Course: New media art

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Course title New media art
Course code KDT/FU120
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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)
  • Imr Mráziková Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Svejkovský Zdeněk, MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
1. New media ? basic concepts, approaches and research methods, overlaps with philosophy and sociology. 2. Properties of new media ? typology. 3. Art of new media ? foreign and Czech art up to the 1990s (video art, sound art, interactive art). 4. Art of new media ? foreign and Czech art from the 90s of the 20th century. to present. 5. Cyberspace, virtual and augmented reality. 6. How to exhibit and archive new media? 7. Festivals, major shows and exhibitions. 8. Excursion to the institution. 9. Game art. 10. New games, currencies and images - influence on contemporary art, the market and the image of society. 11. Visit to the studio. 12. Presentation of the seminar work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students to the issues of new media in visual arts and exhibition operations. It introduces them to basic concepts and areas of theoretical and philosophical-social aspects related to new media studies. At the theoretical level, the course continues with the analysis of selected new media works, authors and projects abroad and domestic art. The course deals in detail with the latest areas in Internet and digital art and its related spheres such as the development of artificial intelligence, cyberspace and augmented reality. Students gain insight into the issue of game art, but also learn about the laws of archiving new media and the way they are exhibited. The practical level includes the active involvement of the selected artist (interview, visit to the studio) and also an excursion to the exhibition institution.
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.
Prerequisites
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.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
1. Fulfililing partial tasks and assignments throughtout the semestr 2. Active participation in the Studio tutoring
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