Exhibition and Curatorship Seminar

Display Schedule

Subject guarantor:

Tomáš POSPISZYL

Name of lecturer(s):

Tomáš POSPISZYL

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce the history and basic theory of exhibiting graphic arts, including photography, video and other forms of the moving image.

To discuss current exhibition treatments visited during excursions.

To point out possible technical procedures used in exhibiting.

To prepare students in working with individual elements of an exhibit presentation.

Mode of study:

Classroom lecture weeks focused on history alternate with weeks in which there will be visits to previously determined exhibitions accompanied by the instructor and exhibit curator.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements.

Course contents:

Hisotry of exhibiting from the French Salon to modernity in a nutshell.

An exhibition as an independent expression means.

Minimalism and its influence on the understanding of exhibition design.

Conceptual art and manners of its exhibition

Harald Szeemann as a model curator

New Media in a gallery

Curation and ethics.

Recommended or required reading:

David Korecký, ed. Médium kurátor, Role kurátora v současném umění, Agite / VŠUP, Praha 2006/9

Ondřej Horák, ed. Místa počinu, Komunikační prostor Školská 28, Praha 2010

Bruce Altshuler, The Avant-Garde in Exhibition, Harry N. Abrams, New York 1994,

Assessment methods and criteria:

Student have two options for grading:

1. To write a paper of at least 5 standard pages analysing the exhibit prior approved by the instructor from an installation viewpoint.

2. Participation in a GAMU workshop from 30, Aug - 11 Sept. in which the „recycled“ and preinstalled exhibit will be repeated.

Course web page:

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Note:

none

Further information:

This course is an elective for all students of this school

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

	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 423 Učebna CAS 423 (Lažanský palác) POSPISZYL T. 17:20–18:55 (přednášková par. 1)
Wed
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Tue	17:20–18:55	Tomáš POSPISZYL	Učebna CAS 423 Lažanský palác		přednášková par. 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans: