Course detail
(Un)Using Textiles in Fine Arts
FaVU-1NTUAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course will provide with an overview of the historical use of textiles in the visual arts as well as the current practice of textile art. The lectures and three practical exercises will present the textile material in relation to traditional media and as a free means of expression, while defining the concept of "textile art" in contemporary art. The course will introduce the principles of textile art, contribute to the creation of a basic orientation in the problem, which will be able to be applied in the students' own creative activities. In the introduction to the transformation of the status of textile material in art and in society, the local environment will be taken into account, while the personalities of the artists of the second half of the 20th century will be presented.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Teaching takes place in the classrooms and workshops of FaVU BUT in hours determined by the schedule. Minimum participation 70%. Make-up for missed classes is done in agreement with the teacher in the form of an alternative assignment.
Aims
Students will learn about the importance of textile art and become familiar with the issue of recognizing textiles as a legitimate means of expression. They will gain an overview of commonly used techniques and materials and will be able to identify the differences between hand and machine production.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
HANZLÍKOVÁ, Emma and Markéta VINGLEROVÁ (eds.), Pocta suknu: textil v kontextu umění. Humpolec: Nadační fond 8smička, 2018. (CS)
Julia BRYAN-WILSON, Fray: Art and Textile Politics, The University of Chicago Press, 2017. (EN)
Konstantina HLAVÁČKOVÁ, Vně a Uvnitř: Umělá vlákna v odívání od poloviny 20. století do současnosti, Praha: Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze, 2014. (CS)
Ludvík BARAN & Jitka STAŇKOVÁ, České lidové tkaniny: Čechy a západní Morava, Praha, 1989. (CS)
Ludvík BARAN a Jitka STAŇKOVÁ, Tradiční textilní techniky, Praha: Grada, 2007. (CS)
Michaela RYŠKOVÁ, Brnem textilním, Ostrava: NPÚ, ÚOP V Ostravě, 2018. (CS)
Petra MERTOVÁ, Textilní tvorba brněnských firem, Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2015. (CS)
Rilke FRANK, Grant WATSON (eds.), Textiles: Open Letter, Sternberg Press, Vídeň, 2015. (EN)
Ta´i SMITH, Bauhaus Weaving: From Feminine to Craft, Mode of Design, University Of Minnesota Press, 2014. (EN)
Taťána ŠTEIGLOVÁ, Česká textilní tvorba 2. poloviny 20. století, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. (CS)
Taťána ŠTEIGLOVÁ, Textilní slovník, Malý průvodce textilními pojmy, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. (CS)
Taťána ŠTEIGLOVÁ, Významné osobnosti světové textilní tvorby a bienále v Lausanne. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2009. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUB Bachelor's
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. From craft to the general principle of textile art I (division according to the yarn system, working with flat textiles)
3. From craft to the general principle of textile art II (textiles without fabric)
4. Art protis technique - field trip
5. Workshop work: dyeing wool
6. Textile factory I: the status of textiles (hand vs. machine production)
7. Textile factory II: focal points of production or social movements? 8.
Subversive textiles (the role of applied art in social movements, feminist art movements, craftism)
9. Work in the workshop: the preparation of Art protis)
10. Textile Testing Institute, Brno - field trip
11. Work in the workshop: realization of Art protis
12. Atmosphericity (installation, performance, scenography, exhibition design, exhibition architecture)
13. Symbolism of textiles