TIM_M_020 Internet Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
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
Mgr. Monika Szűcsová, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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 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: 0/50, 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
Course objectives
The course is focused on providing the basic overview of the history and theory of Internet art and ways of its exhibiting in given time periods.
As part of theoretical training, there will be discussed various approaches to exhibiting Internet art depending on its form, degree of institutionalization and curator personalities.
The student will be informed about various types of internet art and the specifics of their presentation. We will pay attention to key historical examples. Emphasis will be placed on the practical use of acquired knowledge.
The teaching process consist of lecture supplemented by discussions, practical exercises, reading of recommended literature and individual elaboration of final essay.
The course is designed as a necessary information background for future curators working with internet art, exhibition organizers and for all those interested in Internet art. The course graduate is capable of critical assessment of internet art exhibition or exhibition containing internet art, and to engage in the organization process of exhibitions.
The course is freely followed by a practical two-semester seminar TIM_M_029 (spring term) and TIM_M_030 (autumn term), which is focused on practical aspects of Internet exhibition implementation: from curatorial preparation of the exhibition project, its funding, promotion, realization 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
- 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
  • I. Introduction
  • googling and studying text in foreign language; getting to know key sources on the Internet
  • II. Theory and history
  • historical insight into exhibition practice concerning Internet art and into ways of its presentation outside of the gallery system; Net.Pioneers, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Post-Internet, Expanded Internet Art; Net Art vs the contemporary art
  • the position of digital/internet art in (on-line)galleries today: including, excluding, summing up and framing various approaches, discussion: literal approach, archival approach, curate yourself, artist as curator // various types of curators, DIY, franchises, natural inclusion into exhibitions of contemporary art; independent vs. commercial models
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, presentation and discussion in class, elaboration and analysis of written text
Assessment methods
To fulfill course requirements, it is necessary to:
- short final test
- 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)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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