FF:TIM_M_020 Internet Art - Course Information

TIM_M_020 Internet Art

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Monika Szűcsová, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)

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 10:00–11:40 N43, except Wed 17. 4.

Prerequisites

The ability to understand texts in English, to participate in discussion, openess, interest in history, theory and exhibition strategies of internet art in both virtual and physical space of its presentation. The ability to search the Internet in Czech/Slovak and English.

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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to provide a basic overview of the history and present of internet art and contemporary and current ways of exhibiting it.
As part of the theoretical preparation, different approaches to exhibiting internet art will be analyzed depending on its form, institutionalization and curatorial personalities. Students will be introduced to various locations of internet art and the specifics of their display, attention will be paid to key historical examples. Teaching takes place in the form of lectures supplemented by discussions, practical exercises, reading of recommended literature and preparation of independent work.
The course is designed as a necessary information background for future curators working with internet art and exhibition organizers and for those interested in internet art. The graduate of the course is able to critically evaluate an exhibition of (internet) art on the Internet or internet art including, participate in the organization of exhibitions.
The subject can be supplemented with practical aspects of the implementation of an Internet art exhibition: from the curatorial preparation of the exhibition project, its fundraising, promotion, implementation and accompanying program to post-production.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student will be able to:
- understand the art related to the Internet in the context of the contemporary art practice
- demonstrate knowledge of major exhibitions, curatorial personalities and approaches to the presentation/exhibition of Internet art and art on the net (web, internet)
- understand terms describing the art practice related to the Internet and to understand the plurality of forms in can take
- show sensitivity towards the art work and its adjustment for the given exhibition space (understanding terms such as site-specific, site-sensitive, archival approach etc.)
- orient themselves in the issues of exhibiting Internet related art

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction
• 2) Net art, internet art, net.art (web 1.0) a text for reading
• 3) Net art, internet art, net.art (web 1.0) – continuation and analysis and interpretation of a net art work in class (author, work, presentation)
• 4) Discussion about the read text - interpretation and contextualization
• 5) Net art, internet art, net.art (web 2.0) – space of the web and artworks
• 6) Analysis and interpretation of a net art work in class (author, work, presentation). Lecture Web 2.0 - post-internet
• 7) Art on the Internet - Historical precedents and theory. From production to distribution and presentation of art on the web. (and text for reading)
• 8) Art on the Internet - curatorial practice outside the institutional environment
• Discussion about the read text
• 10) Art on the Internet - Web 3.0 and online curatorial practice
• 11) Exhibition visit (excursion)
• 12) Art on the Internet Web 3.0 and online curatorial practice - continued
• 13) Art on the Internet - after 2020
• 14) Credit week

Literature

required literature
• 2014. MEIXNEROVÁ, Marie. #mm net art: Internetové umění ve virtuálním a fyzickém prostoru prezentace. Pastiche Filmz, Olomouc 2014.
• „Simple Net Art Diagram“. Net Art Anthology, https://anthology.rhizome.org/simple-net-art-diagram
• QUARANTA, Domenico. „In Between“. In: STUBBS, Phoebe (ed.) Art and the Internet. Black Dog Publishing, Londýn 2013.
• MOSS, Ceci. „Internet Explores“. In.: HALTER, Ed – CORNELL, Lauren (eds.) Mass Effect. Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts / London England, 2015. s. 147–157.

recommended literature
• MOSS, Cecilia Laurel. Expanded Internet Art and the Informational Milieu. (dizertační práce) Department of Comparative Literature, New York University, 2015. 180 stran. Dostupné z WWW: .
• SOULELLIS, Paul. The Post as Medium. In: CONNOR, Michael – DEAN, Aria – ESPENSCHIED, Dragan (eds.) The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology. Rhizome 2019. s. 424–430.
• McHUGH, Gene. Post Internet: Notes on the Internet and Art, Brescia: Link Editions, 2011. Collected posts from the blog 122909a.com, Dec 2009-Sep 2010.
• Petr Hošek, Post internetové umění v galerijní praxi, Prague: Charles University, 2014, 71 pp. Master's thesis. (Czech)
• Annet Dekker [webové stránky] http://aaaan.net/
• TROEMEL, Brad. Peer Pressure. Essays on the Internet by an Artist on the Internet. Link Editions, Brescia 2011.
• BAZZICHELLI, Tatiana: Networking: The Net as Artwork. BoD 2009.
• 2019. QUARANTA, Domenico. Exhibition Strategies For Digital Art: Examples And Considerations. In.: GIUSTI, Lorenzo – RICCIARDI, Nicola (eds.). Museum At The Post-Digital Turn, Amaci - OGR - Mousse Publishing, Milan 2019. s. 177–198.
• 2013. DEKKER, Annet - FAUCONNIER, Sandra. Speculative Scenarios, or what will happen to digital art in the (near) future?. Baltan Laboratories, Eindhoven 2013.
• BÜHLER, Melanie (ed.), No Internet, No Art: A Lunch Bytes Anthology, Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2015.
• VERSCHOOREN, Karen E. Situating Internet Art in the Traditional Instituon of Contemporary Art. (diplomová práce) Department of Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007.
• Veronika Sellnerová, Reflexe českého post-internetového umění, Brno: Masaryk University, 2016, 52 pp. Bachelor's thesis. (Czech)
• HALTER, Ed – CORNELL, Lauren (eds.) Mass Effect. Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge Massachusetts / London England, 2015.
• MOSS, Ceci. Expanded Internet Art and the Informational Milieu.Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
• KHOLEIF, Omar (ed.), You Are Here: Art After the Internet, Manchester: Cornerhouse Books, and London: SPACE, 2014.
• PAUL, Christiane. „Curation | Context | Archive. Presenting and Preserving New Media Art“. In: BÜHLER, Melanie (ed.). No Internet, No Art. A Lunch Bytes Anthology. Onomatopee 102 2015. s. 83–94.
• 2019. Falco Van Burg. The ignorance in displaying new media art. https://falcovanburg.nl/thesis/

Teaching methods

lecture, reading of specialized texts, individual preparation (homework), following internet art and online exhibitions, looking up information on-line, discussion in class, elaboration and analysis of written text

Assessment methods

To fulfill course requirements, it is necessary to:
1) elaboration of final work on a topic of your choice from the range of recommended topics (thematic areas: review of ongoing exhibition, translation of a text on exhibiting internet art into Czech, creation of your exhibition concept, portrait of known curator or exhibition space, reflection essay or criticism on historically significant exhibition)
2) attendance max. 3 absences during the semester

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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