René Rohan Workshop

Subject guarantor:

Robert SILVERIO

Name of lecturer(s):

Robert SILVERIO

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Kamer Skura is an artists group founded on 12.2.1996 in Ostrava. The members are anonymous.

Kamera Skura began to develop it work in the mid-1990s in the Ostrava area. This region of the Czech Republic is marked by a long tradition of mining and manufacturing activities and currently is going through a painful economic restructuralization. Opposing economic forces and bitter social tension, which are part of this restructuralization, continue to influence the form of Kamera Skura's arts projects. In spite of this the group continues to gradually extend its radius of activities. The main feature traceable to the original social context, undoubtedly, is the intentional style dis-unity of individual implementations which significantly come from intimate stories (coming from the depths of the mythology of the group) to the clearly defined social probes. In 2003 Kamera Skura with the Slovak group Kunst-Fu represented the Czech Republic at the Bienale in Venice with the project SUPERSTART - a three meter sculpture - A stylized figure of Jesus Christ exercising with the gymnastic rings.

Mode of study:

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Grading:

Exam: grading is awarded based on the fulfillment of individual tasks and the assessment of the submitted work.

Requirements for grading are: 60% lecture attendance, participation in announced required group consultations established at the beginning of instruction and submission of the agreed output and implementation recording in digital form in 300dpi resolution in dimensions of one page 250mm.

Recommended optional programme components:

Žádné další nepovinné vzdělávací složky.

Course contents:

Kamer Skura is an artists group founded on 12.2.1996 in Ostrava. The members are anonymous.

Kamera Skura began to develop it work in the mid-1990s in the Ostrava area. This region of the Czech Republic is marked by a long tradition of mining and manufacturing activities and currently is going through a painful economic restructuralization. Opposing economic forces and bitter social tension, which are part of this restructuralization, continue to influence the form of Kamera Skura's arts projects. In spite of this the group continues to gradually extend its radius of activities. The main feature traceable to the original social context, undoubtedly, is the intentional style dis-unity of individual implementations which significantly come from intimate stories (coming from the depths of the mythology of the group) to the clearly defined social probes. In 2003 Kamera Skura with the Slovak group Kunst-Fu represented the Czech Republic at the Bienale in Venice with the project SUPERSTART - a three meter sculpture - A stylized figure of Jesus Christ exercising with the gymnastic rings.

Recommended or required reading:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

Submission of the project assigned by the external instructor.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Photography CZ - Bachelor (qualification subject)