IM157 Videology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
dr. Louis Armand (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:05 N41
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This seminar will discuss “videology” as a nexus of aesthetic/ideological forms in recent and contemporary culture, from Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” and the widespread emergence of image technologies during the industrial revolution (photography, cinema), to “Big Bother,” “virtual reality,” and the discourse of post-humanism. It will examine the work of writers, artists, architects, filmmakers, philosophers and theorists, including Karel Teige’s ciné-poetics, the Gilbreths’ time-motion studies, the video art of Nam June Paik, Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville, and more.,
Literature
  • Jean Baudrillard, Simulation and Simulacra
  • Marshall McLuhan, The Gutenberg Galaxy
  • Roy Ascott, Telematic Embrace
  • Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition
  • Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle
  • Louis Armand, Videology and Videology 2
  • Gene Youngblood, Expanded Cinema
  • Slavoj Žižek, The Sublime Object of Ideology
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
terms of the assessment: a research paper (essay) of 2,500-3,000 wds on the topic of the lecture
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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