FF:IMK48 The Best of New Media Art II - Course Information

IMK48 The New Media Art Canon. The Best of New Media Art II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Adam Franc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Szűcsová, 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

Fri 25. 2. 11:00–12:40 N43, Fri 25. 3. 11:00–12:40 N43, Fri 22. 4. 11:00–12:40 N43, Fri 20. 5. 11:00–12:40 N43

Prerequisites

At the end of the semester students will be able * to formulate their own apprehension in the reflexion on media art. * to recognize the influences which affected these media art works * to analyze particular works of media artist according to their position in media art history * to evaluate the contribution of the key works from the history to the development of media art.

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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100

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) (2)

Course objectives

The scope of seminars is primarily videoprojection, which introduces students the main characteristic artwork of new media. In this semester seminas maps the history of robotic art and digital art from ´90 till today. The goal of the AV seminar is widening the knowledge about art works, which use the ICT in the broader cultural context.

Syllabus

• SCIENCE INFLUENCES ART I.: ART AND CYBERCULTURE Gordon Pask: Musicolour 1953 Jean Tinguely: Méta-Harmonie II, 1979, Méta-Matics Roy Ascott_Gesamtdatenwerk Robotic Art Nicolas Schöeffer: CYSP I Edward Ihnatowicz : Senster Ken Rinaldo:Autopoiesis Knowbotic research a Survival Research Laboratory Stelarc Psycho Cyber. DVD 57 min 90´ - DIGITAL REVOLUTION: ART BORN DIGITAL STRATEGIES: KOLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION APROPRIATION AND OPEN SOURCE INTERVENTION ONLINE RE-ENACTMENTS TELEPREZENCE browser art, generative art, glitch art... (Mark Amerika, Ben Benjamin, Olia Lialina, Mark Napier, Ken Goldberg, Peter Weibel, 01´s Eva a Franco Mattes, Futurefarmers...) FROM FUTURISTS TO GLITCH DVD: Bowed Piano Ensemble,Steven Scott: sound sculpture/audio- performance DVD: Christian Marclay: Record Player John Oswald- plunderfónie DJ SPOOKY, Pan Sonic, Aphex Twin VR AS A DREAM AND AS A TECHNOLOGY MYRON KRUEGER: RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENTS 1977 Osmose, Legible City, CAVE® - A Virtual Reality Theater 1993. SCIENCE INFLUENCES ART II.: ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND A-LIFE ART E.Driessens/Verstappen: Image Cultivating Machine, Sommerer-Mignonneau: A-VOLVE Karl SIMS W.LATHAM SILVER

Literature

• TRIBE, Mark and Reena JANA. New media art. Edited by Uta Grosenick. Köln: Taschen, 2006, 95 s. ISBN 3822830410. info

Teaching methods

AV presentations, following discussion and active attendance and also participating during the seminars

Assessment methods

1) Final work: own artwork – an audiovisual essay where the student demonstrates their own understanding of a selected direction of new media art. 2) Attendance: 4 absences allowed

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin výuka, 8 hodin konzultace.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Seminář si zapisují studenti, kteří již absolvovali nebo si souběžně zapsali předměty: Umění nových médií: umění a technika I, II a Estetické teorie multimédií I, II.

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