Pentium - History of Audiovisualization: The History of New Media 1

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Subject guarantor:

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ, Eric ROSENZVEIG

Name of lecturer(s):

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ, Eric ROSENZVEIG

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

1. To illustrate the history and theory of Electronic Culture - New Media in the broader context, starting with the late 19. century till today.

2. 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 study:

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:

1.General knowledge about the modern art and culture of 20th century.

2.Self study and ability to reflection and discussion

3.Preferably New Media History 1 taken prior to New Media History 2.

Recommended optional programme components:

Independently developed entry on an assigned Wikipedia page. http://cas.famu.cz/wiki/index.php/Pentium_d%C4%9Bjin_audiovize:_D%C4%9Bjiny_nov%C3%BDch_m%C3%A9di%C3%AD

Course contents:

1.History of New Media

2.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.

Recommended or required reading:

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

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Guest lecturers, excursions, topically linked to individual classes.

Assessment methods and criteria:

kredity jsou uděleny na základě:

75 procentní účasti na seminářích

aktivní účasti v diskuzi na seminářích

samostatně zpracovaného hesla na wiki

absolvování závěrečné ústní zkoušky:celkem 2 otázky, jedno téma si může posluchač sám vybrat,druhé určí zkoušející.

Course web page:

http://www2.iim.cz/wiki/index.php/Mediahistory_I_and_II

Note:

classes:

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)

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

	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
Wed	místnost 423 Učebna CAS 423 (Lažanský palác) ROSENZVEIG E. 14:50–18:05 (přednášková par. 1)
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Wed	14:50–18:05	ROSENZVEIG E.	Učebna CAS 423 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Composition (Bc) (optional subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Animation - Master (optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Master (optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Editing - Master (optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (optional subject)