ZUR769 Contemporary Visual Culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František Kůst (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: chosen directions of contemporary art
the relationship of art and media
visual culture and multimedia
Syllabus
  • music video-history, trends
  • music video-directors (Jonze, Cunningham, Gondry, Corbijn ,...)
  • music video and film
  • aesthetic strategies of cinema
  • video in art (videoart)
  • Young British Artist-case study (conceptual art, the name as a brand, scene, economy, advertising)
  • Damien Hirst-artist as a icon
  • Matthew Barney-artwork as Gesamtkunstwerk
  • Czech scene
Literature
  • Lunenfeld, Peter, Snap to Grid, The MIT Press, 2000.
  • Lovejoy, Margot; Digital Currents: Art in The Electronic Age, Routledge, London 2004.
  • DVD Chris Cunningham, Anton Corbijn, Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry.
  • Darley, Andrew; Visual Digital Culture, Routledge, 2000.
Assessment methods
lectures
class discussion
homeworks
reading
projections
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: V semestru PODZIM 2009 výuka pouze formou individuální konzultace s vyučujícím, předmět nebude v rozvrhu.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2011.
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