080039 SE Seminar: Language, Writing and Technology from Cézanne to Post-Conceptualism (2019S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Fr 15.02.2019 10:00 to Th 21.02.2019 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 12.03.2019 10:00
Details
max. 18 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 08.03. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 22.03. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 05.04. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 03.05. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 31.05. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 07.06. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
- Friday 21.06. 10:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1 d. Inst. f. Kunstgeschichte UniCampus Hof 9 3F-EG-07
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Aims, contents and method of the course
After joint readings of theories of the divergent sign-functions of image and language the seminar will focus on the emergence and the function of “writing” in modern visual art. We will look at the intersection of the iconic model of representation of the (perspectival) image with forms of symbolic notation in modern painting (Cézanne, Kubism), at the presence and function of language in the work of Marcel Duchamp, at language-centered works of the 1950s to 1970s (Jasper Johns, Conceptual Art, Hanne Darboven, Marcel Broodthaers) and at some contemporary positions. The seminar will follow the hypothesis that the latent and manifest presence of writing in modern visual art is a reaction to the proliferation of technical and today of digital media of communication. The seminar will thus include readings of established and more recent positions in the media-theory and the philosophy of technology (from Friedrich Kittler to Bernard Stiegler).
Assessment and permitted materials
Referat/oral contribution (eventually prepared in group) and written seminar paper (c. 35-45.000 signs incl. blancs and footnotes, excl. appendices).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Independent induction into the subject of the seminar; participation in the discussions during the seminar; preparation of the literature for all of the seminar meetings. - For the Seminar papers: Development of a coherent question and concise definitions of the paper’s subject; factually precise and terminologically correct analyses/description of the work(s) and accurate references to relevant literature; linguistically flawless form of expression/representation. - Since the literature is mainly in english, very good reading ability is required; as well as the readiness to cooperate in (small) groups also beyond the seminar times.
Examination topics
The works, texts and historical interrelations covered in the seminar.
Reading list
Literature will be allocated via moodle and a Seminarapparat in the library.
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