New Media History 1
- Course unit code:
- 311NMH1
- Course unit title:
- New Media History 1
- Mode of delivery:
- zkouška
- Range:
- 4/T
- Type of course unit:
- Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – compulsory subject
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – compulsory subject - Level of course unit:
- Year of study
- Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography – 1st nebo 2nd nebo 3rd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting – 1st nebo 2nd nebo 3rd year
Study plan Cinema and Digital Media - Directing – 1st nebo 2nd nebo 3rd year - Semester when the course unit is delivered
- zimní
- Number of ECTS credits allocated:
- 2
- Garant předmětu:
- Eric ROSENZVEIG, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Eric ROSENZVEIG, Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ
- Study Objectives:
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To illustrate the history and theory of Electronic Culture - New Media in the broader context, starting with the late 19. century till today. And to allow students to understand the tools and techniques that are available today to make moving image works of any sort. This is accomplished through an historical examination of the pioneers who developed them and the works they created.
- Mode of delivery:
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Lectures are illustrated with documentary clips and images, readings from primary sources; and the special wiki website, managed in collaboration with the students, part of the lectures are discussions focused on the issues and special subjects.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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General knowledge about the modern art and culture of 20th century.
Self study and ability to reflection and discussion
Preferably New Media History 1 taken prior to New Media History 2.
- Recommended optional programme components
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Student should work autonomously on researching and editing the item of the delegated website
- Course contents:
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The course, over two semesters, aims to provide the student with comprehensive historical understanding of the developement of the New Media art, the artists, movements , technologies and artworks involving primarily moving image beyond the single screen presentation, common to either narrative film, documentary, animation or even experimental film.
Music machines, colour organs and cinema experiments (1910-50?s)
Kinetic & light art and sculpture (1920-60)
Computer origins from archeology to mid-1940's to development of GUI (1940's - 85)
Video Art I: TV Television, broadcast (1952 - 69)
Video image Processing (early 1970's)
Conceptual & systems art (late 1960's)
Videoart 2: the portapak, live media & video performance (1965 - 75)
Video Installation 1&2 (1969 - 1985, 1985-1990's)
VR & Immersion (1960's - present)
Interactivity 1&2 (early 1970's and 1980's-2000)
Telepresence/Telematics/TeleRobotics (1965-87)
Sound art and installation (1950's - present)
Net art (1990's)
Network (1970's-90's)
Tactical media (1990's)
Machinima & gamespaces (2000-present)
Locative media (2000-present)
Artificial Life (2000-present)
Database cinema (1995-present)
Augmented reality (2005-present)
Bioart & Emergent media 2000-present)
http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II
- Study materials:
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Jozef Czeres, Michal Murin, Od Analógového k digitálnému, Nové pohlady na nové uměnia v audiovizuálnom veku, FVU, Bánská Bystrica, 2010,
Katarína Rusnáková, V toku pohyblivých obrazov, Bratislava, 2005
The New Media Reader, ed Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort,The MIT Press, 2003
Huhtamo, E. (1995) Resurecting the Technological Past: An Introduction to the Archeology of Media. Intercommunication No.14.
On-line: http://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic014/huhtamo/huhtamo_e.html#body-1
Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representaion. Edited by Timothy Druckery; Introduction by Alluequere Roseanne Stone.Aperture Foundation,1996
Digital Culture: Understanding New Media, Glen Creeber, Royston Martin,Open University Press,2008
Charlie Gere, Digital Culture, The University of Chicago Press, 2009
a full list of resources, basically a course textbook in hypermedia form is available at:
http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods
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Depending on particular public events corresponding with classes, public art presentations, lectures, events might be suggested.
- Assessment methods and criteria
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Addition to the class wiki 25%, final oral exam 75%
- Language of instruction:
- English
- Work placement(s):
- Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
- Course web page:
- http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II
- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2010/2011:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - Schedule for summer semester 2010/2011:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Cinema and Digital Media - Cinematography (qualification subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Screenwriting (qualification subject)
- Cinema and Digital Media - Directing (qualification subject)