Praxen - Textiles / Art and Science

Ebru Kurbak
Institut für Kunstwissenschaften, Kunstpädagogik und Kunstvermittlung, Textil - Freie, angewandte u. experiment. künstl. Gestaltung
2020W, künstlerisches Seminar (SEK), 2.0 ECTS, 2.0 SemStd., LV-Nr. S03605

Beschreibung

The Politics of Making

—Art, Technology, Ideology

 

Part 1.

RAW

“The Politics of Making” aims to support applied arts students reach beyond the conventional divisions between art/science, craft/technology, and applied arts/engineering. ‘Technology’, a seemingly neutral term, in fact was invented in the 19th Century as an exclusive knowledge domain that implies hierarchies of values (privileging economic growth), geography (privileging the West) and gender (privileging the masculine). These unspoken biases have created hierarchical structures not only in the ways of everyday life but also in the arts. Technology-engaged art fields—such as media arts and device arts—have been exclusive fields of investigation that had their insiders and outsiders set already from the beginning. Today’s interests in post-digital art-and-technology approaches are making space for new and unconventional material based and experimental practices to enter the scene. This course aims to reveal some of these access points to the students and encourage the students to explore expanded definitions of technology and techno-aesthetics.

The thematic focus of the current semester is RAW—a keyword that places the spotlight on the geopolitics of making. Every piece of technical media is ultimately made of matter. And, looking at the very physical materialities of things can reveal highly diverse and interesting issues around natural resources, global production, logistics, and labor. Through lectures and in-class exercises, the students will be guided through a process of unmaking, taking things apart, and investigating what they are made of by taking the search as far as possible to the very raw materials from minerals to metals. A special attention will be given to cartographies of raw materials, that is where the materials come from and what is locally available right under our feet—a subject that has become ever more important today after we experienced an abrupt decrease in the possibilities of mobility of both people and things. Supported by the lectures and exercises, the students will be guided towards finding their individual artistic research subjects that they will develop throughout the semester. The semester will conclude with a final presentation in the form of an exhibition, in which students will show their exploratory works.

 

Prüfungsmodalitäten

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge or experience in conventional technology is expected. However, an interest and commitment to experimentation in new territories is necessary.

 

Assessment

Students are expected to attend at least 80% of the classes, actively participate in the in-class exercises, and carry out the given material investigation assignments. Each student must develop, document, and present a semester project.

Anmerkungen

Students that register for this course should also register for "S03604 Künstlerische Projektarbeit - Textiles / Art and Science."

The course is open to a maximum of 12 participants.

Termine

12. Oktober 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
19. Oktober 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
09. November 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
16. November 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
23. November 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
30. November 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
07. Dezember 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
14. Dezember 2020, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
11. Jänner 2021, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
18. Jänner 2021, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26
25. Jänner 2021, 10:00–13:30 Seminarraum 26

LV-Anmeldung

Per Online Anmeldung

Lehramt: Unterrichtsfach dex (Bachelor): Künstlerische Praxis (dex): FOR: Technologien / Praxen (dex) 074/001.21

Mitbelegung: nicht möglich

Besuch einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen: nicht möglich