DVQ006 Happening and performance art

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kubart, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavla Pinkasová (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 G01
Prerequisites
Study of primary materials, teoretical and historical texts. Orientation in art history of second half 20. century.
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
At the end of the course student is able: to orientation in history of action art and to name premises to genesis of happening and performance Art. Describe unique attributes of happening and performance Art, clearify differences between kinds of action art, describe differences between miscellaneous happenings and performances and analysing this boundary art species.
Syllabus
  • 1.Introduction, 2. Action painting and collage, 3. Beginigs of happenings, 4. American avantgarde Theatre, 5. Happening in 60´s in U.S.A. and West Europe, 6. Czechoslovakian happenings, 7. Japanese happening, 8. Minimalism and conceptual Art, 9. Theory – czech and german structuralism and angloamerican Aesthetic of 20.century, 10. Performance Art, 11. Performance Art and body Art, 12. Performance Art and site specific, 13. Conclusions.
Literature
    required literature
  • GOLDBERG. RoseLee. Performance Art. From Futurism to the Present. Thames&Hudson. London, 2001.
  • HENRI, Adrian. Environments and happenings. 1st edition. London: Thames and Hudson, 1974. 216 p. ISBN 0500181438.
  • KIRBY, Michael. Happenings. I. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1966.
  • KAPROW, Allan. Assemblage, Environments & Happenigs. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964.
  • NÖTH, Winfried. Strukturen des Happenings. New York/Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1972, 271 p. ISBN 34-870-4293-2.
    recommended literature
  • WICK, Rainer. Zur Soziologie Intermediärer Kunstpraxis: Happening - Fluxus - Aktionen. 1. vyd. Köln: Philosophischen Fakultät Universität zu Köln, 1975.
  • DREHER, Thomas. Performance Art nach 1945: Aktionstheater und Intermedia. 1. Aufl. München: Fink, 2001, 543 s. ISBN 3-7705-3452-2.
  • VOSTELL, Wolf. Happenings und Pop Art, Reinbeck: Rowohl, 1965.
  • SANDFORD, Mariellen R. Happenings and other acts. New York: Routledge, 1995, xxv, 397 p. ISBN 04-150-9936-6.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation – lecture, discussion. Individual preparation – reading of texts. Individual consultation – when necessary.
Assessment methods
An analysis of chosen Action of any extent is a precondition to written test. Written test (minimum 60% right answer to pass); Apart topics presented in lectures, test will include also orientation in competent theories. E-learning profile of the course will offer basic literature. To obtain course credit (3 credits) just hand over the final analysis of selected action. For exam (5 credits) is necessary write a test.
Language of instruction
Czech
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