Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Definition of contemporary art.
Its relation to modern art practices.
Debates about the notion.
|
|
2) |
Definition and explanation of contemporary photographic practices.
Early debates on the subject (dating from 1970's)
Photography related modern and postmodern practices. |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
3) |
Photography and the agents of contemporary art.
I. Basic information of the agents of art: Museums, spectacle, markets.
II. Contemporary photography and its practice within the agents of contemporary art. |
Presentation: Analyze the work of a contemporary artist . |
4) |
Pre-contemporary examples and debates on photography-I: Avant-gardes and their experiments with the medium. Avant-garde narrative style in photography. |
Assignment I: Mimicking the artistic experiments of avant-gardes. |
5) |
Pre-contemporary examples and debates on photography-II: The social use of photography and questioning identity. Ethnicities and gender in photographic medium.
|
Assignment 2: Creating a narrative with one’s own experiences by the means of the photographic medium. |
6) |
Pre-contemporary examples and debates on Photography-III: Converging media and its relation to artistic experience. Intertextuality in photographic practices. |
Assignment 3: A visual diary which includes text and photographs. |
7) |
Themes / Identity and the Body - Examples from the works of Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Nobuyashi Araki etc. and their critiques. |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
8) |
Themes / Place- Examples from Andreas Gursky, Hilda and Bernd Becher, Thomas Struth etc. and their critiques. |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
9) |
Themes / Time - Examples from Gerard Richter, Hans Peter Feldman etc.
|
Assignment 4 |
10) |
Current Issues of Contemporary Photography-I
|
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
11) |
Current Issues of Contemporary Photography-II
|
Assignment 5 |
12) |
Contemporary Photography in Turkey.
|
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
13) |
Creating ideas for the final project. |
Preparation for Final Assignment A |
14) |
Presentations and discussions.
|
Preparation for Final Assignment B |
Course Notes / Textbooks: |
1. Cotton, C. (2009). The photograph as contemporary art. London New York, N.Y: Thames & Hudson.
2. Marien, M. (2006). Photography : a cultural history. London: Laurence King. |
References: |
1. Costello, D. & Iversen, M. (2010). Photography after conceptual art. Chichester, West Sussex, UK Malden, MA, USA Great Britain: Wiley-Blackwell Association of Art Historians.
2. Smith, T. (2009). What is contemporary art. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
3. Szarkowski, J. (2007). The photographer's eye. New York: Museum of Modern Art. |
|
Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media. |
3 |
2) |
Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video. |
5 |
3) |
Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video. |
5 |
4) |
Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video. |
5 |
5) |
Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video. |
2 |
6) |
Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video. |
3 |
7) |
Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture |
5 |
8) |
Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images. |
5 |
9) |
Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge. |
2 |
10) |
Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media. |
4 |
11) |
Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture. |
4 |
12) |
Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication. |
2 |
13) |
Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects. |
|
14) |
Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology. |
|