Photography Studio 1
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307ATFT1 | Z | 2 | 26/S | Czech | winter |
- Subject guarantor:
- Štěpán GRYGAR, Viktor KOLÁŘ, Robert PORTEL, Rudolf PREKOP, Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ
- Name of lecturer(s):
- Štěpán GRYGAR, Viktor KOLÁŘ, Robert PORTEL, Rudolf PREKOP, Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ
- Learning outcomes of the course unit:
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The aim of the creative photography studio is to support as much as possible the individual creative abilities of the students focusing on conceptual work. Work intended is to be in the context of modern art without limiting factors.
- Mode of study:
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Analyses of exercises, presenting work which are related to the topic, independent creativity.
- Prerequisites and co-requisites:
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General knowledge of the history of the creative arts and photography
General knowledge of modern visual art theory
Analytical abilities
Creativity.
- Recommended optional programme components:
- Course contents:
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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@viktorkolar.com, phone: 596 126 536
List of assignments: /select one from the three/
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 2013
Theme 2: ?Elderly people? /documentary project/
It can be considered as subject of great importance.The number of elderly people is growing, at the same time they feel cut off from the real world around them?many of them stand up to become active /senior age universities etc./We see people who suffer from all kind of dementia/Alzheimer disease!/ and still they try to retain dissent life.There are people around them who are of great help. Trace down how old people around you live and make strong series of photographs
The creative outcome: 15-20 bw or colour pictures 24x30cm
Deadline: June 2013
Theme 3: „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 2013
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.
- Recommended or required reading:
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Alberro, Alexander - Norvell, Patricia (ed.): Recording Conceptual Art, Berkeley,
Los Angeles a London: University of California Press, 2001
Alberro, Alexander, Sabeth Buchmann: Art After ConceptualArt, MIT Press,
Cambridge and London, 2006
Fried Michael: Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before, Yale University
Press, New Haven 2008
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Postprodukce, Praha: Tranzit, 2004
Bourriaud, Nicolas: Relational Aesthetics, Dijon: Les presses du réel, 2002
Cotton Charlotte: The Photography as Contemporary Art, London, Thames
Hudson, 2004
Foster, Hal (ed): Postmodern Culture, London: Pluto Press, 1990
Foster, Hal; Krauss, Rosalind; Bois, Yves-Alain; Buchloh, Benjamin H.D.: Art
since 1900, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004
Michel Frizot: Nouvelle Histoire de la Photographie, Larousse-Bordas, Paris,
1996
Liz Wells. The Photography Reader, Routledge, London, 2003
Wall, Jeff: Selected Essays and Interviews, New York: The Museum of Modern
Art, 2007
- Planned learning activities and teaching methods:
- Assessment methods and criteria:
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Grading:
Graded credit: awarded based on submitted exercises. The extent to which the assignment was fulfilled is evaluated, imaginativeness and quality of development.
Participation: A requirement for evaluating the student is a minimum of 60% participation in the classes and in obligatory group consultations established at the beginning of instruction.
- Course web page:
- Note:
- Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:
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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 Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel Tue 13:10–16:25 KOLÁŘ V. Učebna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1paralelka 1 Tue 14:00–17:15 GRYGAR Š. Učebna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1paralelka 2 Tue 14:00–17:15 PREKOP R. Ateliér KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1paralelka 3 Tue 14:00–17:15 PORTEL R. Počítačová pracovna KF
Tržiště 20, Praha 1paralelka 4 Tue 14:00–17:15 ŠIMLOVÁ Š. Učebna KF
Lažanský palácparalelka 5 - Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:
- The schedule has not yet been prepared
- The subject is a part of the following study plans:
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- Fotografie CZ - bakalář (qualification subject)