Course: Contemporary Art and Photography I

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Course title Contemporary Art and Photography I
Course code KDT/858
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Frequency of the course Each academic year
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Vartecká Anna, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lukianenko Daria, MgA.
Course content
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The subject represents a broad discussion forum reflecting the position of the photography in contemporary visual art based on analysis of events on the local, national, and European artistic scene, as well as the current social-cultural context. Generally, the subject covers mainly the period between the 1970s and 2010s, which is characteristic for entrance of so-called new media, radical transformation of the photographic medium, transdisciplinarity, and multiculturalism connected with the ongoing globalization and deepening civilization and religious divergences often leading to a disharmonic social-political situation. Reflection of these trends is concurrently examined and documented based on exhibition programmes of prestigious Czech and foreign galleries and art museums, as well as world shows of contemporary art. In addition, the subject deals with issues related to the interpretation of an artwork via its installation and exhibition presentation. It works with themes following the socialization and community strategies in contemporary art and also refers to the issue of the crisis of exhibition institutions and the so-called institutional critique. 1. Basic definition of the relationship between visual art and photography - model examples of the coexistence of both worlds since the mid-19th century; development and overlaps. 2. Basic definition of the relationship between visual art and photography - model examples of the coexistence of both worlds during the 20th century; development and overlaps. 3. Basic definition of the relationship between visual art and photography - model examples of the coexistence of both worlds in the second half of the 20th century; development and overlaps. 4. Conceptual art. 5. Conceptual art and its influence on art at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. 6. Conceptual art and its influence on art at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries; postconceptualism. 7. Current situation: the present-day form of the relationship between art, photography, cinematography, video art, and new media - model examples, demonstrations of artistic practice I. 8. Current situation: the present-day form of the relationship between art, photography, cinematography, video art, and new media - model examples, demonstrations of artistic practice II. 9. Radical transformation of photography (coexistence of analogue and digital photography, relationship of static-dynamic technical image, potential of digital manipulation, overlaps towards graphic design, development of presenting photographic artworks) I. 10. Radical transformation of photography (coexistence of analogue and digital photography, relationship of static-dynamic technical image, potential of digital manipulation, overlaps towards graphic design, development of presenting photographic artworks) II. 11. The author and his/her work - the phenomenon of authorship, the author's death, collective authorship, anonymous authorship. 12. Space and boundaries of an artwork - between the picture and a trip to the Moon. 13. Excursions.
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay
Recommended literature
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