Course: Atelier of Environmental Design 1

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Course title Atelier of Environmental Design 1
Course code KUM/AM1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 14
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Stolín Jan, doc. M.A.
  • Prokeš Jaroslav, MgA. Ph.D.
  • Vlachynská Petra, MgA. Ph.D.
  • Hanzlík Daniel, doc. MgA.
  • Hnízdil Aleš, doc. akad. soch.
  • Zeman Filip, MgA.
Course content
Inquiry and analysis Rough draft Design Environmental design + architecture Design Presentation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Individual creative and artistic activities
  • Class attendance - 280 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 280 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
A creative approach to finding solutions to artistic study tasks, an ability of independent creative work. An effort to find some interdisciplinary solutions to art projects in connection with some technical study subjects. Openness to creative experiments between art, design, technology and public space. In the Master's program, the studio is primarily an environment that enables students to develop their own creative potential, to seek new possibilities in expression in cooperation with the latest development of imaging technologies and deep knowledge of the context of contemporary art. The atmosphere of the studio is a continuous discourse on the topics of artistic practice and reflection on contemporary society. The studio is based on the individual work of students, which is continuously consulted and corrected. The result is evaluated in the form of examination.
Student will improve his/her exact definition of personal opinions and their successful presentation.
Prerequisites
Mandatory attendance in classes Submission of the semester project Presentation of results and oral defense

Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of artistic and creative activities

Creative approach to solving artistic study tasks and the ability to work independently. Willingness to seek interdisciplinary solutions in art projects in connection with technical subjects. Openness to creative experiments at the intersection of art, design, technologies, and public space. Ability to develop one's own creative potential in line with the latest developments in imaging technologies and within the context of contemporary art. Active participation in discourse on artistic practice and reflection of contemporary society. Capacity for independent work, openness to ongoing consultations, and the ability to accept feedback and corrections.
Recommended literature
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  • Foucault, M. Sen a obraznost. Liberec, 1984.
  • FOUCAULT, Michel. Slova a věci. Eseje/studie. Brno: Computer Press. 2007.
  • Hobsbawm, E., Ranger,T. The invention of tradition. Cambridge, 1983.
  • Hochman, E. Crucible of modernism. New York, 1997.
  • Christopher, A. Architectural design. 1968.
  • KOLÍBAL, Stanislav. O čem a proč. 2016.
  • NORBERG-SCHULZ, Christian. Genius loci: krajina, místo, architektura. Praha: Dokořán. 2010.
  • NOVOTNÝ, Jaromír. Backlight. Antwerp: Geuken & Oe Vil. 2016.
  • PUČEROVÁ, Klára; Petr KRATOCHVÍL; Dan MERTA a Petra VLACHYNSKÁ (ed.). Z galerie ven!: umění v českém veřejném prostoru po roce 1989. Praha: Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera & Architectura. 2022.
  • RUHRBERG, Karl a Ingo F. WALTHER (ed.). Umění 20. století: [malířství, skulptury a objekty, nová média, fotografie]. Praha: Slovart. 2011.
  • SEIGEL, Jerrold, E. The private worlds of Marcerl Duchamp: desire, liberation, and the self in modern culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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  • SYLVESTER, David. Pět rozhovorů: Smith, Liechtenstein, Serra, Andre, Koons. Praha: Arbor vitae. 2003.


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