Course detail

Studio Follow-up I - Photography - winter

FaVU-M1FO-ZAcad. year: 2022/2023

Semestrial work - work with the Archive and Appropriation
Major work - exhibition series for the semester exam.
+ Spontaneous exercises (tasks will be given during the learning process, intended for all students except those who are fully dedicated to their own work)

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Department

Photography Studio (AFO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Expansion of knowledge in the field of photography and contemporary art. Developed critical thinking.
An overview of new approaches to the concept of media. Experience from the realization students own artistic project.

Prerequisites

Open communication. Creativity and greater experience with the medium of photography in the context of contemporary art. Conceptual thinking. Ability to realize the personal MA program.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Experimenting and making connections between the concrete and the abstract. Experimenting requires that students investigate, test, explore, manipulate, solve problems, make decisions, and organize information in hands-on ways. Individual consultations and discussions.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Exam.

Course curriculum

Students will develop the ability to reflect on their own work in a broader context. Apart from the mandatory studio meetings, consultations, analysis of students' major projects and semestrial work (archive and appropriation), students should try the work as a curator and explore opportunities to present their art works. Students must find the consultants for the master thesis.
Topic of semestrial work might change during the process.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Analysis, presentation and contextualization of students' own work or found material.

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

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Tomáš Javůrek, Ph.D.
doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.

Seminar

195 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. MgA. Ivars Gravlejs, Ph.D.