IM044 The History of Multimedia art A

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Šedivá (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
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
there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: acquainting students with the history of intermedia and multimedia art from the point of view of visdual arts and culture. Students will also be acquainted with media strategies, complex language of art and examples of important works using principles of visual communication.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of terminology and humanities aspects of terms related to new media
  • 2. History of technology and science of new media
  • 3. New aesthetics I
  • 4. New aesthetics II
  • 5. Multimedia as a field of art
  • 6. Media/creative tools
  • 7. Milieu of multimedia I
  • 8. Milieu of multimedia II
  • 9. Milieu of multimedia III:
  • 10. Multimedia and society
  • 11. New media and the individual
  • 12. Spaces and atmospheres of living and work of contemporary artists
Literature
  • The New Media Reader (824 pp. + CD-ROM), ed.: Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Nick Montfort, The MIT Press, Cambridge and London 2003
  • Roger Fidler: Thousand Oaks, Calif., London : Pine Forge Press, 1997
  • Timothy Druckrey (ed.): Ars Electronica : Facing the Future : A Survey of Two Decades (Electronic Culture : History, Theory and Practice), The MIT Press, 2001
  • Roger F. Fidler: Mediamorphosis : Understanding New Media
  • James Lull: The Virtual Media, Communication, Culture, Polity Press, 2000
  • Stephen Wilson Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology (Leonardo Books), The MIT Press, 2001
  • David Jay Bolter, Richard Grusin: Remediation : Understanding New Media, The MIT Press, 2000
  • Steven A. Johnson: Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate, Basic Books, 1999
  • Peter Lunenfeld: Snap to Grid: A User's Guide to Digital Arts, Media, and Cultures, The MIT Press, 2001
  • net_condition: art and global media (Electronic Culture: History, Theory, and Practice), ed.: Peter Weibel, Timothy Druckerey, MIT Press, 2002
  • Michael Rush: New Media in Late 20Th-Century Art (World of Art), London : Thames & Hudson, 1999
  • Lev Manových: The Language of New Media (Leonardo), The MIT Press, 2002
Assessment methods
lectures, credits (winter), exam (summer), active participation in practical trainings, written essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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