TIM_BK_003 Proseminar_Interactive Media Art I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Szűcsová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 20. 9. 9:00–10:40 N21, Fri 25. 10. 9:00–10:40 N21, Fri 22. 11. 9:00–10:40 N21, Fri 6. 12. 9:00–10:40 N21
Prerequisites
Ability to read texts in English.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is intended for the beginner students of Theory of Interactive Media studies. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with some of the main themes, theoreticians and artists in the field of new media art, and to give them an initial insight into the discipline. Students will be oriented in the local contemporary artistic happenings within the given field of study (galleries, festivals) and familiarized with key institutions, festivals and personalities of the theory and practice of new media art in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be:
- capable of recognizing relevant resources suited to the art of interactive media research;
- familiarized with some of the key themes, theoreticians and artists in the field of Theory of Interactive Media;
- able to prepare a report about an exhibition and its interpretation; they will be able to present their outcomes during the lectures;
- oriented in the local contemporary art within the field of study (galleries, festivals);
- familiarized with key institutions and festivals in new media art theory and practice in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Syllabus
  • - Course target - organization of the semester - assignment of tasks to individual seminars.
  • - Relevant resources - why Wikipedia is not enough. Source Wizard (libraries, e-resources, etc.). - Monoscope, UbuWeb, runme.org, mediaartnet, university electronic resources (JSTORE, etc.).
  • - Current events – new media artists and theorists.
  • - Visit to a new media institution, archive, or festival.
  • - Discussion about current events in new media: current exhibitions and conferences (ZKM, Transmediale, Ars Electronica and local events). New publications and texts by prominent new media theorists.
  • - Festivals, institutions, archives focused on media art – locally and abroad. History and Present.
  • - New media theorists: theorist and their institution of activity (Manovich, Huhtamo, McLuhan, Flusser, M. Fuller, O. Grau, F. Kittler, F. Cramer ...).
  • - Discussion about a visited new media institution, archive or festival.
  • - New media artists: Life and Works of Selected Artists.
  • - Visit to a new media institution, archive, or festival.
  • - Credit Week.
Literature
    required literature
  • KESNER, Ladislav. Muzeum umění v digitální době. Vnímání obrazů a prožitek umění v soudobé společnosti. Praha: ARGO a NG, 2000. 259 s. ISBN 80-7203-252-6.
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga a Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005. 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403.
    recommended literature
  • GORIUNOVA, Olga. Read me 100. Temporary Software Art Factory. Festival for Software Art and Cultures. Norderstedt: Book and Demand GmbH, 2005, 168 s. ISBN 3-8334-4369-3
  • Monoskop, a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities. [online]. [cit. 3. 2. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
  • Media Art Net. Webpage for New Media Art theory and practice. [online]. [cit. 31. 1. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
  • JSTOR. Online library for journals, primary sources, and books. [online]. [cit. 1. 2. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
  • runme.org - say it with software art! [online]. [cit. 3. 2. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
  • Computational Culture. A Journal of Software Studies. [online]. [cit. 31. 1. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
  • N E W M E D I A A R T . E U. Webpage concerned with New Media and New Media Art. [online]. [cit. 31. 1. 2018]. Dostupné z: .
Teaching methods
- Lectures about relevant resources suited to research the art of interactive media.
- Discussions on selected topics from the field of study and debates on the current happening in contemporary new media theory and practice (personalities, institutions).
- Visits to cultural institutions, archives, conferences or festivals and subsequent outcomes from these activities.
Assessment methods
To obtain the credits, the students are asked for:
- Active participation at selected exhibitions, events.
- Active participation in the seminar during discussions about visited exhibitions or current events within the field of study. Outputs of students in the form of reports and interpretations of exhibitions in the classroom.
- All discovered information regarding new texts, artists, works of art and festivals from the field new media will be collected in a shared document that will be a common outcome of this course.
- Meeting attendance conditions (75%).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 80 hodin výuky/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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