IMH002 Media of Action 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller (lecturer), Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Zuzana Klusáčková
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:35 22
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 art of performance is the most expressive means of contemporary action art, the continuation of happenings, events and other activities. It is the borderline form of fine arts, focusing directly on the creative act in a spatio-temporal situation, in real time and in a natural environment. It is an inter-medial expression connecting traditional methods of theatre, dance, music, literature, fine arts and architecture. Rooted in the contemporary relation between action and environment its emphasis is on new media: video, information and communication technologies.
Syllabus
  • 1. the philosophy of still life silence, emptiness, darkness the major phenomena of dematerialization (John CAGE / Alan KAPROW) 2. direct life experience with the material world: haptic, tasting, olfactory, sonic and visual qualities 3. historical still life treatment of the theme through traditional techniques: drawing/picture, text/description, theatre (objects as props) semantic qualities: fetishism 4. facticity of things: collage, whole/fragment, documentation/archive 5. contemporary still life captured by new media: voyeurism and visionarism 6. action still life 7. the philosophy of portrait artist and his model / self-portrait 8. the sensual experience of myself perception and interpretation self-reflection and stylization (ORLAN) 9. traditional portrait and mask living pictures (Mariko MORI / Yasumasa MORIMURA) 10. expression in new media: photo and video, reproduction of music and voice, communication techniques. 11. face, personality and image (Cindy SHERMAN) 12. action portrait / self-portrait
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
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