IMN13 Art in Post-Media Age: Theory, Aesthetics, and Performance studies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller (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
Tue 14:00–15:40 326
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of English & Czech
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
At the end of the course students should be able to:understand and explain related topics ;work with information on postmedia art for diploma work ;create summaries;make reasoned decisions about sellection of texts ;make deductions based on acquired knowledge of concepts ;interpret critical texts ;
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to: - identify and summarize the important features of theories in action art; - identify and describe current domestic and foreign aesthetic trends in the action art; - to compare and highlight the differences in the attitudes of contemporary art movements; - to apply the basic terminology of the field in writing the diploma thesis; - analyze current trends in the field of action art; - describe the means used to implement a specific work of action art;
Syllabus
  • 1. What is Performace Studies ? What is Performance ?, 2. Ritual, 3. Play, 4. Performativity, 5. Performing, 6. Performance Processes, 7. Poetics of Performance, 8. Actuality and Score, 9. Ritual and Transformance, 10. Global and Intercultural, 11. Selective Inattention and Energy, 12. Approaches and Aesthetics,
Literature
    required literature
  • Performance Studies - Richard Schechner - Routledge 2006
  • Performance Theory - Richard Schechner - Routledge 2003
  • DAVIES, David. Art as performance. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2004, xii, 278. ISBN 9781405116664. info
Teaching methods
1/1 lecture and seminiar - theoretical research corresponding with expected topic of master diploma work.
Assessment methods
The condition of completion is in chosen term a presentation of the paper (15-20 min.) including visual documentation - projection, credit comes after the submission of the seminar paper in digital form, total of at least 50% of the attendance is expected (possible reasoned lower attendance is replaced in the corresponding proportion by the elaboration of the additional seminar paper submitted in examination period). The case of exam is oral on a randomly selected topic from all topics of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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