IM078 4:33, or the Art of Triviality

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 zruseno D22
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
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Course objectives
The goal of the course is to acgaint students with tendency toward the penetration of phenomena of ordinary everyday life into artistic expressions from the the 19th century to these days. The lectures won't follow the chronology, but different fundamental phenomena. What can be included among the "Ready Mades"?
Syllabus
  • ordinary objects in new contexts (Duchamp, Schwitters, Cage, Warhol, Koons, Christo, Feldman...)
  • "gender" - sex, erotics, sexuality (change of identity - Duchamp, Cahun, Orlan...)
  • sexuality - Courbet, Duchamp, Surrealism, akcionalists, Fluxus, Warhol...
  • cruelty, pain, obscenity (Artaud, Viennese actionalism, Body art, Manzini...)
  • action, performance, happening (Kaprow, Knižák, Beuys...)
  • landscapes, soundscapes, ambient, landart
  • environment
Literature
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Cestou necestou. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 301 s. ISBN 8086022617. info
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Úděl umělce :duchampovské meditace. Edited by Pavla Pečínková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1998, 453 s. ISBN 80-7215-050-2. info
  • Dada and surrealist film. Edited by Rudolf E. Kuenzli. 1st ed. London: MIT Press, 1996, 254 s. ISBN 026261121X. info
  • WEISS, Jeffrey S. The popular culture of modern art : Picasso, Duchamp, and avant-gardism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994, xix, 331. ISBN 0300058950. info
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Na hranicích umění : několik příběhů. 1. vyd. Praha: Prostor, 1990, 158 s. info
  • Dada Berlin :Texte, Manifeste, Aktionen. Edited by Hanne Bergius - Karl Riha. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1977, 184 s. ISBN 3-15-009857-2. info
  • BIGSBY, C. W. E. Dada & surrealism. London: Methuen, 1972, 91 s. ISBN 0416081606. info
Assessment methods
Lecture.written essay
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
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