Course detail
Text in Artistic Practice
FaVU-1TvUPAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course in the form of practical seminars allows to acquire the basic habits of writing texts accompanying artistic practice. Students can apply these habits both in their studies (in preparation for the Public Presentation of the semester project or in the creation of the Final Thesis Documentation) and in professional artistic careers, or in other roles they may take up in artistic practice (curating, art criticism, organizing exhibitions and festivals, cultural management, etc.). Through reading selected examples and subsequent practical exercises, students will explore the basic genres of writing associated with artistic practice, such as the artist statement, curatorial text, exhibition review, and grant application. The seminar is taught in several small groups. The class takes the form of a series of specifically focused assignments, the mastery of which students verify through group feedback.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Lectures and seminars take place at the premises of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology at designated times. Two absences are tolerated.
Aims
Students will acquire a cultivated written expression and practical habits of writing texts in various genres for the needs of artistic practice.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Jan SVENUNGSSON, Umelec a písanie, Bratislava: Slovart – VŠVU 2013 (CS)
ZBÍRAL, R. Příručka psaní seminárních a jiných vysokoškolských odborných prací. Praha: Linde, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7201-779-9.
Recommended reading
ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., DANEŠ, F., SVĚTLÁ, J. Jak napsat odborný text. Praha: Leda, 1999. ISBN 80-85927-69-1.
Umberto ECO, Jak napsat diplomovou práci, Praha: Votobia 1997
Aleš RICHTER, Co je dobré vědět o psaní diplomové či disertační práce, Liberec 2008
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme VUB Bachelor's
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Seminar
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to the objectives of the course and the method of teaching, division into groups
2. Artist Statement (general characteristics of the artistic programme)
3. Description of the artistic project – asbtract and detailed explanation of conception and realization
4. Project application – formalisation of the project for the purpose of a grant application or competition for the realisation of the work in public space (benefits, costs, implementation process)
5. Text for the exhibition – outline of the curatorial concept, press release
6. Exhibition review
7. Review of a professional book in the field of art or visual culture