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 & paper presentation: Chris Marker – La Jetée (Jamie Ferguson)
- Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion
- Assignment for May 11:
- Reading: [TBA: text about Christian Boltanski]
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
18. May
- Paper presentation: Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Stills
- Paper presentation: Florian Thalhofer – Korsakov Syndrome
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.
22. June
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