IM073 Media-Action 3

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 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), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 N21
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
The main objectives of the course are to acquaint students with performance artists and their work, which can be characterised as a research on themes: 5th. bloc : OBJECT IN MOTION (machine / robot) - MECHANIC RHYTHM 6th. bloc : FIGURE IN MOTION (gesture / dance) - BIOLOGIC RHYTHM
Syllabus
  • MEDIA ART & ROBOTICS: Nam June PAIK / VASULKA'S (Steina & Woody)
  • VIDEO ART: Bruce NAUMAN / Joan JONAS / Garry HILL / Bill VIOLA
  • KNOWBOTIC Research / SURVIVAL Research / DUMB TYPE / VAN GOGH TV
  • PYROMANIA: Roman SIGNER / Eric HOBIJN / BOW GAMELAN / Cai Guo QIANG
  • SOUND ART: Terry FOX / Joe JONES / Paul PANHUYSEN / SOUNDLAB
  • GESTURE: Lucio FONTANA / Georges MATTIEU / Jackson POLLOCK
  • ACTIONISM - NITSCH, SCHWARTZKOGLER, BRUS, MUHL, RAINER
  • GUTAI – YOSHIHARA, SHIMAMOTO, SHIRAGA, MURAKAMI, TANAKA BUTO – ONO / HIJIKATA / TANAKA / SANKAI JUKU / DAI RAKUDA KAN
  • DANCE: CUNNINGHAM / BROWN / HALPRIN / CHILDS / JONES-ZANE
  • VOICE: Meredith MONK / Diamanda GALAS
Literature
  • Woody VASULKA & STEINA: Machine Media, MOMA - San Francisco
  • Michael Rush: New Media in Late 20th Cent. Art, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
  • Jonathan Benthall: Science and technology in art today, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
  • Frank Popper: Art of Electronic Age, Amazon / Media-archiv FaVU
  • STELARC: Obsolete Body, J.P.- Davis
Teaching methods
1/1 Lecture, seminiar
Assessment methods
Lecture. One paper presentation, written essay, minimum 50% attendance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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