IM073 Media-Action III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
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
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 FAVU
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
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
    • Frank Popper: Art of Electronic Age, Amazon / Media-archiv FaVU
    • Michael Rush: New Media in Late 20th Cent. Art, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
    • STELARC: Obsolete Body, J.P.- Davis
    • Jonathan Benthall: Science and technology in art today, Thames & Hudson Media-archiv FaVU
    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 2011, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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