Course: Methods of contemporary artistic practice II

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Course title Methods of contemporary artistic practice II
Course code KDT/FU109
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolečková Zdena, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Evaluation of the previous semester, specification of content preferences and partial topics according to individual interests and joint discussions, also according to the current annual exhibition plans of gallery institutions. 2. The art of participation and cooperation, art collectives and the art of care, educational turn. 3. Ecology and environmentally conscious artistic practice. 4. Artist technologist and data manager. 5. The question of nationality and race in the history of art; The question of nationality and race as a starting point for contemporary artistic practice; Cancel Culture - Incentives, Limits, Consequences and Limits. A reflection of the postcolonial presence. 6. Artist of the transforming Europe of the new millennium. How not to lose integrity in times of social turbulence. 7. Investigation and artistic research. Collection and analysis of information. 8. Artist ? Scientist, theorist, popularizer, interpreter. 9. Artivism and anarchism. A work of art as a gesture of protest and defiance. 10. Nomadism and residential practice. Thematization of the project according to the curatorial assignment. 11. Commerce and classics. How to (not) stay yourself. 12. Political order. How to (not) stay yourself... Tempting offers and promised percentages on art.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
A cycle of lectures and subsequent group discussions including model examples of specific creative strategies of selected artists, representing defining trends in visual art. The course is not designed as a classic art study excursion into the recent past. Its concept is guided by an effort to bring students closer to the contemporary climate, human attitudes, personality traits, and above all the motivational starting points of specific creators and the regularity of the communication framework on the artist-curator axis. The topics of individual meetings are framework, not immutable. At the beginning of each semester, discussions with students may result in partial thematic shifts conditioned by student preferences or the dynamics of the development of the art scene. The second semester of the course is focused on the immediate starting points of the current state of artistic activity and on topics that fundamentally co-determine the character of contemporary artistic production.
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
Recommended literature
  • BUCKMINSTER FULLER, R. Návod k obsluze vesmírné lodi Země.. UMPRUM, Praha, 2022.
  • DESAI, D.; HAMLIN, J.; MATTSON, R. History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education. Routledge, London, 2009.
  • GORDON, U. Anarchie tady a teď: Antiautoritářská politika od praxe k teorii. Neklid, Praha, 2022.
  • GRONLUND, M. Contemporary Art and Digital Culture. Routledge, London, 2016.
  • HAAS, E. Cancel Culture. Springer, London, 2022.
  • KOŤÁTKOVÁ, E.; JANEČKOVÁ, H. (eds.). Dotek zvířete. ArtMap, Praha, 2021.
  • LATOUR, B. Zpátky na zem: Jak se vyznat v politice Nového klimatického režimu. Neklid, Praha, 2020.
  • MORTON, T. Darkecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence. Columbia University Press, New York, 2016.
  • O´KANE, P. History in Contemporary Art and Culture.. Routledge, London, 2022.
  • RESCH, M. How To Become A Successful Artist. Phaidon, New York, 2021.
  • RESCH, M. How To Create And Sell NFTs: A Guide For All Artists. Magnus Books, Seattle, 2022.
  • SPADE, D. Vzájemná pomoc: Jak v krizi upevňovat solidaritu. Nevím, Brno, 2022.


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