IM122 Aesthetic Theories of Multimedia and Synaesthesia I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 8:00–9:40 N21
Prerequisites
IM001 and IM015
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
The course represents an introduction to problem of multimedia in a broader context of art manifestos and their concrete application. Although multimedia seem to be rooted in the realm of digital media in 1980's, in a broader "archaeological" sense we can track the basic principles back to artistic and theoretical approaches of 19th century.
Syllabus
  • Multimedia – definitory approaches. Richard Wagner and Artwork of the Future – form versus content. Space – time – order. Italian futurism and aesthetics of media. Architecture as a form of multimedia. Dick Higgins and his concept of intermedia. Nam June Paik – art of communication. John Cage – interpretation, communication, resignation. Alea iacta est: music as hypertext. Opera aperta - its aesthetics and application. Possibilities of a new narrativity in a work of mulltimedia (S. Reich, B. Korot). Audiovisual installation, sculptures and environments (I. Xenakis, B. Viola et al.).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Flašar, Martin. In memoriam K.H.S. In Opus musicum, č. 1, 2008, s. 5-7.
  • FLAŠAR, Martin. E. Varese - I. Xenakis - Le Corbusier : Poeme électronique (1958). Hudobný život : [dvojtýždenník]. Bratislava: Obzor, 2009, vol. 2009, 1-2, p. 52-54. ISSN 1335-4140. info
  • FLAŠAR, Martin. Edgard Varese - elektronická poezie pro děti (Edgard Varese - An Electronic Poetry for Children). Opus musicum Hudební revue. Brno, 2007, vol. 39, No 6, p. 34-36. ISSN 0862-8505. info
  • Multimedia : from Wagner to virtual reality. Edited by Randall Packer - Ken Jordan - William Gibson. New York: W.W. Norton, 2002, xxxviii, 4. ISBN 0393049795. info
  • GLEICK, James. Chaos [orig. Chaos]. Překlad Renata Kamenická. Vydání první. Brno: Ando Publishing, 1996, 349 pp. ISBN 80-86047-04-0. info
  • XENAKIS, Iannis. Formalized music :thought and mathematics in composition. Edited by Sharon Kanach. Rev. ed. Stuyvesant, N.Y.: Pendragon Press, 1992, xiv, 387 s. ISBN 0-945193-24-6. info
Teaching methods
Lectures on (multi)media art of 20th century. Reading of the basic essays, training theoretical skills in media art interpretation.

Min. 50% attendance is requested.
Assessment methods
Essay on the topic of the selected lecture (max. 7 standard pages, including references and bibliography).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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