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Philosophic/Aesthetic Aspects of Intermedia Art
FaVU-1FIEA-ZAcad. year: 2013/2014
The course focuses on sociological, philosophical/aesthetical and poetic points of departure of art media. The intermedia and multimedia character of contemporary art is a result of natural integration of disciplines, media, and technologies in a process of meaningful articulation of singular phenomena in a pluralistic world. Synchronic multifocality, polyphreny, and interaction will be used as tools for reflection in the course. We will look at bordering art genres, problematic character and relativisation of genre taxonimies in contemporary art, and at the mutual relationship between art, science, and technology.
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2. Sociological, philosophico-aesthetical and poetic departure points of art intermedia
3. Intermedia and multimedia character of contemporary art as the result of natural integration of disciplines, media, and technoloies
4. Synchronic multifocality, polyphreny, and relativization of genre taxonomies in conteporary art
6. The relationship between art, science, and technology
7. The pioneers of intermedia approach to art (Duchamp, Cage, Kaprow, Beuys, Paik).
8. Dematerialization and conceptualization of an artwork
9. Art and new media and technologies
10. Interactivity and the open art work
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Basic literature
Kahn, Douglas: Noise, Water, Meat. A History of Sound in the Arts. MIT Press, Cambridge 1999.
Kostelanetz, Richard: The Theatre of Mixed Means. Pitman Publishing, London 1970.
Rush, M.: New Media in Late 20th Century Art.
Recommended reading
Higgins, Dick: Intermédia. In: Ulver, S. - Západní filmová avantgarda, Praha 1991.
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