Course detail

Studio IV - Intermedia - summer

FaVU-B4IN-LAcad. year: 2022/2023

The subject focuses on the students' individual bachelor's project in the context and medium of their choice. The student has the task of looking at his/her artistic work to date within the framework of art history and tries to name the chosen strategies and procedures in the context of the theory of mixed art. They work with the reduction of the portfolio in relation to the bachelor's project, which is consulted during individual meetings with the studio teachers and externs. They learn to communicate about their work with theorists, critics, curators, but also technologists and cultural managers. 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

In the summer semester of the final year of the bachelor's degree, students continue to develop the themes of their own artistic work, which they finalize in the form of an author's exhibition/installation/performance or other professional presentation of the project. They acquire the ability to theoretically reflect on their own work in written and verbal expression. They reduce the art portfolio ready for possible future presentation. 

Prerequisites

Students follow up on the bachelor's work in progress from the winter semester, which they finalize during the summer semester. They are ready to consult the process in the studio, with work supervisors and external experts.
 

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods


Activity at studio meetings, independent work in the studio, presentation of own work, lectures, consultations, debates, excursions, study of literature. 

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes


To be awarded credit, it is necessary to work on your own semester project, which is continuously consulted (individually and in groups) during the semester. The development of the work is documented using work-in-progress, sketches or research. Mandatory number of ongoing consultations: 4. 80% participation in studio meetings is mandatory. Credit for submitting a bachelor's thesis. 

Course curriculum

1. Students work on a bachelor's project and, during the semester, consult on its development with other students, studio leaders and externs 2.

Final exam – defense of the bachelor's thesis 

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Independent work on a bachelor's project in a studio environment. Critical reflection of one's own work and the ability to verbalize one's own concepts. Orientation in current topics in the context of contemporary art and non-art fields. 

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Submitting a bachelor's thesis, participating in studio meetings and activities, communicating with studio leaders. 

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Basic literature

BENJAMIN, W. Dílo a jeho zdroj. Praha: Odeon, 1979
DIDI-HUBERMAN, G. Před časem. Praha: Barrister & Principal, 2008

Recommended reading

KWON, M. Jedno místo za druhým. In: Stav věcí - Sochy v ulicích. Brno: Dům umění města Brna, 2011, s. 173–205

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

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

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

195 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer