Course Syllabus: MEDIA ACTION ( 6 semesters )

STILL LIFE (object) – OBSERVATION

1. John CAGE – Silence
2. Yves KLEIN – Jump into the Void
3. Allan KAPROW – Happening / Art-Life
4. James TURREL – Darkness / Light
5. Ana MENDIETA – Senses and Elements
6. Piero MANZONI – Objects
Klaus RINKE – Time
Hanne DARBOVEN – Record / Archive
PORTRAIT (subject) – EXPRESSION (image)

GILBERT & GEORGE, Huan ZHANG, Jeff WALL -Artist and Model /Live Pictures
Robert MAPPLETHORPE, Andres SERRANO, Tracey EMIN – Statement and Release
Mariko MORI, Yasumasa MORIMURA, Luigi ONTANI, – Identity and Mask
Cindy SHERMAN, Pipilotti RIST, Jurgen KLAUKE – Authenticity and Image
Bas Jan ADER, Charles RAY, Skip ARNOLD, Erwin WURM – Personality and gesture
COLETTE, Yayoi KUSAMA, Vanessa BEECROFT, Spencer TUNICK – Fashion and Stylization
SPACE (External Environment – Architecture / Mental Dimension)

Robert SMITHSON, Dennis OPPENHEIM, Richard SERRA, Mike HEIZER, Walter DE MARIA – LAND ART / intervention
Richard LONG, Hamish FULTON, Andy GOLDSWORTHY – LAND ART / participation
CHRISTO, Gordon MATTA-CLARK, Dan GRAHAM – Performing Architecture
Joseph KOSUTH, On KAWARA, Bernar VENET, William ANASTASI, Susan HILLER – CONCEPTUAL ART
Marina ABRAMOVIČ / ULAY, James Lee BYARS – Spiritual Dimension
Maya DEREN, Nikolaus LANG, Wolfgang LAIB – Myth and Ritual
FIGURE (Body) – (Inner Space / Privacy and Intimity / Emotional Dimension)

Chris BURDEN, Vito ACCONCI – Male Body
ORLAN, STELARC, HAN Xiao – Artificial-Cyber-Trans Body
Valie EXPORT, Carolee SCHNEEMAN, Hannah WILKE – Female Body
Yoko ONO, Shigeko KUBOTA, Charlotte MOORMAN, Alison KNOWLES–Female FLUXUS
s.m. – Gina PANE, Bob FLANAGAN / Homo – FRANCO B, Ron ATHEY
Porn-Prostitute-Erotic– Cossey Fanni TUTTI, Veronica VERA, Lynda BENGLIS, Annie SPRINKLE, Linda MONTANO, Elke KYSTUFEK
OBJECT IN MOTION (Machine / Robot) – MECHANICAL RHYTHM

ART & TECHNOLOGY
Nam June PAIK, VASULKA’S (Steina & Woody) – Media & Robotika
Bruce NAUMAN, Joan JONAS, DUMB TYPE – VIDEO / Performance
Garry HILL, Bill VIOLA, Douglas GORDON, STUDIO AZZURRO – VIDEO / Installation
Jeffrey SHAW, KNOWBOTIC Research, VAN GOGH TV – Hi-tech & VR
SURVIVAL Research, BOW GAMELAN, Roman SIGNER, Eric HOBIJN, FISCHLI & WEISS, Cai Guo QIANG – Explosive Processes
La Monte YOUNG, Alvin LUCIER, Pauline OLIVEROS, Terry FOX, Joe JONES, Paul PANHUYSEN – SOUND ART

FIGURE IN MOTION (gesto / dance / voice) – BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM

Iuichi INOUE, Lucio FONTANA (ZERO), Georges MATTIEU, Jackson POLLOCK
AKCIONISMUS – NITSCH, SCHWARTZKOGLER, BRUS, MUHL
GUTAI – YOSHIHARA, SHIMAMOTO, SHIRAGA, MURAKAMI, TANAKA
BUTO – ONO, HIJIKATA, TANAKA, SANKAI JUKU, DAI RAKUDA KAN
Merce CUNNINGHAM, JUDSON DANCE (BROWN, PAXTON, REINER, HAY, CHILDS), Pina BAUSCH, NEUER TANZ, – Dance
SOUND POETRY (CHOPIN, GINSBERG, BORROUGHS), Meredith MONK, Diamanda GALÁS – Voice and Speech

