IM125 New Media Art II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 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
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 N41
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 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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