FI:VV067 Concept and Intermedia - Course Information

VV067 Concept and Intermedia

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

MgA. Jana Malíková (lecturer)
doc. Mgr.art. Helena Lukášová, ArtD. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr.art. Helena Lukášová, ArtD.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Mgr.art. Helena Lukášová, ArtD.
Supplier department: Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Wed 25. 9. to Wed 18. 12. Wed 8:00–9:50 C416, Wed 8:00–9:50 C403

Prerequisites

SOUHLAS
Prerequisite - some of the courses of the Atelier of Graphic design and Multimedia

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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/25, only registered: 1/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce students to conceptual approaches in a creative process. It will help them to develop their own strategies in the incorporation of intermedia in their own student projects, which would be individual or in the group, where students will collaborate. Beside the work on the given assignment, there will be lectures introducing contemporary art with the emphasis on new media and digital technologies, to help them to understand the current situation.

Learning outcomes

The student acquires knowledge about contemporary fine art and understands it in context with the art history of the twentieth century. The student will be able to use various strategies based on conceptual and intermedia in various fields such as viral campaigns, fine art etc. In summary, the student will gain self-confidence in his/her creative potential, will be able to work in a team on a creative project.

Syllabus

• 1. Conceptual work, idea and realization, a format of an idea as a sustainable medium and as the starting point 2. Record and its shifts (photography, diary, video) - an ongoing project 3. Text, notions, their meaning and their incorporation in the visual form 4. Automatic techniques, drawings, and paintings 5. Graphic techniques on the fringe and public space (comics, graffiti, street art)

Literature

• Digital by design : crafting technology for products and environments. Edited by Conny Freyer - Sebastien Noel - Eva Rucki. 1st paperback ed. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010, 304 s. ISBN 9780500514382. info
• STALLABRASS, Julian. Contemporary art : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, 154 s. ISBN 9780192806468. info
• ATKINS, Robert. Artspeak : a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present. 2nd ed. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997, 208 s. ISBN 0789203650. info

Teaching methods

Combination of lectures and work on the projects (individual and collaboration) under the supervision of the teacher, who assigns the themes for the project and point at possible approaches. The teacher works individually with the student and motivates them to work creatively. The use of media which are already familiar to students from previous courses (photography, audiovisual techniques, 2D and 3D graphics, drawing.) As a supporting source of information - consultation with the teacher and study material supplied.

Assessment methods

Lecture and exercise, colloquium.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• VV068 Concept and Intermedia II

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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