IM073 Media-Action 3

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 N21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are to acquaint students with performance artists and their work, which can be characterised as a research on themes: 5th. bloc : OBJECT IN MOTION (machine / robot) - MECHANIC RHYTHM 6th. bloc : FIGURE IN MOTION (gesture / dance) - BIOLOGIC RHYTHM
Syllabus
  • MEDIA ART & ROBOTICS: Nam June PAIK / VASULKA'S (Steina & Woody)
  • VIDEO ART: Bruce NAUMAN / Joan JONAS / Garry HILL / Bill VIOLA
  • KNOWBOTIC Research / SURVIVAL Research / DUMB TYPE / VAN GOGH TV
  • PYROMANIA: Roman SIGNER / Eric HOBIJN / BOW GAMELAN / Cai Guo QIANG
  • SOUND ART: Terry FOX / Joe JONES / Paul PANHUYSEN / SOUNDLAB
  • GESTURE: Lucio FONTANA / Georges MATTIEU / Jackson POLLOCK
  • ACTIONISM - NITSCH, SCHWARTZKOGLER, BRUS, MUHL, RAINER
  • GUTAI – YOSHIHARA, SHIMAMOTO, SHIRAGA, MURAKAMI, TANAKA BUTO – ONO / HIJIKATA / TANAKA / SANKAI JUKU / DAI RAKUDA KAN
  • DANCE: CUNNINGHAM / BROWN / HALPRIN / CHILDS / JONES-ZANE
  • VOICE: Meredith MONK / Diamanda GALAS
Literature
  • Woody VASULKA & STEINA: Machine Media, MOMA - San Francisco
  • Michael Rush: New Media in Late 20th Cent. Art, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
  • Jonathan Benthall: Science and technology in art today, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
  • Frank Popper: Art of Electronic Age, Amazon / Media-archiv FaVU
  • STELARC: Obsolete Body, J.P.- Davis
Teaching methods
1/1 Lecture, seminiar
Assessment methods
Lecture. One paper presentation, written essay, minimum 50% attendance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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