Course: Curatorial Practise

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Course title Curatorial Practise
Course code KTD/BECP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kopecká Jitka, Mgr. CSc.
Course content
1.-2. Introductory lesson - a look back at historical forms of art presentation 3.-4. Presentation of students' own work, formulation of exhibition concept, assignment to groups for exhibition projects, visit to the exhibition 5-6. Presentation of student exhibition projects I. - feedback, selection of the winning project 7.-8. Final development of the project, components of the exhibition realization - architecture, graphics 9.-10. Project realization in the gallery, installation, lighting, opening, photo documentation 11-12. de-installation, documentation, 13-14. evaluation of projects - own and each other, publication on the web

Learning activities and teaching methods
Internship
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 5 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day) - 8 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
recall basic artistic - aesthetic concepts used to evaluate art and design, recall information about wider socio-cultural context of history and the art-historical development of art and design, take a critical stance on the chosen work of art and justify its attitude, apply the rules of interpretation of the cultural experiment to the work of art under consideration and to the dialogue conducted during the seminars
Skills
to write a brief essay on author's intent distinguish between the creator and the viewer and identify the possible cause of their socio-cognitive conflict to realize and reflect on the institutional context of the work describe the quality of exposure, to place the work under consideration in a stylish, artistic-historical interpretation framework to formulate judgments about the quality of a work and its effect on the viewer
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
Understanding the role of the curator in the process of presenting work, various curatorial approaches, artistic-curator relationships, institutional factors and the role of various professions in the presentation process. A deeper insight into the principles and functioning of existing exhibition projects.
Skills
Create a concept for an exhibition presentation, implement an exhibition project in collaboration with other authors and professions, promote and revive the exhibition project.
Competences
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Active cooperation, presentation of one's creations, cooperation on the creation of an exhibition concept, critical feedback of other projects, cooperation on the implementation and promotion of the selected project
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Field trip
Skills
Students' portfolio
Project-based instruction
Individual study
Collaborative instruction
Competences
Discussion
Lecture
Project-based instruction
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Peer evaluation of students
Skills
Portfolio
Competences
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Obrist, H. U. A brief history of curating. Zürich, 2009. ISBN 978-3-905829-55-6.
  • O´Doberty, Brian. Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.
  • Paul O? Neill. The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture(s). Cambridge, MASS, U.S.A.; London, UK, 2012. ISBN 978-0-262-01772-5.
  • Terry Smith. Thinking Contemporary Curating. New York, U.S.A.: Independent Curators International, 2012. ISBN 978-0-916365-86-8.


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