Course detail

Studio IV - Body Design - winter

FaVU-B4TD-ZAcad. year: 2023/2024

The course has two main tasks - common project and individual project.
The theme of the common project will be defined at the beginning of the semester.
Task for the 7th semester as part of the common project: the position of initiator, inspirer, producer and organizer
Task for the 7th semester of the individual project:
Recommended topic: Body and soul, religious and esoteric systems
Recommended technique: optional

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

15

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Familiarity with the principles and course of the studio.
Ability to create independent work.
The ability of verbal and visual communication.
Basics of working with computer programs for editing photos and videos.
An overview of the basic possibilities of documenting a time-determined action.
The basic ability to produce an art project.
Ability to read and understand theoretical literature in the Czech language.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

By completing an active participation in at least one joint project, submitting a photographic documentation and with at least 70% attendance at the consultations, the student will receive a credit.
If one of these components is not met, the student has the chance to correct the situation by fulfilling the individual task.
The individual project will culminate as final project of semester and will be commissioned by the commission.

Obligatory attendance at 70%.
Mandatory participation in at least one joint project per semester.
Photographic documentation of a common project and individual work.

Aims

Separate conscious and contextualized artistic creation.
Active roles in the studio - ideological, organizational, documentary.
Start work on a separate bachelor thesis.
Student is able to independently represent and present his work as part of the wider context of art and society.
Student understands artwork as interfering with many cognitive branches and can search for these extensions and overlaps themselves.
Student will become acquainted with the wide and live topic of the artificial body.
Student will begin to focus on the art scene in order to find his / her place in the preparation of his / her bachelor thesis.
Through the lead role in the creation and organization of common projects, student acquires the experience of grasping ideas in team brain streaming.
In this role, she will also begin to address the organizational and production aspect of artwork and exhibiting.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Rudolf Steiner:"Všeobecná nauka o člověku" Ioannes
Doležalová Iva ed., Náboženství a tělo (CS)
Knotková – Čapková, Blanka, Obrazy ženství v náboženských kulturách (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUB Bachelor's

    branch VU-IDT , 4. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1st - 2nd week - presentation of the work and experience made between the semesters, setting up a common task, determining the process of its solution, providing theoretical background and literature and accompanying events.
3rd - 5th week - usually work on a common project
6th week - completion of a common project and feedback
7th - 13th week - work on individual projects
11th week - excursion, outdoor sympozion
13th week - consultation with guest
The timetable may vary according to the terms of the common project.

Seminar

195 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer