IMK06 Excursion to Multimedia 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 19. 9. 11:40–13:15 A33 stara, Fri 24. 10. 11:40–13:15 A33 stara, Fri 21. 11. 11:40–13:15 A33 stara, Fri 5. 12. 11:40–13:15 A33 stara
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
The course will be realized in the form of the four insights into the realm of multimedia. Selective lectures will be focused on the developement of the theoretical, technical a aesthetic conceptions reflecting the metamorphosis dynamical relations between music or sound art in general and other types of art in the context of a work of multimedia. Main objective of the course is understanding the span of the notion "multimedia" and its polyvalency.
Syllabus
  • 1. Multimedia – space of the art form synthesis. Definition approaches. 2. Rise of the aristic expression complexity as a consequence of the European rationality development - logos, order, chaos. A projection of the rational approaches into the process of artistic production. 3. Interaction between the sensoric modes - sound and picture - From the pictorial function of music to the sounding picture. 4. Synaesthesia - Too much ado about nothing or a relevant scientific area? Music for eyes - music visualization forms.
Literature
  • Packer, R. - Jordan, K. - Gibson, W. Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Assessment methods
The final essay should be handed in the extent of 12 600 - 18 000 characters. There are following free topics given: 1. Multimedia as a result of an increasing rationality in arts, 2. Synthetic forms of artistic expression, 3. Picture and sound - mutual relations and influences, 4. Transmedia bindings between various art types.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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