IM047 A-V seminar: New Media Art I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martina Ivičič (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 N21
Prerequisites
At the end of the semester students will be able * to formulate their own apprehension in the reflexion on media art. * to recognize the influences which affected these media art works * to analyze particular works of media artist according to their position in media art history * to evaluate the contribution of the key works from the history to the development of media art.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This seminar introduces to students the typical and distinct works of media art. In first semester we will focus on art production retrospectively understood as predecessors of new media art, with special focus on 20 century.
Syllabus
  • New media archaeology: The HUMAN-MACHINE concept in the first part of 20.century Media art forerunners: Futurists and sound, French avant-garde, experimental film of ´60, Dada cinema, Fluxus Films John Cage: the character and the artwork Pioneers of videoart: Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Woody and Steina Vasulka The Expo phenomenon: Varése, Le Corbusier, Xenakis: Poéme électronique Media and performance.Multimédia: Rauschenberg, Xenakis Zdeněk Pěšánek: Světlo proníká tmou, 1930 Czech and Slovak contemporary videoart. Video and intermedia
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Rusnáková, Katarína: V toku pohyblivých obrazov. VŠVU, Bratislava 2005
  • Tribe Mark-Reena, Jana: New Media art, Taschen 2009
  • Artists as inventors - inventors as artists. Edited by Dieter Daniels - Barbara U. Schmidt. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz. 237 s. ISBN 9783775721530. 2008. info
  • JANEČEK, Václav and Štěpán KUBIŠTA. Laterna magika, or, "A theatre of miracles". Translated by Olga Němečková-Brzorádová - Daniel Macek. Praha: Art studio. 379 s. ISBN 809037381X. 2006. info
  • The art of Bill Viola. Edited by Bill Viola - Chris Townsend. 1st pub. London: Thames & Hudson. 223 s. ISBN 0500284725. 2004. info
  • XENAKIS, Iannis. Formalized music :thought and mathematics in composition. Edited by Sharon Kanach. Rev. ed. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press. xiv, 387 s. ISBN 0-945193-24-6. 1992. info
    not specified
  • Huhtamo, Erkki: Od kybernetizace k interakci: příspěvek k archeologii interaktivity. Teorie vedz, 2/2004.
Teaching methods
AV projection, seminar, reading.
Assessment methods
Essay on chosen topic (min. 5 pages/9000 signs + list of bibliographical notes and title page). The theme of the essay can be chosen from topics related to the presented documents and films.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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