IM045 The History of Multimedia Art B

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Mária Rišková (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 VUT, Thu 14:10–15:45 VUT
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IM044 History of Multimedia art A
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
there are 15 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: acquainting students with the history of intermedia and multimedia art from the point of view of visdual arts and culture. Students will also be acquainted with media strategies, complex language of art and examples of important works using principles of visual communication.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of terminology and humanities aspects of terms related to new media
  • 2. History of technology and science of new media
  • 3. New aesthetics I
  • 4. New aesthetics II
  • 5. Multimedia as a field of art
  • 6. Media/creative tools
  • 7. Milieu of multimedia I
  • 8. Milieu of multimedia II
  • 9. Milieu of multimedia III:
  • 10. Multimedia and society
  • 11. New media and the individual
  • 12. Spaces and atmospheres of living and work of contemporary artists
Literature
  • et_condition: art and global media (Electronic Culture: History, Theory, and Practice), ed.: Peter Weibel, Timothy Druckerey, MIT Press, 2002
  • Roger Fidler: Thousand Oaks, Calif., London : Pine Forge Press, 1997
  • Michael Rush: New Media in Late 20Th-Century Art (World of Art), London : Thames & Hudson, 1999
  • Steven A. Johnson: Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate, Basic Books, 1999
  • James Lull: The Virtual Media, Communication, Culture, Polity Press, 2000
  • Stephen Wilson Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology (Leonardo Books), The MIT Press, 2001
  • The new media reader. Edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin - Nick Montfort. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2003, xv, 823. ISBN 0262232278. info
  • FIDLER, Roger F. Mediamorphosis : understanding new media. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press, 1997, xviii, 302. ISBN 0803990863. URL info
Assessment methods
Credits: a written essay Exam: a written essay and oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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