MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POV4352 | Contemporary Photography Practices | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
Language of instruction: | En |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor ORHAN CEM ÇETİN |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor ORHAN CEM ÇETİN |
Course Objectives: | This course aims at an analysis of the evolution and gradual separation of the concepts of contemporary and modern art over the last four decades. The second aim of the course is to combine contemporary photographic practices with one’s own experiences in photographic applications and to question the relation of the concepts to visual experiences. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Identify and describe the concept of contemporary art. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary art applications. 3. Interpret the theoretical background of contemporary photography practices. 4. Compare global and local contemporary art practices. 5. Discuss the probability of conveying social, cultural and personal experiences through the language of contemporary art. 6. Develop the ability to apply their own concepts in the multilayered narrative structures and forms of contemporary art. |
Works by contemporary photographers, that are usually intertextual, more micro and more identity oriented, will be analyzed in terms of the narratives created within contemporary art practices. Practices of photography which have been evolving in parallel with contemporary arts since the 1970’s will be assessed. |
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: | 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. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | % 0 | |
Laboratory | % 0 | |
Application | % 0 | |
Field Work | % 0 | |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
Quizzes | % 0 | |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 50 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | % 0 | |
Seminar | % 0 | |
Midterms | % 0 | |
Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Paper Submission | % 0 | |
Jury | % 0 | |
Bütünleme | % 0 | |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Work | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 6 | 30 |
Quizzes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preliminary Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper Submission | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jury | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total Workload | 127 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |