IMH010 Media of Action 3

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. ak. soch. Tomáš Ruller (lecturer), Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Július Gajdoš, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Zuzana Klusáčková
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 pracovna
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
Kurz teorie a historie akčního umění s důrazem na interaktivní projevy v současném mediálním umění. 1. Woody VASULKA & STEINA Machine Media MOMA - San Francisco 2. STELARC Obsolete Body J.P.- Davis 3. Jonathan Benthall Science and technology in art today Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU 4. Michael Rush New Media in Late 20th Cent. Art Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU 5. Frank Popper Art of Electronic Age Amazon / Media-archiv FaVU 6. blok / block: 1. Min TANAKA Body Print Media Info - Tokio 2. Sondra H. Fraleigh BUTO, ZEN & Japan Media-archiv FaVU 3. John Stevens Sacred Calligraphy of the East Media-archiv FaVU 4. Malcolm Green Writtings of the Vienna Actionists Amazon 5. Herman NITSCH Orgien, Mysterien, Theatre Amazon
Syllabus
  • 5th block: OBJECT IN MOTION (machine / robot) MECHANICAL RHYTHM 1.physical space-time - object, code (KNOWBOTIC Research / SURVIVAL Research) 2.motion and meaning - sign and symbol, translation and animation (Garry HILL / Bill VIOLA 3.image of speech: system of writing, type, text, typography and visualization - visual poetry (Bruce NAUMAN / Joan JONAS) 4.image of music: sonic values and articulation, manipulation and multiplication – sound art (DUMB TYPE / BOW GAMELAN) 5.speaking machines, artificial languages, mathematical linguistics and language games, artificial intelligence and memory (VASULKA'S ) 6."in-formation, per-formation, trans-formation" (VAN GOGH TV) 6th block: FIGURE IN MOVEMENT (gesture / dance) BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM 1.biological time-space - subject, speech (BUTÓ – Min TANAKA / SANKAI JUKU) 2.movement and energy - thinking and language, etymology and semiotics (JUDSON DANCE GROUP) 3.the speech of a picture: the origin of an image in the visual gesture - action painting (Georges MATTIEU / Jackson POLLOCK) 4.the music of speech: the origin of music in the acoustic gesture - oral tradition, narration, singing, dramatization, rhetoric (Meredith MONK / Diamanda GALAS) 5.script as a fixed sign - calligraphy (Kazuo SHIRAGA – GUTAI ) 6."gestic action" – expression (Herman NITSCH / Vienna ACTIONISTS)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
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