Devising 1

Display Schedule

Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
204MDDE1	credit	2	2 hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 32 to 42 hours of self-study	English	winter

Subject guarantor

Name of lecturer(s)

Robert SMOLÍK

Devising class will lead the students towards discovering the performative potential of simple objects, situation, images.

They will practice instant composition exercises with special focus on “performative listening” and work with sound as starting point for the performance without any other input information.

Learning outcomes

Course graduate:

will cultivate the ability to discover performative potential in interaction with objects;
space and other performers using the sound as a primary source for any kind of stage activity;
will develop the imagination as a key ability for any kind of creation.

Prerequisites and other requirements

None.

Literature

Brian Eno: A Year with Swollen Appendices

Peter Szendy: Listen: A history of our ears

Jonathan Sterne: The Audible Past

Salomé Voegelin: Listening to Noise and Silence

Lev Manovich: The Language of New Media

Magda Stanová: Algorithms in Art

William S. Burroughs: Doing Easy

Nicolas Bourriaud: Postproduction

John Cage: Silence

Friedrich Kittler: Gramofon Film Typewriter

Evaluation methods and criteria

Work during the semester, active participation in the course. The minimum attendance is 75%.

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