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Action
Zakharova, Iryna ; MUSILOVÁ, Helena (advisor) ; MĚŘIČKA, Jan (referee)
My thesis is focused on the performance art. I am interested in the nature of the action, the environment in which the work is produced (including the author's intention), its socio-cultural impact as well as the spiritual and artistic role of the author. The text begins with an Angela's interview about art.
Then I?m introducing contemplation, as a spiritual category, which defines the rhythm of social life.
Contemplation as the interruption of normal course of things. I?m showing actions, examples of physical performance, which contains more artistic methods. However I try to challenge the definition of the action by mentioning various examples. I continue with the theme of the documentation, where for example photographs may be essential element for action to be truly done.
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SPACE FOR RITUAL?
Straub, Mathias ; PILÁTOVÁ, Jana (advisor) ; SMOLÍK, Robert (referee)
In the first part of this thesis I explain by means of cultural anthropology, religious studies and performance theories the basic characteristics of ritual and the interconnection between both, ritual and theater. In the second part I analyze various important factors for the development of rituals. With these factors I subsequently analyze my own ritualistic theater productions: Hudební Modlitba Lety 1942 (Ponec Theatre - Prague , CZ, 2014) and the installation and performance Memories (HISTeRIA festival - Gračišče, SL , 2013)
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Live Coding - method, art and ideology
Rouš, Jiří ; CÁB, Michal (advisor) ; PEŠEK, Kryštof (referee)
The objective of this work is the depicting and describing of significant features of live coding, a form of audio-visual performance, which has come into existence only lately. For this purpose the work introduces three different ways of looking at this phenomenon. Before defining these methods of viewing in the text, the description of fundamental principles of translation of source code is presented, it being crucial for practicing of live coding. The first perspective looks at live coding as a method of work, the second looks at it as a form of art and the third - as an ideological gesture. Exploiting of these perspectives has helped to discover part of characteristic features of this method, its contextualization in the frame of artistic traditions and the outline of some implicit and explicit ideological aspects, bound to it. The main contribution of the work is creating a general image of this phenomenon in the context of theoretical works in Czech language, devoted to the pursued topic.
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MAIN PART: THE SPECTATOR
Straub, Linda ; HRAB, Ondřej (advisor) ; HAVELKA, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present different ways of audience participation that are applied in contemporary theatre practice. The introductory section outlines the issues of engaging the audience in relation to conventional theatrical practice. Subsequently I give a historical overview of important artists of the 20th century, whose work significantly influenced the contemporary perception of possible ways of audience participation in the field of theatre work. In the central part, based on chosen theatre practitioners from the 20th and 21st centuries, I show specific ways of involving the spectator. The final chapter outlines the theoretical discussion of interactive theatre in relation to the concept of aesthetic distance.
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ELEMENTS OF RITUAL IN THE AUTHORS THEATRE
Silich, Sviatlana ; TÄUBELOVÁ, Kristýna (advisor) ; SMOLÍK, Robert (referee)
In my thesis I will emphasize the elements of ritual in authors visual theatre. I will explain the choice of topic and my attitude towards it; I will introduce the connection between the ritual and my thesis topic.
The thesis will include a thorough analysis of two of my implemented projects based on the subject death and elements of ritual.
I will give a brief explanation to the choise of my thesis topic which is centered around burial traditions, and speak about the elements which gave me particular inspiration. A separate chapter will be dedicated to the works of artists who inspired me the most, thus contributing to the creation of my performance, The Styx. I will reflect on the degree of interrelation and convergence of the theatre theory brought by Antonine Artaud, and theories brought by other artists and art groups, e.g. Sergei Parajanov, Alejandro Jodorowsky, AKHE theatre.
In the first part of my thesis I will speak about the chosen topic and the sources of inspiration, give a description of ritual and bring along the parallels to - herring under fur coat.
The body of my thesis is further divided into two more parts, one corresponding to the procession experiment, and another one describing the implementation in the dark room. In the chapter called ?4 dissolution? I will exlain why this didn't happen. The next chapter contains a description of the preparation steps, which were as follows: hunting for a suitable rehearsal room, actual preparations, rehearsing and the final implementation of the ritual in the dark room, then, giving priority to the particular elements and, finally, the course of performance.