ACTION (in an environment) – CONSTRUCTION / DECONSTRUCTION

Niki de SAINT PHALLE & Jean TINGUELY, Daniel SPOERRI, ARMAN – NEO REALISM Robert RAUSCHENBERG, Robert MORRIS, Edward KEINHOLZ – POP ART
Claes OLDENBURG, Jim DINE, Robert WHITMAN – HAPPENINGS
Rebecca HORN, Jenny HOLZER, Barbara KRUGER, Martha ROSSLER – Fashion Reflex
Jimmie DURHAM, James LUNA, Coco FUSCO, Guillermo GÓMEZ-PEŃA –Native Movement
RESIDENTS, Monty CANTSIN, John BOCK – Underground / Neoism / Anarchism
Paul McCARTHY, Mike KELLEY, John DUNCAN – Perverse & Punk
NARRATIVE (in society) – COMPOSITION / DECOMPOSITION

Andy WARHOL / FACTORY / VELVET UNDERGROUND – POP KULT
LIVING THEATRE, PERFORMANCE GROUP, WOOSTER GROUP – Theater Alternatives
Yannis KOUNELIS, SOCIETAS RAFFAELO SANZIO, FORCED ENTERTAINMENT – Action Staging
Shirin NESHAT, Mona HATOUM, Sigalit LANDAU, Tanja OSTOJIČ, Tehching HSIEH – Identity
Laurie ANDERSON, Mathew BARNEY – media show / Style and Manner
Jeff KOONS, Damien HIRST – Market Show / Kitsch and Exclusivity
COMMUNICATION AND CONTEXT – The World of Art / The Artistic World

1. Law & Censorship / Anti Art:
Genpei AKASEGAWA, HI-RED CENTER & NEO DADA / Ukio MISHIMA
Gustav METZGER – DESTRUCTION ART SYMPOSIUM (Mark BOYLE, John LATHAM)
Ai WEI WEI, SUN Yuan, YANG Zichao, ZHU Yu

2. Feminism:
GUERILLA GIRLS
Rachel ROSENTHAL, Mary Beth EDELSON, Judy CHICAGO, Suzanne LACY,
Ann MAGNUSSON, Karen FINLEY, Adrian PIPER, Janine ANTONI, Cheryl DONEGAN, Patty CHANG, Tracey ROSE, Jana STERBAK, Katarzyna KOZYRA

3. Politics & Social Intervention:
BLACK MASK & GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP & ART WORKERS COALITION
J.J. LEBEL & Guy DEBORD & SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL
Hans HAACKE & Stuart BRISLEY & Krzystof WODICZKO

4. Activism & Participation:
Lygia CLARK & Helio OTICICA / Santiago SIERRA & ROSARIO GROUP
GROUP MATERIAL & Rirkrit TIRAVANJA, Thierry GEOFFROY/COLONEL,
Francis ALYS, Tino SEHGAL, Jeremy DELLER

5. Hacking & Tactical Media:
ANT FARM & GENERAL IDEA / RTMARK & YES MEN
Brian SPRINGER & Geert LOVINK / ARTS CATALYST & Heath BUNTING & Rod DICKINSON & Alexandra MIR

6. Eco & Bio Art:
GREEN PEACE / Helen MAYER – Newton HARRISON & Peter FEND / Mel CHIN
& Alan SONFIST / CRITICAL ART ENSAMBLE & Eduardo KAC & Oron CATTS
COMPLEX SYSTEMS – philosophy, spirituality / lifestyle

1.
Futurism – Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI, Luigi RUSSOLO
Avantgarde – Kazimir MALEVIČ, Vladimir TATLIN, Vladimir MAJAKOVSKIJ
Surrealism – Antonin ARTAUD, André BRETON, Salvador DALÍ
Bauhaus – Oskar SCHLEMMER

2.
Dada – Marcel DUCHAMP /
Anti Art – STURTEVANT
Antroposophy – Rudolf STEINER /
FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Joseph BEUYS

