MODEN:INVENTORY & DISPLAY: MNEMOSYNE/Curriculum

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

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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

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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

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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: [TBA: text about Christian Boltanski]

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11. May

• Excursion:11a.m.: Visit of the Amnesia – Memoria-exhibition at the Neues Museum Weimar w/ project coordinator and curator Dörte Dennemann

• Paper presentation: Christian Boltanski
• Paper presentation: David Deutsch – Sun-frost & Monitor

• Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

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18. May

• Paper presentation: Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Stills
• Paper presentation: Florian Thalhofer – Korsakov Syndrome

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25. May

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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6. July

• Final presentation

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

• Mediengang preparation

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13. July

• Setup summary/Mediengang
• Course debriefing

outstanding paper themes:

• Emily Jacir
• Boris Mikhailov