Course detail
Inventing Ecological Media Arts
FaVU-1IEMA-LAcad. year: 2023/2024
Nowadays, ecology and environmental issues seem to be highly on the agenda of the arts. What are the current tendencies in media arts related to this?
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
beginners: critical thinking and an interest in contemporary art
advanced: do recycling of garbage at home and read some popular articles about ecology and environmentalism
professionals: relate their own disciplinary knowledge to new ways of perceiving the world today
advanced: do recycling of garbage at home and read some popular articles about ecology and environmentalism
professionals: relate their own disciplinary knowledge to new ways of perceiving the world today
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
show critical awareness in the form of an original contribution to the discussion (as an assessment) mentioned above, in the form of a text, a talk or an art work
attendance is required for the students, a tentative email list will be made, so that follow ups are possible
attendance is required for the students, a tentative email list will be made, so that follow ups are possible
Aims
See the abstract: to get insight into new trends within media art
a discussion at the end of the course identifying trends in current thinking and concepts about making art
a discussion at the end of the course identifying trends in current thinking and concepts about making art
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Guattari, the 3 ecologies
JJ Gibson, The ecology of visual perception
Juliet M. Corbin and Anselm C. Strauss, Basics of Qualitative Research
Kathy Charmaz, Constructing Grounded Theory Kathy Charmaz Constructing Grounded Theory Kathy Charmaz Constructing Grounded Theory
Keller & Golley, the philosophy of ecology
Robert Smithson, Collected writings
JJ Gibson, The ecology of visual perception
Juliet M. Corbin and Anselm C. Strauss, Basics of Qualitative Research
Kathy Charmaz, Constructing Grounded Theory Kathy Charmaz Constructing Grounded Theory Kathy Charmaz Constructing Grounded Theory
Keller & Golley, the philosophy of ecology
Robert Smithson, Collected writings
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Type of course unit
Seminar
13 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
notes, some references to articles and publications online;
introduction and explanation of general terms, ideas, concepts specific issues from art history (1950-today) historical and contemporary examples from the arts ecological ways of perceiving the audio and visual within the arts concepts and ideas, small studies together with the students presentation, discussion, and group evaluation
introduction and explanation of general terms, ideas, concepts specific issues from art history (1950-today) historical and contemporary examples from the arts ecological ways of perceiving the audio and visual within the arts concepts and ideas, small studies together with the students presentation, discussion, and group evaluation