IMK85 Aesthetic Theories of Multimedia I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
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 25. 9. 15:00–16:35 N21, Fri 23. 10. 15:00–16:35 N21, Fri 13. 11. 15:00–16:35 N21, Fri 11. 12. 15:00–16:35 N21
Prerequisites
No prerequisities needed
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
The course represents an introduction to problem of multimedia in a broader context of art manifestos and their concrete application. Although multimedia seem to be rooted in the realm of digital media in 1980's, in a broader "archaeological" sense we can track the basic principles back to artistic and theoretical approaches of 19th century. Participation in the course presupposes active reading.
Syllabus
  • Multimedia – definitory approaches. Richard Wagner and Artwork of the Future – form versus content. Space – time – order. Italian futurism and aesthetics of media. Architecture as a form of multimedia. Dick Higgins and his concept of intermedia. Nam June Paik – art of communication. John Cage – interpretation, communication, resignation. Alea acta est: music as hypertext. Opera aperta - its aesthetics and application. Possibilities of a new narrativity in a work of mulltimedia (S. Reich, B. Korot). Audiovisual installation, sculptures and environments (I. Xenakis, B. Viola et al.).
Literature
  • Music, sound and multimedia : from the live to the virtual. Edited by Jamie Sexton. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, xi, 204. ISBN 9780748625345. info
  • MONACO, James. Jak číst film : svět filmů, médií a multimédií : umění, technologie, jazyk, dějiny, teorie. Translated by Tomáš Liška - Jan Valenta, Illustrated by David Lindroth. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 2004, 735 s. ISBN 9788000014104. info
  • Multimedia : from Wagner to virtual reality. Edited by Randall Packer - Ken Jordan - William Gibson. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002, xxxviii, 4. ISBN 0393049795. info
  • XENAKIS, Iannis. Formalized music :thought and mathematics in composition. Edited by Sharon Kanach. Rev. ed. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1992, xiv, 387 s. ISBN 0-945193-24-6. info
Teaching methods
Lectures on (multi)media art of 20th century. Reading of the basic essays, training theoretical skills in media art interpretation.
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/autumn2009/IMK85