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Revision as of 14:07, 18 June 2010

Curriculum

13. April 2010

  • 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

20. April

  • 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

27. April

  • 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

4. May

  • 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

11. May

  • Paper presentation: Christian Boltanski (Henrike)
  • Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

18. May

  • 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

25. May

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

1. June

  • 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.

8. June

  • 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.


15. June

  • 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.
  • Paper Presentation: Marina Abramovic – Private Archeology (Caroline Pusch)

22. June

  • Introduction to database-software Filemaker Pro / Bento (Felix)
  • Paper presentation: Joseph Cornell - Boxes (Vanessa)

29. June

6. July

  • Final presentation
Students should present preliminary results and finalized outline of their work (production state)
  • Mediengang preparation

13. July

  • Setup summary/Mediengang
  • Course debriefing


outstanding paper themes:

  • 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
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