Course detail
Presentation and Documentation of Artistic Project
FaVU-1PDAPAcad. year: 2024/2025
The course prepares students to be able to successfully present their artworks and other original projects both in the context of their studies (in the Semester Projects Presentation course) and in actual artistic practice (in situations such as artist talks, interviews or media appearances, meeting with curators, gallerists, collectors, presentations for grant applications, or in public competitions for artistic realization). The skill set that the course focuses on includes adjusting and installing your work, taking photo documentation of your project, compiling captions and annotations, preparing an artist CV, completing a portfolio, formulating a short characterization of your own creative premises ("artist statement"), oral presentation to an audience, including a rhetorically persuasive (yet concise, factual and clear) delivering, and last but not least, responding quickly and accurately to audience comments. Practicing these skills will enable students to overcome shyness and uncertainty in situations where they have to present and defend their work. Teaching takes the form of practical exercises in small groups and peer feedback.
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 of the FFA BUT in the hours determined by the schedule. Attendance is compulsory (1 absence allowed). Higher number of absences can be compensated by submitting an alternative assignment after agreement with the teachers.
Aims
Students will acquire the basic skills to be able to adequately prepare for the presentation of their original project and confidently present it to an audience.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
HIERHOLD, E. Rétorika a prezentace. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN 80-247-0782-9.
NEDOMOVÁ, Jana. Otázky kvality v tvorbě a v prezentaci studenta na VŠ s umělecko-pedagogickým zaměřením (disertační práce), PedF MU, Brno 2019. https://is.muni.cz/th/mrbgj/Nedomova_disertacni_prace.pdf
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Opening meeting, introduction to the content and objectives of the course, division into groups
2. Preparation of the author's portfolio – visual and textual documentation of previous work
3. Preparation of the artist portfolio – compilation of CV and formulation of artist statement
4. Adjustment and installation of the artist project
5. Textual accompaniment to the project – descriptions and annotations
6. Oral presentation of the project – structuring the statement, voice work, body language
7. Defending the project in discussion – attentive and critical listening to comments, prompt argumentation