DVQ034 Wounds and Mysteries; Austrian Forms of Action Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kubart, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavla Pinkasová (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:50–12:25 G01
Prerequisites
Study of primary materials, theoretical texts and historical sources (contemporary art critic, event scenarios).   Orientation in art history from the late 20th century and overview     postwar political history of Central Europe.
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
Course objectives
Lecture "Wounds and Mysteries: Austrian forms of performance art" is optional lectures upcoming cycle of     the history and theory of action art. Loosely follows the lecture of the fall semester   2014 "Happening and performance art," in which we have acquainted with the developmental predispositions forms of art happenings and performances. The course will introduce students to the history of action   Art   in Austria. It will focus on the origins of which are associated with the formation of   groups Wiener Gruppe, Wiener Aktionisten and Valie Export, Peter Weibel and Otmar Bauer.   In the course there will be lectures by Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Brigitte Marschall   from Theatre Studies University of Vienna (Institut für Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft, Universität Wien).
Syllabus
  • • 26. 2. 1) Opening lecture • 4. 3. 2) Action painting, Informel, Art Brut and nagashikomi • 11.3 3) Action painting and aktionismus • 18. 3. 4) Wiener Gruppe - performativity of literature • 1/4 5) Wiener Aktionismus - sublimation of Austrian student revolt • 8. 4. 6) Happening movement   60s in the US and Western Europe • 15. 4. 7) Thomas Bernhard / Hermann Nitsch: "Nestbeschmutzer" in the Burgtheater   • 22. 4. 8) Hermann Nitsch: Orgien Mysterien Theater / Theatre orgies and mysteries • 29. 4. 9) (Marshal) Otto Muehl: Phenomenon of Friedrichshof • 5/6 10) Günter Brus: Selbstbemalung • 5.13 11) Rudolf Schwarzkogler and the beginnings of body art in austrian action art • 20. 5. 12) (Marschall) Valie Export at: Feminist Actionism
Literature
    required literature
  • PRAMMER, Anita. Valie Export: eine multimediale Künstlerin. Wien: Wiener Frauenverlag, c1988, 219 p. ISBN 3900399255.
  • DENK, Wolfgang a Heinz CIBULKA. Schwarzkogler / Nitsch : Rány a mystéria: pozice ve vídeňském akcionismu = Verwundungen und Mysterien : Positionen im Wiener Aktionismus : katalog u příležitosti výstavy v Národní galerii v Praze. Přeložil Jitka Jílková. P
  • BRUS, Günter a Hubert KLOCKER. Der Zertrümmerte Spiegel: Wien, 1960-1971 : Günter Brus, Otto Mühl, Hermann Nitsch, Rudolf Schwarzkogler. Klagenfurt: Ritter, 1989, 392 p. Wiener Aktionismus, Bd. 2. ISBN 38-541-5062-8.
  • Hermann Nitsch: das Gesamtkunstwerk des Orgien Mysterien Theaters und seine Disziplinen = the Orgian Mysterian Theatre and its disciplines at a total art work. Klagenfurt: Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, 2012. ISBN 9783950295078.
  • Action painting: Jackson Pollock. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008, 203 s. ISBN 978-3-7757-2103-5.
  • WEDEWER, Rolf. Die Malerei des Informel: Weltverlust und ICH-Behauptung. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007, 332 p. ISBN 3422065601.
  • KLOCKER, Hubert: Wiener Aktionismus. Das Orgien-Mysterien Theater. Eine Performancetheoretische Studie.1983.
    recommended literature
  • BADURA-TRISKA, Eva a Hubert KLOCKER. Rudolf Schwarzkogler: Leben und Werk. Klagenfurt: Ritter, 1992, 463 p. ISBN 38-541-5103-9.
  • JAHRAUS, Oliver. Die Aktion des Wiener Aktionismus: Subversion der Kultur und Dispositionierung des Bewusstseins. München: W. Fink, 2001, 505 p.
  • FLECK, Robert. Die Mühl-Kommune: freie Sexualität und Aktionismus : Geschichte eines Experiments. Köln: König, c2003, 255 p., [21] p. of plates. ISBN 3883754536.
  • Wiener Aktionismus: Sammlung Hummel, Wien. Milano: Mazzotta, 2004, 266 s. ISBN 88-202-1730-9.
  • BADURA-TRISKA, Eva . Vienna Actionism: art and upheaval in 1960s' Vienna. Cologne: Buchhandlung Walther König, 2011. ISBN 3865608817.
  • GORSEN, Peter. Der Wiener Aktionismus: Begriff und Theorie. In: Kunst in Österreich. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1995, s. 188 - 195. ISBN 978-3462024180.
  • BADURA-TRISKA, Eva a Hubert KLOCKER. Wiener Aktionismus Kunst und Aufbruch im Wien der 1960er-Jahre. Köln: König, 2012. ISBN 9783902490735.
  • BRUS, Günter. Von der Aktionsmalerei zum Aktionismus: Wien 1960-1965 : Günter Brus .. Klagenfurt: Ritter, 1988, 357 p. Wiener Aktionismus, Bd. 1. ISBN 38-541-5059-8.
  • SCHMATZ, Ferdinand, ‘Viennese Actionism and the Vienna Group: The Austrian avant-garde after 1945’.
Teaching methods
Parts of lectures are dedicated frontal teaching, adequate space, however, will be determined in discussion about the discussed topics.
Assessment methods
Students should be involved in discussions at the lectures and work actively in   ELF. Part of the course will be two visiting of our foreign guest, Professor Brigitte Marschall. Participation in these lectures is mandatory, not subject to the possibility of two absences in a semester  . For accession to the   final oral exam is handing analyzes of selected events (5-8 pages) or writing a paper on one of the offered topics   (5-10 minutes). The oral exam will be held separately in the form of a debate on one of the   ten themes, the list of students preformed in its sole discretion under the headings discussed in the lectures  .
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
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