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Photography Studio 5

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Course unit code:
307ATFT5
Course unit title:
Photography Studio 5
Mode of delivery:
zápočet
Range:
26/S
Type of course unit:
compulsory subject
Level of course unit:
Year of study
1st year
Semester when the course unit is delivered
zimní
Number of ECTS credits allocated:
6
Garant předmětu:
Štěpán GRYGAR, Viktor KOLÁŘ, Robert PORTEL, Rudolf PREKOP, Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ
Name of lecturer(s):
Štěpán GRYGAR, Viktor KOLÁŘ, Robert PORTEL, Rudolf PREKOP, Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ
Study Objectives:

The aim of the creative photography studio is to support the individual creative abilities of the students as much as possible in conceptual work. This presumes work in the context of modern art bez limitating factors.

Mode of delivery:

Analyses of exercises, displaying work related to topics, independent creative work.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

60% attendance of our studio meetings, the evaluation for class ticket will be set up with the students

Recommended optional programme components
Course contents:

1. STUDIO OF STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY

Supervised by: Mgr. Rudo Prekop

Contact: 737 609 562, rudoprekop@hotmail.com

The Studio includes lectures, seminars, consultations of final exhibition, bachelor's, and master's studies.

Assignments: (assignments 4P1, 5P1)

Part of the Studio is one mandatory assignment for:

3rd year students: FIGURE - ENVIRONMENT - PROPS, collection of 8 and more photos

4th year students: MAN - publication or its mutation, minimum 15 photos.

5th year students: PROBLEM - arbitrary form of execution.

Time schedule: Prior to the beginning of the photographic work, student explains his or her intentions to the instructor and it is mutually agreed upon, then implements the assignment.

Deadline for submission: by the end of the summer semester - second half of May.

Every year, three figures in photography, and/or also graphic design, are invited as lecturers to the Studio, selected by the instructor. These workshops are either one or two semesters long and take place according to the time schedule specified by the given lecturer. The purpose of this arrangement is the time-limited exposure of the students to a wide spectrum of individual figures, who provide all the participating students with their creative and real-life experiences, their opinions, attitudes, and spirit.

2. STUDIO OF DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY

Lecturer: prof. Viktor Kolář

Contact: viktor.kolar@cbox.cz , phone: 596 126 536

List of assignments - 4th year (choice between two)

Theme 1: „His/her/their“ story /documentary project/

A visual narrative about looking for one's path, a road we usually call the „road of life.“ Discovering such a road and then walking it seems to be more important than anything else. Before we step on such a road we face various problems such as: drugs culture, participation in extreme political movements, religious sects, along with personal failure, mental disorders, unemployment, abuse in childhood, homelessness, making such a search more problematic. Each person in my neighbourhood can tell a different story?

The creative outcome: 15-20 bw or color images of cca 24x30cm

Deadline: June 2008

Theme 2: „Consumerism as a lifestyle“ /documentary project/

The Western model of consumerism may be blamed as responsible for the defeat of communist ideology and the further fall of communism in Czech Republic. The mode of consuming following may be a leading factor in shaping people?s lifes today. Purchasing products, using many levels of services in huge shopping centres as Tesco, Kaufland, Ikea, etc.are leading them to spend more time there. For some people consumption is becoming an obsession with all side effects. It becomes an addiction and must be medically treated. People buy things they do not need, spend money they did not earn. They also try to buy new identities on the market. Record on your film all possible manifestations of such a lifestyle from your point of view.

The creative outcome: 15-20 bw or color images cca 24x30cm

Deadline: June 2008

3. STUDIO OF CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Lecturer: Štěpán Grygar

Contact: 732 661 938, grygar@famu.cz

Course Description:

I stress the importance of a critical distance from one's own work that results in its classification within a wider context. The Studio consists of theoretical seminars, consultations of final exhibition, bachelor's, and master's studies.

Assignment: (4P1, 5P1)

Description: This mandatory assignment is a practical and students have to submit at least eight photographs. Emphasis is put on the ability to come up with an innovative solution to the given assignment. Conceptual work is recommended. A written explanation must be handed in prior to starting the assignment.

Assignment: To create a series of at least eight photographs as an individual interpretation of a specific topic (not mere illustration). The topic will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Time schedule: WS: Brief, written explanation by the end of November. The series must be a work in progress by the end of the winter semester.

SS: The final output (eight photographs) has to be submitted by the end of the summer semester.

5. Studio ŠTĚPÁNKA ŠIMLOVÁ

The studio instruction is intended, particularlz for students who wish to get involved with th experimental concept of photography or using this medium, to broaden it into an installation venturing into the moving image, video or animation. Student works on their own project which is discussed prior and detailed. An emphasis is placed primarily on the long-term development of the project, which is required to have great expressive intentions reflecting its context, a search for the most appropriate form of expression, show production skills and be implemented in an exhibition space. The time frame for developing the project is one academic year, that is, two semester. Aside from the main project, students comple short-term assignments which arise from current topics in contemporary cultural and societal events.

Study materials:

Will be announced during our sessions

Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assessment methods and criteria

class, exercises, lectures

Language of instruction:
Czech
Work placement(s):
Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.
Course web page:
Note:
Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:
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
místnost TR 328
Učebna KF

(Tržiště 20, Praha 1)
KOLÁŘ V.
13:10–16:25
ODD WEEK

(paralelka 1)
místnost TR 304
Učebna KF

(Tržiště 20, Praha 1)
GRYGAR Š.
14:00–17:15
ODD WEEK

(paralelka 2)
místnost TR 312
Ateliér KF

(Tržiště 20, Praha 1)
PREKOP R.
14:00–17:15
ODD WEEK

(paralelka 3)
místnost TR 306
Počítačová pracovna KF

(Tržiště 20, Praha 1)
PORTEL R.
14:00–17:15
ODD WEEK

(paralelka 4)
Fri
Thu
Fri
Datum Den Čas Tutor Místo Notes Č. paralelky
Tue 13:10–16:25 KOLÁŘ V. Učebna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1
paralelka 1
Tue 14:00–17:15 GRYGAR Š. Učebna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1
paralelka 2
Tue 14:00–17:15 PREKOP R. Ateliér KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1
paralelka 3
Tue 14:00–17:15 PORTEL R. Počítačová pracovna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1
paralelka 4
Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans:
Generated on 2012-6-25
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