Course detail

Studio 4

FaVU-1ATE4Acad. year: 2024/2025

The studio is the foundational course in the study programme. Its central content is the students' own artistic practice. The studio provides students with the material conditions for this practice, given the specific space and the specific media or technological focus. It provides them with a welcoming and stimulating environment for reflection and contextualisation of their own creative intentions in continuous communication with the teachers and other students.

The studio is runned by a pair of head tutors. Students work individually on their own work and/or collectively in a studio group. In their work they respect the ethical rules agreed by the group, based on the basic principles of equal rights and opportunities, respect for others, solidarity and ecological sustainability. Students take proper care of the shared space.

In the individual or collective realization of partial or more complex artistic outputs, students acquire conceptual thinking about their work, technical skills and knowledge of relevant material processes or technological procedures, the ability to verbally articulate their own artistic intention, orientation in relevant theoretical approaches and disciplines, an overview of contemporary art topics and broader public debate, and the ability to critically evaluate and contextualize their own creative practice.

The timetable and specific content of the studio practice, teaching methods and criteria and methods of evaluation are defined in the introductory classes of each semester. They thus reflect the composition of the students in the studio as well as the current artistic, social and environmental context.

The assignment or topic of the studio practice is of an individual or collective nature and is determined by personal agreement between the students and the responsible teachers. The creative process is accompanied by regular presentations and consultations. Consultations can take place either collectively in the form of periodic studio meetings or individually. Students are also encouraged to consult their creative practice with other figures working in the field. Technological and theoretical support for work on studio projects is provided by supervisors in collaboration with the cabinets and the KTDU.

The Studio 4 course deepens the skills and knowledge practiced in the previous semesters. The student is involved in the studio by actively participating in group consultations or joint projects. A study or work placement at home or abroad is recommended in this semester.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Department

Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU)

Entry knowledge

Experience, knowledge and skills acquired in the first three semester of the studies.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Evaluation of student’s work is ongoing throughout the semester in the form of verbal feedback. It is optional to invite external experts in the field or other FaVU teachers or other members of the academic community to give in-depth or additional feedback one or several times per semester. At the end of the semester, the work is evaluated by awarding credit. The following conditions are set for the award of credit:

Regular attendance at classes (75 % attendance) or its compensation in a form determined by individual agreement with the lecturers;
Active participation in the studio programme beyond the regular studo meetings (mock presentations with external guests, outdoor courses, workshops, lectures, visits to exhibitions, excursions, meetings in the online space, etc.);
Ongoing work on artistic projects of an individual or collective nature according to the assignment set at the beginning of the semester;
Evident interest in contemporary art and the sub-focus of the studio.

Classes take place in the studio space at FaVU, or at other locations according to the current program. Attendance at the class is mandatory (75% attendance at regular studio meetings is mandatory). If the class includes mock presentations with external guests, outdoor courses, workshops, lectures, visits to exhibitions, excursions, online meetings, etc., attendance at these activities is also mandatory. Higher absences can be compensated for in an individually determined way in agreement with the teachers.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide students with material conditions and a friendly and stimulating environment for artistic development. Through the continuous realization of artistic outputs, their consultation and participation in joint activities, students should acquire the ability to think conceptually about their own work, technical skills and theoretical overview that will allow them to compete in the professional field of contemporary art.

Students will acquire knowledge and skills that should enable them to compete in the professional field of contemporary art, such as conceptual thinking about their work, technical skills and knowledge of relevant material processes or technological procedures, the ability to verbally articulate their own artistic intention, an orientation to relevant theoretical approaches and disciplines, an overview of contemporary art issues and wider public debate, and the ability to critically evaluate and contextualise their own creative practice.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ – Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin H. D. BUCHLOH, Umění po roce 1900. Modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus, Praha: Slovart 2007
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize, Praha: NAMU 2014.
John BERGER, Způsoby vidění, Praha: Labyrint 2016

Recommended reading

Anna LOVATT (ed.), Vitamin D3. Today’s Best in Contemporary Drawing, Londýn: Phaidon 2022
Barry SCHWABSKY (ed.), Vitamin P2. New Perspectives in Painting, Londýn: Phaidon 2011
Barry SCHWABSKY (ed.), Vitamin P3. New Perspectives in Painting, Londýn: Phaidon 2011
Emma DEXTER, Vitamin D. New Perspectives in Drawing, Londýn: Phaidon 2005
Institut úzkosti. 2021. Kvíření jazyka českého: O užívání genderově inkluzivního jazyka v institucích a organizacích. http://www.institutuzkosti.cz/events/kvireni-jazyka-ceskeho-videozaznam-online-diskuse?src=cz
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz, Praha: Akademie múzických umění 2010
Jan SVENUNGSSON, Umelec a písanie, Bratislava: Slovart – VŠVU 2013
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Filozofie moderního umění, Olomouc: Votobia 2000
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Vzdělání jako provokace, Praha: Academia 2018
Magdaléna ADÁMKOVÁ-TURZOVÁ – Petra FILIPOVÁ, Učit umění. Učitel a žák v labyrintu současného umění, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 215
Marina CASHDAN – Carina KRAUSE – Colin PERRY (eds.), Vitamin D2. New Perspectives in Drawing, Londýn: Phaidon 2013
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007.
Paulo FREIRE, Pedagogika utlačovaných, Praha: Neklid 2022
T. J. DEMOS (ed.), Vitamin Ph. New Perspectives in Photography, Londýn: Phaidon 2006
Yuval ETGAR (ed.), Vitamin C+. Collage in Contemporary Art, Londýn: Phaidon 2023

Classification of course in study plans

Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

Studio work

104 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

In the first classes, the agreement between the leaders and the learners establishes:

the schedule and topics for the semester, including individual and/or collective assignments,
teaching methods,
criteria and methods of assessment.

Ongoing throughout the semester:

individual and/or collective work by students to complete their own creative projects,
presentation and consultation of partial outputs or work in progress of a larger project collectively and/or individually (as personally agreed between students and supervisors),
periodic studio meetings, the central focus of which is reflection on the individual and/or group artistic practice of the students, but which may also include discussion of current issues in contemporary art, theory or wider public debate.

The studio programme may also include:

mock presentations ('critiques') with external guests,,
outdoor course,
workshops,
lectures,
visits to exhibitions,
excursions,
online meetings.

Towards the end of the semester, the studio is adapted to the preparations for the Public Presentation of Semester Works.

The last hours are devoted to recapitulating the past semester and giving feedback on the work of individual students during the semester.