994 - January 8, 1995, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art .. May 31 - August 27, 1995] = Sengo-Nihon-no-zen'ei-bijutsu. New York, NY: Abrams (CS)
HANHARDT, John G. a Nam June PAIK. The worlds of Nam June Paik. New York: Guggenheim Museum (CS)
MEREWETHER, Charles., Rika Iezumi. HIRO a Reiko. TOMII. Art, anti-art, non-art: experimentations in the public sphere in postwar Japan, 1950-1970. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute (CS)
Shanken, Edward A., Art and Electronic Media. London, New York:Phaidon Press (CS)

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 , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer