FF:IM017 New Media Art II - Course Information
IM017 New Media Art: Between Art and Technology II
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková - Timetable
- Wed 13:20–14:55 zruseno D21
- 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
- Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-HS)
- Theory of Interactive Media (programme FF, B-OT) (4)
- Course objectives
- Define the basic terms from the field of media art of the 20th century;
Explain the relations between spheres of art and media (photography, film, television, video, digital technologies);
Formulate opinions on different periods of media art and their dominant characteristics;
Interpret media artists manifestos (from historical avant-gardes to theoretical writings of second half of the 20th century media artists);
Characterize creative poetics of media art in its changes from avant-gards inspired by modern civilization and a concept of machine to media art of 60s and 90s.;
Evaluate the contribution by main media artists for development of the field. - Syllabus
- Media art (intermedia-multimedia) – from art influencing the media to the media influencing the art.
- 1. Intermedia.
- 2. Video art and video-installation.
- 3. Audio art and intermedia.
- 4. Reality/Mediality.
- 5. Body, bodiness and new media (Stelarc, Orlan, feminism and video).
- 6. Technological constructions of the spatio-temporality: acpects of perception
- 7. Social technologies (deconstruction, subversion and utopia of the democratic communications)
- 8. Interactivity, participation, networking
- 9. Virtual naration
- 10. Cyber-sculptures
- 11. Immersion and interaction
- Literature
- Frieling, R.; Daniels, D.: Media Kunst Netz/Media Art Net. Vídeň-New York: Springer, 2004
- Rovněž elektronická verze: < http://mediaartnet.org >
- Goldber, R.L. Performance Art From Futurism to the Present. Londýn/New York: Thames & Hudson, 1979.
- Ed. Wardrip-Fruin, N. a kol.: The New Media Reader. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2003
- Frieling, R.; Daniels,D. Medien Kunst Interaktion, Die 80er und 90er Jahre in deutschland/Media Art Interaction, the 1980s and 1990s in Germany. Springer, 1997.
- Hansen, Mark, B.N.: New Philosophy for New Media, MIT Press, 2004
- Dunn, D. – Vasulka, W. – vasulka, s. (ed.) EIGENWELT DER APPARATE – WELT, Pioneers of Electronic Art. Linz: Ars Electronica, 1992.
- Rush, M.: New Media in Late 20th-Century Art. Londýn/New York : Thames&Hudson, 1999
- Murray, J., H. Hamlet on the Holodeck, The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1997.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures. Readings.
- Assessment methods
- Written test. (10 questions = 100 points). Students have to get at least 60 points for successful passing the test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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