ESA227 Some Reflections on Contemporary Art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Professor Kenneth Hay (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
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 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
K.Hay is both an artist and a theorist of art. The dual aspect of thinking and making are inseparable halves of an on-going practice which is constantly evolving and trying to redefine itself. One half of "Moorland Productions" artistic team with Seetha A., his practical work has been exhibited in three Venice Biennales, and many group and solo exhibitions around the world. His theoretical work addresses issues of modernity and postmodernity, intersemiotic translatability, and in particular Italian 19th and 20th-century aesthetic theory. He has a particular interest in attempted rationalisations of the relationship between art practice and research, or art and cognition, and has published on art and architecture history and theory, film, philosophy and cultural criticism. He has also worked as a translator and editor. The lecture series will explore some issues and dilemmas in contemporary art practice, history and theory, particularly viewed from within the theory/practice dialectic.
Syllabus
  • 1. modernity and postmodernity 2. intersemiotic translatability 3. Italian 19th and 20th-century aesthetic theory 4. relationship between art practice and research 5. relationship between art and cognition 6. relationship between art and architecture 7. relationship between history and theory 8. film, philosophy and cultural criticism
Assessment methods
final essay
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bc. estetiky, kteří začali své studium před více než třemi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si tento předmět nemohou zapsat
Teacher's information
http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~fin6kgh/Cv/cv.html
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