MODEN:INVENTORY & DISPLAY: MNEMOSYNE/Curriculum

13. April 2010

1. Introduction to course curriculum, informationen on assignments/assessment, excursions
2. 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

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20. April

1. Critical review of Aby Warburg’s introduction to Mnemosyne
2. Presentation / discussion of selected Mnemosyne plates (Assignment)
3. Paper presentation: Sylvia Rohr: Gerhard Richter – Atlas
4. Assignments for April 27:
   1. 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, ...?)
   2. Reading: Sven Spieker: 1970 – 2000. Archive, Database, Photography, in: Spieker, Sven: The Big Archive. Art from Bureaucracy; P. 131 – 171

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27. April

1. Meditations
2. Paper presentation: Walid Raad & The Atlas Group (Maureen Anderson)
3. Paper presentation: Sigrid Sigurdsson (Sylvia Langenbrinck)
4. Assignment for May 4:
   • Prepare ideas (if possible: preliminary exposé) for own work for discussion

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4. May

1. 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

2. Paper Presentation on Chris Marker (Jamie Ferguson)
3. Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion
4. 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

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11. May

1. Paper presentation: Christian Boltanski (Henrike)
2. Excursion:11a.m.: Visit of the Amnesia – Memoria-exhibition at the Neues Museum Weimar w/ project coordinator and curator Dörte Dennemann
3. Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

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18. May

1. Exhibition-review: Fremde im Visier – Fotoalben aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg (Felix)
2. Paper presentation: Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Stills (Georgios)

1. 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

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25. May

Excursion to Bundesarchiv/Bildarchiv (Federal Archive/Image Archive)

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1. June

1. 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.

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8. June

1. 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.

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15. June

1. Paper Presentation: Marina Abramovic – Private Archeology (Caroline Pusch)
2. Paper Presentation: Florian Thalhofer – Korsakov Syndrome (Katja Gawrilow)
3. 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.

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22. June

1. Introduction to database-software Filemaker Pro / Bento (Felix)
2. Paper presentation: Joseph Cornell - Boxes (Vanessa)
3. Project review, continued

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29. June

1. Project review, continued
2. Discussion of presentation formats and modes for the summaery/mediengang 2010

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6. July

1. Final presentation

   Students should present preliminary results and finalized outline of their work (production state)

2. Mediengang preparation

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13. July

1. Course debriefing, evaluation feedback
2. Setup summary/Mediengang

outstanding paper themes:

1. Emily Jacir
2. Boris Mikhailov
3. Michael Lesy – Wisconsin Death Trip
4. Hanne Darboven – Kosmos 85 Weltreise
5. Hans Peter Feldmann – 1967 – 1993. Die Toten
6. Jochen Gerz – Das Geschenk‘‘
7. Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Monument to a Lost Civilization