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Lecturer(s)
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Szoboszlai János György, PhD., M.A.
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Course content
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A, in-class lectures: 1. A brief history of museums. 2. A brief history of museum exhibitions. 3. The specifics of museum exhibitions. 4. The exhibition as interpretive medium. 5. A study case: the Black Male exhibition. 6. Contemporary exhibitions 1, academic salons and its critique. 7. Contemporary exhibitions 2, thematic group exhibitions. 8. Contemporary exhibitions 3, biennalisation. 9. Contemporary exhibitions 4, retrospective solo. 10. Contemporary exhibitions 3, solo. 11. The ?curatorial turn?. 12. The consequences of ?educational turn?. B, individual work: Focus on interpretation. C, on-line consultations: Summary of basic concepts of readings, QandA. D, presentations: One individual, on-line presentation by each students (a complex analysis of a contemporary, group, and curated art exhibition, chosen by the student from the aspect of interpratation).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on one particular medium of communication between art and society: the exhibition, as a relative new cultural production in the history of art. The course aims to provide the basics of exhibition studies for those who intend to curate contemporary art exhibitions, with strong emphasis on the aspect of communication with the viewer/audience. The course briefly summarizes the history, structure and functions of the museum and museum exhibitions (as knowledge center, research laboratory, representation of power, agent of diverse identities, entertainment center, trend setter initiative, think-tank, etc.). This overview is followed by the description and analysis of the museum exhibition as an interpretive medium. In Exhibition Studies I the focus is on interpretation as a central keyword of exhibition curating. The form of the course is blended learning. Students are supported by on-line readings, dictionary entries, references and texts provided by the tutor at the beginning of semester. The tutor defines the assignments for the end of the semester. Students have the full semester to read and evaluate the compulsory readings and prepare for the final, individual, on-line presentations.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
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Prerequisites
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The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
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Recommended literature
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Edson, G. and Dean, D. The Handbook for Museums. Routledge, London and New York, 1994.
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FRAZON ZS. and SZAKÁCS E. Interpretation. Curatorial Dictionary.
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MANOVICH, L. Cultural Analytics. Penguin Random Books, London, 2020.
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O' Neill, P. The Curatorial Turn: From Practice to Discourse. In. Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance. Intellect Books, Bristol, 2007.
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