IM086 Aesthetic Theories of Multimedia II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
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: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IM001 Introduction to IM Studies I && IM015 Introduction to IM Studies II
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
  • Interaction between the spheres of perception - sound and picture - From pictorial function of music to sounding picture. Synaesthesia - "Augenmusik" - Forms of the music visualisation. Der Blaue Reiter. Bauhaus. Sound, picture, movement - searching analogies between arts. Space as a medium. Music for film - on the screen and beyond - Radio utopias and heterotopias (M. Foucault) - Wired Radio - historical repetition of the concept? The "Lebenswelt" as a videoclip.
Literature
  • RATAJ, Michal. Elektroakustická hudba a vybrané koncepty radioartu : problematika vymezování tvůrčích pozic v prostředí akustických umění z pohledu domácí scény radioartu. 1. vydání. V Praze: Kant - Karel Kerlický pro AMU, 2007, 160 stran. ISBN 9788086970318. info
  • Music, sound and multimedia : from the live to the virtual. Edited by Jamie Sexton. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, xi, 204. ISBN 9780748625345. 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
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
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012.
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