Course: Philosophy and Art 3

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Course title Philosophy and Art 3
Course code KUM/FU3
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šenk Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Progress in Art and the Goals of Progress: Utopia and Reality 2. Revolution and Decadence in Art and Philosophy after 1800 3. Visions of Liberation in the 1848 Revolution: Richard Wagner and Gottfried Semper 4. Visions of Proletarian Revolutions and Anarchism 5. The Artist's Mission in Revolution 6. Principles of Conservative Philosophy: The Theory of Taste 7. Bourgeois Society and the Revolt of the Avant-Garde 8. Dada as a Worldview 9. Futurism as the Theory of the Machine 10. Surrealist Vision of Society and Communism 11. The Flower Community and Its Sources 12. Detachment in Ecstasy - Realization of the Dionysian Principle in the Present 13. Entering Plato's Cave in the Internet 14. The Body as an Obstacle to Medialization

Learning activities and teaching methods
Observation, Demonstration
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
III. A REVOLT AND A CONSERVATIVE ATTITUDE 1. Progress in art and the goals of progress, or utopia and reality. 2. Revolution and decadence in art and philosophy after 1800. 3. Vision of Liberation in a Revolution of 1848: Richard Wagner and Gottfried Semper. 4. Visions of proletarian revolutions and anarchism. 5. Artist's mission in a revolution. 6. Principles of conservative philosophy: theory of taste. 7. Urban society and revolt of the avant-garde. 8. Dada as a world view. 9. Futurism as a machine theory. 10. Surrealist vision of society and communism. 11. Flower community and its sources. 12. Detachment in intoxication of the realization of the Dionysian principle at present. 13. Access to Plato's Cave on the Internet. 14. Body as an obstacle to media coverage. IV. 1. Psychoanalysis and liberation: against enslavement by schemas. 2. Types of death and victim: body art and exhibitionism. 3. Speed and disappearance of death: freedom outside. 4. Hovering and virtual body: freedom at home. 5. Sex and eros, or the sexual revolution. 6. Dance as liberation. 7. Aesthetics of techno and philosophy of technology. 8. "Only some perversion can save us." 9. Between mass culture and snobbery: virtual kitsch. 10. Cyberspace and classical definition of space. 11. Existentialist revolt and virtual revolt: Internet ethics. 12. Desire and body, or own boundaries. 13. Silence and sleep, or engineers of human souls. 14. Immortality, or art and moment Bibliography: The course is based on three areas of literature. The first one is read in seminars in examples and consists of basic classical writings. The second one serves as an accompaniment to lectures and consists of overview monographs of contemporary art and philosophical analyses of individual works of art and the direction of art. The third group contains writings for students' essays, it includes the problem of anarchism and artist revolt in the context of art history and social context.
To develop the ability of reflexion and contextual thinking.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of artistic and creative activities

During the term, students prepare a workshop paper. The credit is given based on an oral interview with a focus on the submitted paper and on the topics covered in lectures. This is followed by an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • FOSTER, Hal. The Art-Architecture Complex.. London: Verso, 2011. ISBN 978-1844676897.
  • FRIEDMAN, Ken. Fluxus Reader.. New York: Wiley, 1999. ISBN 9780471978589.
  • HUMMEL, Julia. Wiener Aktionismus. Milano: Mazzotta Edizione,, 2004. ISBN 9788820217303.
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Úděl umělce ? Duchampovské meditace.. Praha: Torst, 1998. ISBN 80-7215-050-2.
  • KUNDERA, Ludvík. DADA.. Praha: Jazzová sekce, 1983.
  • MARTEL, Richard. Art Action 1958-1998.. Québec: Intervention Editions, 2001. ISBN 978-2920500198.
  • REZEK, Petr. Tělo věc a skutečnost v současném umění.. Praha: Jazzová sekce, 1982. ISBN 978-80 903898-5-.
  • SAWELSON-GORSE, Naomi. Women in Dada.. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1998. ISBN 9780262194099.
  • SRP, Karel. Minimal & Earh & Concept Art.. Praha: Jazzová sekce, 1982.
  • VLČEK, Tomáš a Jaroslav NEŠETŘIL. Topologie a poetika prostoru I a II.. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2022. ISBN 9788074946288.


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