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Lecturer(s)
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Vlček Tomáš, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Šenk Filip, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The studies are based on three categories of literature. Examples from the first category are read during workshops and this category consists of the basic classical treatises. The second category is used as a supplement to the lectures and it consists of general monographs about the contemporary art. The third category consists treatises related to the essays of students dealing with the problem of anarchism and the rebellion of an artist in the context of the history of art and in the social context. I. Platon, Dialogy o kráse (Dialogues about Beauty), Praha 1979 Immanuel Kant, Kritika soudnosti (Criticism of Discernment), Praha 1975 Denis Diderot, Herecký paradox (The Paradox of Acting), Praha 1945; in: Denis Diderot, O umění (About Art), Praha 1983, pages 165-202 Martin Heidegger, Básnicky bydlí člověk (The Man Dwells Poetically), 2nd edition, Praha 2006 Marshall McLuhan, Jak rozumět médiím (How to Understand the Media), Praha 1991 Charles Harrison (ed.), Essays on Art & Language, London 2001 II. The Contemporary Art series by the Phaidon publishing house, London New York 1998 - 2007 (more than 40 books) Alex Neil, Aaron Ridley (ed.), Arguing About Art. Contemporary Philoshopical Debates, London, N.Y. 2002 III. Ludvík Kundera, DADA, Praha 1983 Jindřich Chalupecký, Úděl umělce (The Fate of an Artist). Duchampovské meditace (Duchamp Meditations), Praha 1998 Ken Fridmen (ed.), Fluxus Reader, New York 1999 Richard Martel, Art Acion 1958 - 1998, Québec 2001 Julius Hummel (ed.), Wiener Aktionismus, Milano 2004 Petr Rezek, Tělo věc a skutečnost v současném umění (Body, Thing and Reality in Contemporary Art), Praha 1982 Karel Srp, Minimal & Earh & Concept Art, Praha 1982 The course concentrates on the sociological theory of space. It starts by comapring the current theories with the utopian notions of the past and it ends with specific attempts at regaining public space. 1. Utopian theories of a city and co-existence. 2. The emergence of sociology and the crisis of the society. 3. The meaning of sociology for architecture. 4. Social space as a container and as a system of relations. 5. Social space and body. 6. Examples of regaining public space: permanent breakfest, skateboarding. 7. Squatting and social justice.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Observation, Demonstration
- Class attendance
- 28 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 28 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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Unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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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.
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Recommended literature
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Friedmen, K. Fluxus Reader. New York, 1999.
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Hummel, J. Wiener Aktionismus. Milano, 2004.
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Chalupecký, J. Úděl umělce. Duchampovské meditace. Praha, 1998.
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Kundera, L. DADA. Praha, 1983.
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Martel, R. Art Acion 1958 - 1998. Québec, 2001.
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Rezek, P. Tělo věc a skutečnost v současném umění. Praha, 1982.
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Sawelson-Gorse, N. Women in Dada. 1998.
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Srp, K. Minimal & Earh & Concept Art. Praha, 1982.
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