IM017 New Media Art: Between Art and Technology II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 zruseno D21
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
Course objectives
Define the basic terms from the field of media art of the 20th century;
Explain the relations between spheres of art and media (photography, film, television, video, digital technologies);
Formulate opinions on different periods of media art and their dominant characteristics;
Interpret media artists manifestos (from historical avant-gardes to theoretical writings of second half of the 20th century media artists);
Characterize creative poetics of media art in its changes from avant-gards inspired by modern civilization and a concept of machine to media art of 60s and 90s.;
Evaluate the contribution by main media artists for development of the field.
Syllabus
  • Media art (intermedia-multimedia) – from art influencing the media to the media influencing the art.
  • 1. Intermedia.
  • 2. Video art and video-installation.
  • 3. Audio art and intermedia.
  • 4. Reality/Mediality.
  • 5. Body, bodiness and new media (Stelarc, Orlan, feminism and video).
  • 6. Technological constructions of the spatio-temporality: acpects of perception
  • 7. Social technologies (deconstruction, subversion and utopia of the democratic communications)
  • 8. Interactivity, participation, networking
  • 9. Virtual naration
  • 10. Cyber-sculptures
  • 11. Immersion and interaction
Literature
  • Frieling, R.; Daniels, D.: Media Kunst Netz/Media Art Net. Vídeň-New York: Springer, 2004
  • Rovněž elektronická verze: < http://mediaartnet.org >
  • Goldber, R.L. Performance Art From Futurism to the Present. Londýn/New York: Thames & Hudson, 1979.
  • Ed. Wardrip-Fruin, N. a kol.: The New Media Reader. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003
  • Frieling, R.; Daniels,D. Medien Kunst Interaktion, Die 80er und 90er Jahre in deutschland/Media Art Interaction, the 1980s and 1990s in Germany. Springer, 1997.
  • Hansen, Mark, B.N.: New Philosophy for New Media, MIT Press, 2004
  • Dunn, D. – Vasulka, W. – vasulka, s. (ed.) EIGENWELT DER APPARATE – WELT, Pioneers of Electronic Art. Linz: Ars Electronica, 1992.
  • Rush, M.: New Media in Late 20th-Century Art. Londýn/New York : Thames&Hudson, 1999
  • Murray, J., H. Hamlet on the Holodeck, The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1997.
Teaching methods
Lectures. Readings.
Assessment methods
Written test. (10 questions = 100 points). Students have to get at least 60 points for successful passing the test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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