Course detail

FFA Crits 4

FaVU-1KSPVF-4Acad. year: 2025/2026

Within the framework of this course, students may consult with any teachers at FaVU, except for the heads of the studios where they are studying, on condition of mutual consent. The course thus encourages students to seek feedback from other faculty members in addition to regular consultations of their semester work in the studio. A fresh perspective coming from a different disciplinary background or unencumbered by long-term collaboration can represent a significant impulse, which can pull the student out of a possible dead end, move them towards new and unambiguous solutions or, on the contrary, confirm the meaningfulness of continuing with the existing method of work. Regular confrontation with teachers from other studios, cabinets or departments of theory and history of art can thus prevent the danger of getting stuck in proven methods or trends preferred in the student’s home studio.  

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

1

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Department

Faculty of Fine Arts (FaVU)

Entry knowledge

None.  

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit is awarded on the basis of attending one consultation per semester.
Consultations take place at FaVU at a time and place agreed upon individually between the student and the teacher.
In the case of an internship at another university in the Czech Republic or abroad, the student may attend the consultation at the host school. They shall ask the teacher with whom they consulted at the host institution to send a short email confirmation to the course supervisor that the consultation took place (student's name, date, brief summary). The course supervisor shall enter the credit into the system.

 

Aims

The aim of the course is to enable students to consult their artistic work with a wider range of FaVU teachers and thus to get additional feedback as an alternative to studio sessions.  
By completing the course, students will receive alternative feedback on their artistic work, verify the persuasiveness of the chosen solutions, and receive suggestions for further artistic development.  

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ – Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin H. D. BUCHLOH, Umění po roce 1900. Modernismus, antimodernismus, postmodernismus, Praha: Slovart 2007
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize, Praha: NAMU 2014.
Paulo FREIRE, Pedagogika utlačovaných, Praha: Neklid 2022

Recommended reading

Institut úzkosti. 2021. Kvíření jazyka českého: O užívání genderově inkluzivního jazyka v institucích a organizacích. http://www.institutuzkosti.cz/events/kvireni-jazyka-ceskeho-videozaznam-online-diskuse?src=cz
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz, Praha: Akademie múzických umění 2010
Jan SVENUNGSSON, Umelec a písanie, Bratislava: Slovart – VŠVU 2013
Jiří PLAMÍNEK, Komunikace a prezentace: umění mluvit, slyšet a rozumět, Praha: Grada 2008
John BERGER, Způsoby vidění, Praha: Labyrint 2016
Konrad Paul LIESSMANN, Vzdělání jako provokace, Praha: Academia 2018
Magdaléna ADÁMKOVÁ-TURZOVÁ – Petra FILIPOVÁ, Učit umění. Učitel a žák v labyrintu současného umění, Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci 2015
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007.
Richard BUCKMINSTER FULLER, O vzdělání, Praha: MOX NOX 1999

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

4 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Mgr. Václav Magid

Syllabus

The course and topics of collaboration between teacher* and learner* will be governed by the specific nature of the writing project being consulted.