- Docente: Silvia Grandi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ART/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production (cod. 0966)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will have developed the theoretical, methodological, historical and critical skills aimed at understanding contemporary art dating from the beginning of the 20th century up to the multimedia developments of the last decade. They will also become accustomed with a disciplinary approach that is useful to investigate the visual experience of contemporary society. Students will particularly acquire the skills to approach the study of the evolution of artistic movements and their subsequent modifications with critical awareness, keeping also an eye on the evolution of artistic techniques and practices. They will also become aware of the current disciplinary approaches used to investigate the visual experience of contemporary society and will be able to put their knowledge into context considering the broader picture of film and photography theory. Students will also be able to carry out documentary and bibliographic research using paper and digital resources and will hence produce original texts for research and publishing.
Course contents
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. 6/2019, (available on “virtuale.unibo.it”)
FAMELI, Pasquale, Se la tv è un white cube. Trasmissioni dell’arte nella televisione italiana degli anni Novanta, into «Sciami. Ricerche», Webzine semestrale di Teatro, Video e Suono, diretta da V. Valentini, n.8/2020, (available on “virtuale.unibo.it”)
GUIDA, Cecilia, Elena Bellantoni. Una partita invisibile con il pubblico, Postmedia Books, Milano, 2018.
Recommended readings for further information:
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.
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. In this regard, they are invited particularly to focus on the iconographic documentation and videos 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 “virtuale.unibo.it”, students will be provided with images and lecture-based presentations and other educational materials.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/docenti/sil.grandi
Office hours
See the website of Silvia Grandi