170731 UE Politiken der Projektion (2019W)

The aim of this course is to understand both the practical and philosophical background to the use of projection in a political context. After an introduction to the subject the students will focus on one work of political work called the "12 Stars of Europe". This is a critical projection work concerning the 12 key human rights underlying the European Union as laid out in the article 2 of the founding charter:

"respect of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging in minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail".

The students will work in three stages: first the selection of a location or topography that is in some way linked to one of the human rights designated to the student; second the selection of a film sequence from a film of any kind, that demonstrates the human right selected and would work in dialogue with the location; three the presentation of a ready to go plan of a projection event in which the location, film and selected human right will come together in a potential public projection performance in Vienna in 2020.

The teaching method will be practice based research, with lectures discussion and site visits/ screenings.