3.
Tadeus KANTOR – Informal, Zero, Impossible and Theater of Death
Jerzy GROTOWSKI – Poor Theater, Laboratory, Theater of Participation and Sources
Andrei TARKOVSKIJ – Stalker
Alejandro JODOROWSKI – Psychomagic / Panic Therapy

4.
FLUXUS:
1. George MACIUNAS & Dick HIGGINS & George BRECHT
2. Emmett WILLIAMS & Robert FILLIOU, & Ben VAUTIER
3. Jackson MAC LOW & Henry FLYNT & Al HANSEN
4. Ben PATTERSON & Geoffrey HENDRICX & Henning CHRISTIANSEN
5. Wolf VOSTELL & Dieter ROTH & Endre TÓT

5.
BLACK MARKET – MOVEMENT:
SCHOOL OF ATTENTION / GROUNDWORKS – Zygmunt PIOTROWSKI
OPEN SITUATIONS – Tomas RULLER & Habib KHERADYAR ZAMANI
ART SERVIS ASSOCIATION – Boris NIESLONY & Jurgen FRITZ
Zbygniew WARPECHOWSKI & Nigel ROLFE

6.
BLACK MARKET INTERNATIONAL – GROUP:
Norbert KLASSEN & Jacques VAN POPPEL & Roi VAARA
Alastair MAC LENNAN & Lee WEN & Jason LIM
Myriam LAPLANTE, Elvira SANTAMARIA TORRES, Julie ANDREE T

CZECH ACTION ART
1. Klíma, Váchal, Drtikol, Deml
DADA – Hašek, avantgarda – Devětsil (Teige, Burian, VW)
Surrealistická skupina (Štýrský, Toyen) & RA (Zykmund)

2. Toman, Boudník, Kolář, Novák
Šmidrové (Dlouhý, Koblasa, Nepraš)
Aktual (Knížák, Wittmann)

3. Křížovnická škola (Steklík, Němec, Hanel, Brikcius, Ságlová)
Underground (Jirous, Plastic People, DG 307)
Demartini, Cígler, Malich, Chatrný, Grygar

4. Buchler, Anděl, Adamus, Hladík, Petřivý
Miler, Štembera, Mlčoch, Kovanda
Valoch, Kocman, Halas, Ambroz

5. Šejn, Kafka, Maur, Palla,
Hampl, Beránek, Sozanský, Kozelka
Stratil, Havlík, Merta, Titlová

6. Ruller, Kokolia, Váša, Daněk & Rozbořil
Skála & B.K.S., Nikl & Tvrdohlaví
Pražská Pětka, Thomas & Ruhler, Tros Sketos, Šum svistu

7. Černý, Kintera, Černický, Zet
Surůvka, Lysáček, Kowolowski (Loziňski)
Bromová, Klodová, Estrada, Klímová

8. Brody, Labuda, Pěchouček, Mančuška
Kuneš, Cais, Lang, Sterec
Moyzes, Alster, Jiřička, Sceranková, Koťátková
Šedá, Fryčová, Slámová, Olivová, Orlová

9. Podebal, Rafani, Ztohoven,
Guma Guar, Mina, Pas, Ládví
Kamera Skura, Anymous, Boveři,
Tkáčová & Mona-Chisa, White Market, Geng Beng

10. Studio Erté Nové Zámky 1988 – (Juhász)
Otevřená Situace Praha 1989, 2007 (Ruller)
Umění akce Mánes Praha 1991 (Čiháková)
Factum N.G. Praha 1992 (Zemánek)

11. Hermit Plasy 1992 – 99 (Vojtěchovský)
Hi-tech/Umění Brno 1992 – 97 (Ruller)
Bohemiae Rosa 1994 – (Šejn)
Malamut Ostrava 1994 – 99, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15 (Surůvka)

12 Synagoga na Palmovce Praha 1996, 97 (Pachmanová)
Permanent performance G4 Cheb 1997 (Illek)
Akt Brno 1997, 98, 02, 09, 15 (Kowolowski)
Parní válec Špálovka Praha 2000 (Ševčíkovi)