Course detail
Studio IV - Photography - summer
FaVU-B4FO-LAcad. year: 2021/2022
Semestrial work - “Photographic book”
Major work - exhibition series for the final exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
15
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Experience from the realization of the BA project. Students are focusing on contemporary cultural events.
Prerequisites
Conceptual thinking. Creative maturity and greater experience with the medium of photography in contemporary art.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Make connections between art and real life. Presentations, individual consultations and discussions.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Final exam.
Course curriculum
Semestrial work - “Photographic book”
Students must create publication that will reflect the mature approach to photography.
The greatest emphasis is put on the students' ability to understand and analyze situation of contemporary art.
Mandatory studio meetings, individual consultations and discussions about students' major work. The studio visits by authorities from the art word.
Students must create publication that will reflect the mature approach to photography.
The greatest emphasis is put on the students' ability to understand and analyze situation of contemporary art.
Mandatory studio meetings, individual consultations and discussions about students' major work. The studio visits by authorities from the art word.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
The ability to reflect one's own practice as an artist and orientation in the contemporary art scene.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Bourdieu, Pierre, Photography: A Middle-brow Art, trans. Shaun Whiteside Cambridge: Polity Press, paperback ed., 1996 (EN)
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, tranzit.cz, 2004 (CS)
Fontcuberta, Joan ed.: Photography. Crisis of history, Actar, Barcelona, 2002 (EN)
Fontcuberta, Joan: Pandora's Camera. Mack, London, 2014 (EN)
Fried, Michael: Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: Art Power. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: On the New. London and New York: Verso, 2014 (EN)
Paul Wood & Charles Harrison ed.: Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, United Kingdom, 2003 (EN)
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, tranzit.cz, 2004 (CS)
Fontcuberta, Joan ed.: Photography. Crisis of history, Actar, Barcelona, 2002 (EN)
Fontcuberta, Joan: Pandora's Camera. Mack, London, 2014 (EN)
Fried, Michael: Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: Art Power. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008 (EN)
Groys, Boris: On the New. London and New York: Verso, 2014 (EN)
Paul Wood & Charles Harrison ed.: Art in Theory 1900 - 2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, United Kingdom, 2003 (EN)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Seminar
169 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer