Atelier with Štěpánka Šimlová 7

Subject guarantor:

Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Štěpánka ŠIMLOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the photography studio is to maximally support the creative abilities of the students with a focus on conceptual work. Presumed is working in the context of modern art without limiting factors.

Mode of study:

Analýza konkrétních cvičení, promítání prací, jež mají souvislost s tématem,

samostatná tvůrčí práce

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

General knowledge of visual art and photography

General knowledge of modern visual arts theory

Analytical abilities

Creativity

Recommended optional programme components:

Žádné další nepovinné vzdělávací složky.

Course contents:

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:

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

Císař, Karel (ed): Co je to fotografie? Herrmann a synové, Praha 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

Grygar Štěpán, Konceptuální umění a fotografie, Praha, AMU, 2004

Petříček Miroslav: Myšlení obrazem, Herrmann a synové, Praha 2009

Silverio, Robert: Postmoderní fotografie, Praha: AMU, 2007

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:

Assessment methods and criteria

rating:

Graded credit: awarded on the basis of submitted exercises, assessed the extent to completion, the ingenuity of design and quality workmanship.

Participation: a prerequisite for the evaluation of the student's min. 80% attendance at seminars and participation in mandatory public consultations set out at the start of the course.

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 EN - Master (qualification subject)