Course detail
Studio Follow-up II - Drawing and Printmaking - summer
FaVU-M2GR-LAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course has a conceptual character and requires extensive knowledge of the contemporary art environment and contemporary tendencies in drawing and graphics. It is fully focused on the students' final project in all its complexity. udents keep developing their experience with various types of creativity and a diverse range of expression. The course focuses on mastering techniques and tools of visual and art 'coding' along with ability to finalize and present own project. The resulting project is finalized during the summer semester and expects students to utilize all their acquired skills and knowledge - both theoretical and practical. It ought to be able to compete outside academia.
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Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
-presence and participation in all mandatory regular consultations of semester projects (once a week)
-active participation in regular atelier projects and their consequent presentation (twice per semester)
-ability to reflect/accept recommendations resulting from consultations of semester projects
-fulfilling given tasks
-participation in atelier workshops and collaborative projects
-participation in the plenary
-evident interest in contemporary art
Presence is confirmed by signing the attendance list. One unexcused absence is allowed per semester.
Atelier exam is evaluated by a commission.
Mandatory regular consultation of semester project (weekly), active participation and presentation of created studio works at regular studio examinations (twice per semester), participating on studio workshops and collaborative studio projects, evident interest in the contemporary art. Ongoing progress on creating master degree's final project.
Attendance list. Proven continuous work on the school premises.
A single absence at studio consultations is allowed.
Aims
Creating and finalizing an object of art for master's program. Advanced knowledge of graphic techniques and ability to use them for expressing individual authorship in the contemporary art environment. Professional knowledge of contemporary art, flexible usage of various media, ability to exhibit own art independently and the ability to utilize materiality and object in the context of drawing and graphics. Ability to articulate own individual themes relevant for the discourse about contemporary art as well as for the tradition of drawing and graphics.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- compulsory prerequisite
Atelier Follow-up II - Graphics - winter
Basic literature
Typografický manuál (CS)
Recommended reading
Časopis X
Gaston Bachelard, Poetika prostoru (CS)
Vladimír Kokolia, Slovník Grafiky 2, 2008
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens stručná história ľudstva, Aktuell (CS)
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Seminar
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Syllabus
Schedule:
1. Definition of the topic of artistic research or the author's project (alteration in the form of a possible atelier assignment).
2. Brainstorming, artistic research, experimentation, verification, variation.
3. Presentation and defense of studio criticism.
4. Participation in all joint events - namely plain-air workshop, studio workshops, excursions and events according to the program of the entire studio.
5. Installation, presentation and defense of semestral work.
6. Participation in a public presentation on an open day.