In the conclusion chapter, I will summarize the whole of obtained knowledge and experience, together with the results of my project, and speculate on the bright new opportunities in the world of art which lie before me.
The illustrated appendix contains photographs reflecting the preparation steps to performance, the resulting project, and parallels to the sources of inspiration.
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Elements of performativity in my theatre work
Hutečková, Klára ; LJUBKOVÁ, Marta (advisor) ; ADÁMEK, Jiří (referee)
This thesis describes performative elements which are present in four theatre pieces, representing the result of the author´s previous directorial experience. The author discovers the mechanisms behind her own projects based on the analysis of these works and by comparing them to other productions, performances and conceptual artworks, in particular in the area of interaction with the audience, the level of their performativity and conceptuality and the reasons inclining her to use elements of this kind.
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Human Voice Phenomenon in contemporary audiovisual art
Abrahám, Stanislav ; VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ, Miloš (advisor) ; BLAŽÍČEK, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis develops the theme of the bachelor thesis: Human voice, artificial speech ? vocal speeech and the context of its representation through technical tools. In bachelor thesis I created a clear structure of concepts and categories of the ways in which people spread their voice speech through Information and Communication Technologies. I also dealt with the nature of the changes that happen to the human voice in the process of its representation. In diploma thesis I apply the theoretical basis of my bachelor thesis when analyzing specific works of contemporary audiovisual art. I reflect the broad contexts of the phenomenon of the human voice in selected artistic concepts through the analysis of practical examples. Key terms are words remediation, phonography, sound installation, performance, artistic concept.
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Performance and the medium photography. 60´s and 80´s in Czechoslovakia
Mertová, Alexandra ; Vančát, Pavel (advisor) ; PREKOP, Rudolf (referee)
This thesis is a theoretical study on performance in relation to the medium of photography from the 1960s to 80s in Czechoslovakia. The first part is devoted to the medium of photography, photographic recorded performance and to the clarification of the concept of performance. Furthermore it marginally outlines the historical context of the Performing Arts and the concepts of happening, event and performance, and gives some examples of the world, but mostly Czechoslovak artists - performers. The core of the work is the creation of a typology in so far as it is related to both performance and phography, namely it's distribution into documentary photography, staged photographic performance and photo performance which is used in the multimedia work. Furthermore I present concepts of copyright photographs and photographs both authorized and unauthorized. This typology of approaches to the medium of photography I developed on the basis of personal interviews, in terms of this work considered crucial.
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The Constitutive Features of Larps (Live action role-playing games)
Brychta, Lukáš ; ETLÍK, Jaroslav (advisor) ; ČUNDERLE, Michal (referee)
The thesis aims to name the constitutive features of larps (live action role-playing games) and it is based on theatre theory and theory of games. The first chapter focuses on larp itself, sketches its historical background and shows few examples of larp. The second chapter describes some problems of basic aesthetic which will help us to understand some theoretical concepts later. The third chapter deals with the theory of games, tries to outline the specifics and and looks for similarities between a game and larp. The last chapter focuses on theatre theory, specifically touches upon theatre as artistic media. It also discusses questions of generally conceived performativity and looks for similar elements in theatre and larp. The conclusion is built from discovered facts and summarizes constitutive features of larps.
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Remediation
Bílková, Kateřina ; BLAŽÍČEK, Martin (advisor) ; POSPISZYL, Tomáš (referee)
In my bachelor`s thesis is interpretation of term remediation in terms of the artist. The text includes a confrontation with texts of theorists Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin. I defend the notion that remediation is a creative process. Start from the belief that the artist does not seek the newest medium, but the medium most appropriate to theme of an artpiece. At the beginning I define term medium and characterize remediation as transformation of aura. And I explain the term aura as a subjective relation betwen artist or spectator and media. So I do not concentrate at technical parameters, but at the impression that changes the medium of created artwork. Text includes selected examples of using method of remediation.
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