MODEN:INVENTORY & DISPLAY: MNEMOSYNE/Curriculum: Difference between revisions

*Introduction to course curriculum, informationen on assignments/assessment, excursions

 

:*Assignment for April 19:  

::*Reading: P. 3 – 6 (Mnemosyne Introduction) in; Warburg, Aby: Gesammelte Schriften : Studienausgabe, Hrsg. von Horst Bredekamp; Abt. 2 = Bd. 2: Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne

::*Choose and prepare one (per student) of Mnemosyne’s plates for a short presentation discussion

:*Critical review of Aby Warburg’s introduction to Mnemosyne

 

:*Presentation / discussion of selected Mnemosyne plates (Assignment)

 

:*Paper presentation: Sylvia Rohr: '''Gerhard Richter''' – ''Atlas''

 

:*Assignment for April 27:

::Meditations: Groups of 2 - 3 students each prepare one of the following short texts for a performative review (all taken from: Uwe Fleckner: Die Schatzkammern der Mnemosyne)

:::Marcus Tullius Cicero: Gedächtnisbilder, Gedächtnisorte (Henrike Schneider, Bianka Langnickel, Katja Gawrilow)

:::Siegfrid Kracauer: Gedächtnisbilder (Maureen Anderson, Caroline Pusch)

:::Aby Warburg: Leidschatz (Jamie Ferguson, Sylvia Langenbrinck, Georgios Koumanidis)

:::Aby Warburg: Die Schatzkammer der seelischen Dokumente (Sylvia Rohr, ...?)

::Reading: Sven Spieker: 1970 – 2000. Archive, Database, Photography, in: Spieker, Sven: The Big Archive. Art from Bureaucracy; P. 131 – 171

:*Meditations

 

:*Paper presentation: '''Walid Raad & The Atlas Group''' (Maureen Anderson)

:*Paper presentation: '''Sigrid Sigurdsson''' (Sylvia Langenbrinck)

 

:*Assignment for May 4:

::Prepare ideas (if possible: preliminary exposé) for own work for discussion

:*Film screening '''Chris Marker'''

::::'' La Jetée'' (France, 1962, 29min, b/w)

::::''Sans Soleil'' (France, 1983, 100min, b/w & colour)

::recommended further reading: Scherer, Christina: Die Fremdheit des Erinnerns: Chris Marker; in: Ivens, Marker, Godard, Jarman - Erinnerung im Essayfilm; Fink, München, 2001; p. 139 – 194

 

 

:*Paper Presentation on ''Chris Marker'' (Jamie Ferguson)

 

:*Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

 

:*Assignment for May 11:

::Reading: Christian Boltanski. Wunschlos glücklich im Angesicht des Todes; in: Dieter Buchhart und Gerald Nestler (eds.): Kunst und Wirtschaft, Kunstforum international, Band 201, 2010, p.164ff.; UB-Signature Z 2195

 

 

:*Paper presentation: '''Christian Boltanski''' (Henrike)

 

:*'''Excursion:'''11a.m.: Visit of the [http://markepunktsechs.de/sites/page.php?root=2 Amnesia – Memoria-exhibition] at the Neues Museum Weimar w/ project coordinator and curator Dörte Dennemann

 

:*Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

:*Exhibition-review: ''Fremde im Visier – Fotoalben aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg'' (Felix)

:*Paper presentation: '''Cindy Sherman''' – ''Untitled Film Stills'' (Georgios)

:*Assignment: Reading as preparation for the archive visit (excursion):

:*:p. 88 – 108 in: Vogel, Matthias / Binder, Ulrich / Caviezel, Flavia: Das Menschenbild im Bildarchiv : Untersuchung zum visuellen Gedächtnis der Schweiz ; ein Forschungsprojekt der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich; Limmat, Zürich, 2006; ISBN 3-85791-496-3

:*1st group: '''Interim Presentation''': Finished exposé / early production results.

:*:''Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.

:*2nd group:'''Interim Presentation''': Finished exposé / early production results. ''Group B''

:*:''Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.

 

 

:*3rd group:'''Interim Presentation''': Finished exposé / early production results. ''Group B''

:*:''Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.

:*Introduction to database-software [http://www.filemaker.de/ ''Filemaker Pro'' / ''Bento''] (Felix)

:*Paper presentation: '''Joseph Cornell''' - ''Boxes'' (Vanessa)

:*'''Final presentation'''

:*Setup summary/Mediengang

:*'''Emily Jacir'''

:*'''Boris Mikhailov'''

:*'''Michael Lesy''' – ''Wisconsin Death Trip''

:*'''Hanne Darboven''' – ''Kosmos 85 Weltreise''

:*'''Hans Peter Feldmann''' – ''1967 – 1993. Die Toten''

:*'''Jochen Gerz''' – ''Das Geschenk‘‘

:*'''Ilya & Emilia Kabakov''' – Monument to a Lost Civilization''