Documentation, Reproduction, Presentation 1

Display Schedule

Subject guarantor

Hynek ALT, Martin STECKER

Name of lecturer(s)

Hynek ALT

Department

Předmět zajišťuje Department of Photography

Contents

Documenting, cataloguing, and disseminating your work are fundamental aspects of developing

a professional artistic practice. While essential for personal development, documentation also

serves broader cultural, historical, and practical purposes. This module will examine different

approaches to documentation, including how context is defined and understood. This module

will be made up of seminars and group discussions, practical tasks, visits to galleries, archives,

and institutions, as well as technical workshops. You will be expected to independently develop

your work, applying strategies and concepts from group activities. Ultimately, you will work

toward implementing these methods in your own developing practice, expanding beyond the

personal to consider wider contexts and applications.

During this module, you will:

● Document exhibitions

● Participate in group tasks and complete individual tasks independently

● Document photo books, in both group and individual tasks

● Experiment with different forms of documentation

● Identify norms and expectations, exploring alternative outcomes

● Visit an archive to uncover the cultural and historical role of documentation.

● Learn about workflow, file management, organisation, and archiving

● Meet with industry professionals to gain insights in real-world contexts

● Consider objects, sculpture, ephemeral practices, virtual/digital work

● Develop presentations of your personal work, delivering them to the class

Learning outcomes

Students will engage in technical workshops, seminars, tutorials, lectures, and independent work and are expected to demonstrate their emerging individual research towards building skills that will inform elements of their practice.

Students are expected to experiment and develop skills to determine which ideas they might further explore and what they can discard.

Failure is an important part of experimentation and students should begin challenging their own preconceived notions about art in order to begin developing their work in a broader context.

Prerequisites and other requirements

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Literature

Exhibition listings - http://artmap.cz

Weekly exhibition listings - http://flashart.cz/

Exhibition listings / Press releases / Installation Views

https://artviewer.org/

Exhibition listings / Press releases / Installation Views

https://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/

Exhibition / book reviews and critical writing in photography

https://www.1000wordsmag.com/

October Journal

https://www.jstor.org/journal/october

Galleries

Galerie Jeleni / Cursor Gallery - http://cca.fcca.cz/en/

Display Gallery - http://display.cz/

Entrance Gallery - https://entrancegallery.com/

Etc - https://etcgalerie.cz/cs/

Galerie NoD - https://www.nod.roxy.cz/gallery/about

GHMP - https://www.ghmp.cz/en/

Hunt Kastner - http://huntkastner.com/

Meet Factory - http://www.meetfactory.cz/en/

Viper Gallery - http://www.vipergallery.org/

Svetova 1 - http://www.svetova1.cz/

Berlinksej Model - https://berlinskejmodel.cz/en/

Polansky Gallery - http://polanskygallery.com/

Kunsthalle - https://www.kunsthallepraha.org/

National Gallery - https://www.ngprague.cz/en/exhibitions-and-events

Evaluation methods and criteria

Submissions will take the form of studio presentations in the final week of December, alongside

supplied evidence of completed tasks. Regular completion of on-going work throughout the

semester is required, as well as group participation. Students are required to attend a minimum

of 80% of sessions.

Description Format Evidence

Group work: Evidence of documentation and editing of 2 exhibitions visited as a group, format PDF, Evidence: 12-15 photographs in sequence 2000px, 72dpi

Group work: Documentation of photo book, format PDF, evidence: 12-15 photographs in sequence 2000px, 72dpi

Independent work: Documentation and editing of 1 exhibition applying principles from group

sessions, Format: PDF, Evidence: 12-15 photographs in sequence 2000px, 72dpi

Independent work: Documentation of photo book, applying principles from group sessions

Format: PDF, Evidence: 12-15 photographs in sequence 2000px, 72dpi

Experimentations with form: Identification, development, and execution of personal project

Format: PDF

Studio Presentations, Format: PDF, Evidence: Studio

Note

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Schedule for winter semester 2024/2025:

• Week view
• List

Schedule for summer semester 2024/2025:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans

• Photography EN - Bachelor - 2022 (Required subjects)