FF:IMK85 Theories of Multimedia I - Course Information
IMK85 Aesthetic Theories of Multimedia and Synaesthesia I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Fri 9. 10. 15:00–16:40 N21, Fri 23. 10. 15:00–16:40 N21, Fri 20. 11. 15:00–16:40 N21, Fri 4. 12. 15:00–16:40 N21
- Prerequisites
- No prerequisities needed
- 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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
- 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.
- Syllabus
- 1. Multimedia – definitory approaches.
- 2. Synaesthesia - from inborn disposition to metaphor.
- 3. Richard Wagner and Artwork of the Future. Italian futurism and aesthetics of simultaneous media.
- 4. Architecture as a multimedia form.
- Literature
- required literature
- 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
- Music, sound and multimedia : from the live to the virtual. Edited by Jamie Sexton. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, xi, 204. ISBN 9780748625345. info
- not specified
- Umění a nová média (Art and new media). Flašar, Martin - Horáková, Jana - Macek, Petr a kol. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 188 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5639-8. 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
- Essay on the topic of the selected lecture.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin výuka, 8 hodin konzultace.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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