Corona, Isolation, Art and related activities

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
307DCIU Z 3 3T English, Czech

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

discussion, reflection, examples of own work, extended feedback, collection of personal materials - sketches, notes, diary entries, changed vision of the world -

Mode of study

Workshop

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Individual preparation for the meeting according to the materials sent in advance, according to the discussion of topics, questions prepared in advance, active participation

Course contents

Forma studia / Mode of study: Virtual Zoom meetings

Course content / Course contents:

The course responds to the current situation and demands of students in times of restrictions related to the corona virus pandemic, inviting contemporary movers and shakers and activists to discuss and contribute, addressing with students current issues and questions about the relationship between the contemporary status of the artist, the meaning of artistic work and current trends. At the same time, they address the most pressing issues arising from isolation, restricted movement, accessibility of resources, lack of reflection, opportunities for consultation and sharing, and radically deteriorated social conditions for artists.

Marta Smolíková - the impact of government measures during the corona crisis on artistic practice, on the living standards of artists, a comparison of the approach of European countries, modes of appeal and a summary of living conditions with questions to be addressed

Jan Bělíček - conservative concept of the role of art vs activism - what to do in times of crisis

Miloslav Vorlíček - Art Helps activity - the meaning of volunteering for contemporary artistic practice - inspiration and experience

Vít Havránek - the work of Jan Manščuška - life with limitations, the artist's ideological constructions, the connection between his life and work, transcending the media

Lukáš Likvačan - Introduction to plane contemrology

Recommended or required reading

Open Society: the impact of anti-pandemic measures on women and men in the labor market.docx

Disinformation service: infoservis - disinformation on the Czech internet

Lukáš Likavčan: Academic publication: http://muni.academia.edu/LukášLikavčan/CurriculumVitae

Vít Havránek: A premature retrospective

Other publications published in the FCB group for internal use

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Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation. Preparation for individual lectures, sending questions in advance, reflection, evaluation of the contribution to one's own work

Note

Biography of the speaker:

Marta Smolíková, Director of ProCulture/Open Society o.p.s. and partner of the project:

„Management in the visual arts is still a white space in education in the Czech Republic. Unlike theatre or music management, which are taught as separate disciplines, students and young visual artists gain their experience only through their own practice, often intuitively and through trial and error. Teaching art management at VŠUP should provide students with opportunities and methods for promoting and applying their work in society and on the market.“

25 students of the College of Arts and Industry from both liberal and applied arts, 10 VŠUP teachers and 5 future lecturers of Arts Management participated in the pilot test of Arts Management.

The project resulted in the publication „Arts Management“, the first of its kind in the Czech Republic, and a separate website www.managementumeni.cz , which serves as an information resource in the field of arts management.

Other project partners:

Partners for Democratic Change and Cross Czech a.s.

Jan Bělicek - Editor-in-Chief | belicek[@]advojka.cz

Miloslav Vorlicek - An Appraisal of Private Psycho-Pathological Distortions of the Public Conscience

This thesis argues that the tacit dialectical relationship between the public and the private could be successfully uncovered by creating a curatorial framework, even if this structure is put under conditions of restrain. Attempts to critically analyse this association have been made by socio-political theorists and artists since the antiquity. For the former, it was the theory of Bourgeois Public Space by Jürgen Habermas that provoked acute reflections from feminist theorists such as Nancy Fraser and Seyla Benhabib. While for the latter, the modernist Marxist-Leninist communist theory as implemented in USSR, replacing the public sphere and the private realm with a dialectically paradoxical equal social sphere, was diagnostically and analytically decomposed by the unofficial artistic production of postmodern art practice of the Moscow Conceptualism.

I will argue that the inability of modernist theories and practices to provide solutions was highlighted by the postmodern critical and analytical theoretical and artistic practices. However, it was only the introduction of the curatorial strategy of the AptArt project space between 1982 and 1984, which primarily operated in the private realm, which brought these into disparity perceptible to the public. Therefore, I will propose that curators could create platforms on which a more cohesive understanding of given terminology and artistic practices can be analytically shaped. Importantly, I will maintain that the inability to identify paradoxes and complications within the art discourse might make these frameworks impossible.

Vít Havránek

Education, Grants and Scholarships

Mgr. (1997), PhDr., Ph.D. (2006)

1999-2006

Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis supervisor Prof. Petr Wittlich, dissertation. Personalities and Structures of Interpretation in Czechoslovak Art 1949-2004, 2006.

1995-1996

Université Bordeaux 3, Prof. Robert Coustet

1989-1997

Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prof. Petr Wittlich, thesis: Czech Kineticism 1956-1970 and the Synthesis Group, 1997.

Scholarships:

2005

iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden

2004

iscp, New York City

iaab, Basel, Switzerland

2001

Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Boston, USA

Lectures, discussions (selection):

2006

Art in General, New York, USA

ARCO, Madrid, Spain

2005

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam-University of Amsterdam

Konstfack-Index, Stockholm

Vienna Art Fair

2004

16 beaver group, New York City

2003

Austrian Cultural Forum New York City, USA

Lukáš Likavčan

http://muni.academia.edu/LukášLikavčan/CurriculumVitae

Further information

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