Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction: review of History of Camera-Images I and issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to camera-images
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2) |
Assignment I
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Working on the assignments. |
3) |
Post-war realities and fantasies in photographic work
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
4) |
Post-war realities and fantasies in filmic work: Hollywood and counter-cinemas
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
5) |
The emergence of video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
6) |
Assignment II |
Working on the assignments.
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7) |
Midterm; screening and discussion of filmic and video work in relation to uses of notion of postmodernism/the postmodern.
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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8) |
Camera-images and varieties of the postmodern in photography, film and video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
9) |
Digitization in photography and photographic practices and genre
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
10) |
Digitization in film and film and video practices and genres
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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11) |
Globalization and transculture in camera-image practices
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Weekly readings will be assigned.
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12) |
Assignment III
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Working on the assignments. |
13) |
Current debates in photography, film and video
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
14) |
Presentation and discussion of visual essay assignments and revision
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Working on the presentations. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Mary Warner Marien, Photography: A Cultural History, 2nd edition, Laurence King, London, 2006; Ian Jeffrey, Revisions: An Alternative History of Photography, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, England, 1999; Geoffrey Batchen, Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography, The MIT Press, 1999.
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References: |
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum, NY):
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?s=all&t=all&d=photographs&x=21&y=15
Victoria and Albert Museum, Photography: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/p/photography/
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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. |
3 |
6) |
Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video. |
5 |
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. |
1 |
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. |
5 |
12) |
Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication. |
5 |
13) |
Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects. |
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14) |
Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology. |
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