Course: Visual culture and contemporary art

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Course title Visual culture and contemporary art
Course code KFHS/P525
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Řebíková Barbora, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction - art, culture, artists, spectators 2. Art as a manifestation of culture 3. "Art as a cultural phenomenon" (Bohdan Dziemidok) 4. Contemporary culture as a visual culture - 2 blocks 5. Theory of study of visual culture 6. Contemporary culture 7. Postproduction (Nicolas Bourriaud) - 2 blocks 8. Art high and low 9. "High versus popular art" (Pavel Zahrádka) 10. Contemporary art, contemporary authors 11. Contemporary Czech art and authors

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the form of contemporary culture, which is often referred to as visual culture, and with the form of contemporary art that grows out of this culture. The course introduces students to the basic terminology and ideas of theorists of contemporary culture, explains why contemporary culture is called visual culture and describes the causes of this culture and its implications for contemporary art. Art will be presented as a cultural phenomenon and its links to the cultural background will be explained. The course will focus on the most important method of artistic work in recent decades, the method of post-production and will describe and explain it using numerous examples. It will also focus on the issue of low and high art and show that these categories have now lost their significance and try to defend contemporary visual culture and the art of post-production as legitimate cultural and artistic expressions.
The student will gain an overview of basic artistic and aesthetic theories. They will acquire the conceptual equipment needed to understand contemporary culture and art. Can argue independently. They will acquire the ability to understand texts and to argue and think independently within the theory of art and culture.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Test
Recommended literature
  • BOURRIAUD, N. Postprodukce. Praha: Tranzit, 2004. ISBN 80-903452-0-4.
  • Liessemann, K. P. Teorie nevzdělanosti. Praha, 2009.
  • Mirzoeff, N. Úvod do vizuální kultury. Praha: Academia, 2012.
  • Sturken, M., Cartwright, L. Studia vizuální kultury. Portál, Praha, 2009.
  • Thompson, D. Jak prodat vycpaného žraloka za 12 miliónů dolarů. Kniha Zlín, 2010.
  • Zahrádka, P. Vysoké versus populární umění. Periplum, 2009.


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