TIM_B_046 Media-Action IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 326
Prerequisites
The ability to work with Internet and print resources in English.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to acquaint with key action artists and their significant artworks. It si organized as a research on action media in structure of given themes.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- identify and summarize the important features of individual works and the collective action art movements;
- Identify and describe current domestic and foreign artistic trends in the action art;
- create a text file in accordance with the citation standard and present a paper on a selected topic;
- to compare and highlight the differences in the attitudes of individual artists;
- to apply the basic terminology of the field to specific works of art;
- analyze current trends in the field of action art;
- describe the means used to implement a specific work of action art.
Syllabus
  • ACTION (in an environment) – CONSTRUCTION / DECONSTRUCTION
  • 1. Niki de SAINT PHALLE & Jean TINGUELY, Daniel SPOERRI, ARMAN – NEO REALISM, Robert RAUSCHENBERG, Robert MORRIS, Edward KEINHOLZ,
  • 2. POP ART - Claes OLDENBURG, Jim DINE, Robert WHITMAN,
  • 3. HAPPENINGS - Rebecca HORN, Jenny HOLZER, Barbara KRUGER, Martha ROSSLER – Fashion Reflex,
  • 4. Jimmie DURHAM, James LUNA, Coco FUSCO, Guillermo GÓMEZ-PEŃA – Nindian Movement,
  • 5. RESIDENTS, Monty CANTSIN, John BOCK – Underground / Neoism / Anarchism,
  • 6. Paul McCARTHY, Mike KELLEY, John DUNCAN – Perversion & Punk,
  • NARRATIVE (in society) – COMPOSITION / DECOMPOSITION
  • 1. Andy WARHOL / FACTORY / VELVET UNDERGROUND – POP KULT,
  • 2. LIVING THEATRE, PERFORMANCE GROUP, WOOSTER GROUP – Theater Alternatives,
  • 3. Yannis KOUNELIS, SOCIETAS RAFFAELO SANZIO, FORCED ENTERTAINMENT – Action Staging,
  • 4. Shirin NESHAT, Mona HATOUM, Sigalit LANDAU, Tanja OSTOJIČ, Tehching HSIEH – Identities,
  • 5. Laurie ANDERSON, Mathew BARNEY – Media Show / Style and Manner,
  • 6. Jeff KOONS, Damien HIRST – Market Show / Kitsch and Exclusivity
Literature
    required literature
  • FUSCO, Coco. Corpus delecti: performance art of the Americas. New York: Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0415194547.
  • KIRBY, Michael. Happenings : an Illustrated Anthology, New York: Jim Dine, Dutton
  • HOPKINS, David. After modern art: 1945-2000. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 019284234x.
  • GOLDBERG, RoseLee. a Laurie ANDERSON. Laurie Anderson. New York: Harry N. Abrams, c2000. ISBN 0810935821.
  • COLLINS, Bradford R. Pop art: the independent group to Neo pop, 1952-90. New York: Phaidon, 2012. Art & ideas. ISBN 0714862436.
Teaching methods
1/1 lecture, seminar.
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
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jednou za 3 roky.
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