IM110 Conceptual creative thinking in context of new technologies and media

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (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
Prerequisites
Understanding the basic principles of concept art and its applications and modifications in postmodern age of interactive technologies and media. Ability to identify suitable context and to interpret contemporary art in relevant context.
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 65 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/65, only registered: 0/65, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/65
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Discursive and non-discursive symbolism in human culture. Philosophy of language and semiotics. Conceptualization of art creation in 20th century. Liberalization of representational conventions in arts of 20th century. De-realization of human experience as a consequence of mutual acting of real and virtual worlds. Art and technology. Art and science. New sensibility in arts and interdisciplinary creativity. Art as an interpretational game with contexts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Dematerialization and conceptualization of work of art. 2. Concept art and philosophy of language. 3. Fluxus and DIY aesthetics. 4. New technologies and media. 5. Intermedia and multimedia. 6. Postmodern age and electronic and media worlds. 7. Art in public space and massmedia. 8. Art as interpretational game with contexts. 9. Interactive art as possible tool for articulation the plurality of postmodern age.
Literature
    required literature
  • Cseres, Jozef – Murin, Michal: Od analógového k digitálnemu… Nové pohľady na nové umenia v audiovizuálnom veku. Banská Bystrica 2010.
  • Kosuth, Joseph: Art After Philosophy and After: Collected Writing, 1966-1990. Cambridge 1991.
    recommended literature
  • Collins, Nicolas: Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking. New York 2009.
  • Cseres, Jozef: Hudobné simulakrá. Bratislava 2001.
  • Goodman, Nelson: Způsoby světatvorby. Bratislava 1996.
  • Osborne, Peter: Conceptual Art (Themes & Movements). Londýn 2011.
  • Langer, Susanne K.: Philosophy in a New Key. A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art. Cambridge/Londýn 1993.
  • Goodman, Nelson: Jazyky umění. Praha 2007.
  • Ostertag, Bob: Creative Life: Music, Politics, People and Machines. Urbana/Chicago 2009.
Teaching methods
lectures and class discussion, home reading;
Assessment methods
written test and essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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