29012 - Phenomenology of Contemporary Art (1) (2nd cycle)

Academic Year 2020/2021

  • Docente: Silvia Grandi
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: L-ART/03
  • Language: Italian

Course contents

The exam for Contemporary art B consists of two courses:

Phenomenology of Contemporary Art (prof. Silvia Grandi) and Art in Europe between the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (prof. Gian Luca Tusini).

Contemporary Art is an integrated exam of 12 CFU (6 CFU+6 CFU) and the evaluation of the preparation follows the procedures laid down for integrated exams, i.e. they must be taken in the same session and students must then register simultaneously for both exams.

This course will be held in the first semester for LM students in CdS Visual arts ; Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Language Sciences and LM students in CITEM.

The course deal with the issue of moving images from the dawn of video art (1960s-70s) to the most recent developments in multimedia experimentation. By going through the different types and technical characteristics of the language of video, also compared to other electronic media, we get to specifically investigate the last decade of Italian video art production.

 

Readings/Bibliography

The program is the same for all, attending and non-attending students

LISCHI, Sandra, Il linguaggio del video, Carocci, Roma, 2009

DEGGIOVANNI, Piero, Antologia critica della video arte italiana 2010-2020, Kaplan edizioni, Torino, 2019

Dipartimento delle Arti visive, Videoart Yearbook. L’annuario della video arte italiana 2006-2007-2008, Fausto Lupetti Editore, Bologna, 2009, (available on virtuale.unibo.it)

Selection of essays from «Sciami. Ricerche», Webzine semestrale di Teatro, Video e Suono, diretta da V. Valentini, n. 10/2019, https://webzine.sciami.com/, (available on virtuale.unibo.it)

Recommended readings for further informations:

AMADUCCI, Alessandro, Videoarte. Storia, autori, linguaggi, Kaplan edizioni, Torino, 2014

BARTORELLI, Guido, Studi sull’immagine in movimento. Dalle Avanguardie a YouTube, Cleup, Padova, 2015

DI MARINO, Bruno, SPAGNOLETTI, Giovanni, (a cura di), Il mouse e la matita. L’animazione italiana contemporanea, Marsilio, Venezia, 2014

GRANDI, Silvia, (a cura di), Il Contemporaneo. I linguaggi del video nella sperimentazione artistica, Logo Fausto Lupetti, Bologna, 2012.

Teaching methods

Due to the restrictions imposed by the current health emergency, this teaching activity will be carried out in the Traditional method. The teacher will always be present personally in the indicated classroom during this teaching activity. The students will alternate their presence, according to a schedule of shifts being defined (more detailed information regarding the shifts and about the modalities to get access to the classroom lessons will be provided soon). It will always be possible to connect remotely and to follow live lessons via the online platform TEAMS.

Lectures accompanied by various audio-visual media, essential to understanding the methodology applied to the course. There will be several meetings (which students are expected to attend) with some of the authors of the books in bibliography and/or with experts from the various fields related to the course. Excursions to exhibitions related to the topics discussed in the lessons are not excluded.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview that will be the same for all students (attending and non attending) to evaluate the critical and methodological abilities acquired by the students, and it will be based on the recommended bibliography. Students are expected to demonstrate the acquisition and possession of the fundamentals of the discipline and the methodological approach adopted, including the recognition of images of art works. In this regard, they are invited particularly to focus on the iconographic documentation that accompanies the exam texts and the teacher's educational material on Platform for teaching support service.

Evaluation criteria for the interview:

1. It will be graded as excellent the performance of those students demonstrating to be able to thoroughly analyse the texts and to put them into an organic view of the topics discussed during the course. The proper use of the specific language during the examination will be also essential.

2. It will be graded as satisfactory the performance of those students with mostly mnemonic knowledge, no in-depth analysis capabilities and a correct, but not always appropriate, language of the recommended texts.

3. It will be graded as barely sufficient the performance of those students with approximate knowledge, superficial understanding, poor analytical capabilities and a not always appropriate language.

4. It will be graded as insufficient the performance of those students with learning gaps, inappropriate language, no orientation within the recommended bibliography.

Teaching tools

Various audiovisual aids (audio files, image projections and digital movies). Through the platform “IOL”, students will be provided with images and lecture-based presentations and other educational materials.

 

 

Links to further information

http://corsi.unibo.it/Magistrale/artivisive/Pagine/default.aspx

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Grandi

SDGs

Quality education Gender equality Industry, innovation and infrastructure Partnerships for the goals

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.