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Geometry in Motion
DROZNÁ, Šárka
This diploma thesis deals with the influence of geometric abstraction and op art on art and the use of new media in video art. Above all, it focuses on selected Czech artists of these directions and their work. The thesis is divided into two main parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the beginnings of geometric abstraction and its expansion, especially in the second half of the twentieth century in Bohemia. Important names of this direction are mentioned here, namely Jan Kubíček, Hugo Demartini, Zdeněk Sýkora and Milan Grygar. Following the geometric abstraction, there are tendencies to create geometric optical illusions outlined in the chapter devoted to op art. The work of Vladislav Mirvald and Radoslav Kratina is highlighted here. In addition, it devotes itself mainly to the penetration of new media into video art and overall to the arts as such. Mr and Mrs Vasulka are mentioned as representatives of video art. They have contributed to the development of this direction, primarily through their creativity and inventiveness during their creative work. The text describes the issue not only from a global point of view, but also focuses on the development of Czech art. The practical part reflects the knowledge of the theoretical part and unifies the elements of the above-mentioned directions by creating an authorial video using mainly the principles of geometric abstraction.
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Czech videoart- its origin, progress and Polish influences from the 1970s to the 1990s
Schwarzbacherová, Karin ; Pech, Milan (advisor) ; Czumalo, Vladimír (referee)
The Diploma thesis "The bachelor thesis will deal with Czech videoart from the 70s to 90s of the 20th century. Will be inscribe the specification of the differences between the terms video- installation and video-performance and also to get closer the conditions of the creation of a videoart, as an artistic domain in the Czech Republic. Another of the aims of this work is to research how influenced Poland, as a center for the emergence of the videoart in the countries of the former East block on the Czech environment." Keywords videoart, video-performance, video-instalation, Czech videoart, Polish videoart
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Documentary Approaches in Contemporary Fine Art Moving Image
Bačíková, Alžběta ; PhDr. BcA. Andrea Slováková, Ph.D., MBA (referee) ; Pospiszyl, Tomáš (referee) ; Cenek, Filip (advisor)
The Dissertation titled Documentary Approaches in Contemporary Fine Art Moving Image focuses on the practical and theoretical research of documentary approaches to videos and films in the art field. It notices especially the self-reflexive strategies as a consequence of critical approach towards the medium itself and lack of belief in its ability to mediate reality or truth. Attempts to convey reality by audiovisual means are accompanied by the reflection of the way this happens. The Dissertation also reflects on the uncertain relation between the documentary and truth, which has been described in art by the artist and theoretician Hito Steyerl. The examined artworks were made in the period between the beginning of 21st century, when the documentary turn was reflected intensively, and the present time. The selection of examples was strongly influenced by the local study of Israeli art in The Video Archive of the Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv. Motives of conflict, violence and trauma resonating in studied videos and films influenced further selection and analysis of the authors’ documentary methods from a different context. In the selected works I can see particularly various forms of alienation effects and self-reflexive approaches. Using these procedures the artists highlight the constructedness of the audiovisual work and the way it was produced. Recurring formal principles have been stated. Reenactment of real events, revealing the way the work was produced or the artist’s position in the production process; these strategies indicate the uncertain relationship between the documentary work and reality. In the frame of these tendencies also reevaluation of the observational documentary strategies as something seemingly opposite to self-reflexive strategies is reviewed. Theoretical outcomes are continuously accompanied by author’s own art projects concentrated around the form of documentary portrait and its (de)construction. They experiment with the formal principles analyzed on a theoretical level.
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Reflexion on the aesthetic of early videoart
Matoušová Peštová, Karolína ; Ševčík, Miloš (advisor) ; Jarošová, Helena (referee) ; Kubalík, Štěpán (referee)
This doctoral thesis treats of the early video art of the 1960s and 70s from four points of view: in chapter one the artistic and technological genesis of video art is analyzed; chapter two is dedicated to a scholarly analysis of video art on whose basis the relation of video art to other arts is determined (especially film and fine art), the chapter, furthermore, examines the properties of video as a medium; chapter three deals with the reception of video art by the audience, its mode of depiction and aesthetic properties which are demonstrated on specific examples; special attention is focused on temporality of video art; the final chapter is dedicated to feminist video art whose task it was to help emancipate women. The aim of the thesis is to present a comprehensive overview of early video art with emphasis on its artistic and aesthetic properties. The thesis does not merely rest on valid scholarly theories - it also analyzes specific art pieces which are documented in an extensive graphic appendix.
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Experimental film and video in the second half of the 20th century in didactical context
Černá, Tereza ; Arbanová, Linda (advisor) ; Čech, Viktor (referee)
Černá, T.: Experimental film and video in the second half of the 20th century in didactical context. [Master's thesis] Prague 2016 - Charles University, Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education, 95 p. (Attachments: art work of pupils and my own art work on DVD). This Master's thesis is a theoretical study in which I explore the connections between moving pictures - experimental film and video art - and the developments in fine art in the second half of the 20th century. In the thesis I look into the topic of moving pictures, their specific characteristics and the distinctions between them, and I define the basic concepts. Based on selected key figures who linked experimental film, video art and fine art, I describe the key approaches and principles that emerged in relation to this field, both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The teaching section presents three projects designed for and taught in art lessons, based on the work of some of the selected artists. The projects test the theoretical insights from the thesis through art lessons taught to schoolchildren aged 11 to 15. The thesis also comprises an art project, reflecting the insights obtained from the theoretical study, which became the platform for my own videos.
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Live images of VJing
Benická, Alexandra ; Krtilová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Švantner, Martin (referee)
The subject of the thesis Live images of VJing is an aesthetic activity, based on visual projections and on work with new media in real-time, known as VJing, or more generally "live audiovisual performance". As these performances usually complement auditory events or are supplemented by music. The first part follows the origins of VJing out of three angles: First the historical development of projected image, electronic music and the discourse of synaesthesia principle as an principle joining different sensory perceptions into one. Second part of this thesis is introducing an philosophical perspective and it's defining terms, through which can be glimpsed the tendencies in the development of contemporary art of new media, particularly following the example of the German new-media philosophy with terms like homöotechnik, performativity, mediality and gesture. The outcome of this thesis is the finding, that it's not the media-philosophy bringing the textures and shapes to VJing, but the opposite - VJing as an art form is a valuable contribution to defining of the media-philosophy, which seem to be forming along with the new media itself and with the experimental arts exploring it's radical possibilities.
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Radek Pilař "again finding childhood of arts"
Komrzýová, Adéla ; VACHEK, Karel (advisor) ; DAŇHEL, Jan (referee)
This thesis discovers personality of Radek Pilar on a personal, public and artistic level. Through personal diary entries, texts written in periodicals dealing with visual arts, interviews of different genres and unpublished reflections on the future of electronic moving image, I try to reconstruct Pilar personality and its space in the Czechoslovak context of art and time.
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Document
Marie, Lukáčová ; Koryčánek, Rostislav (referee) ; Artamonov, Vasil (advisor)
Mocumentary movie which is mapping the area of Czech border fortification, its quality and the current social situation. Movie consists of two parts, the first is subject to the current state and the second shifting their story to future visions.
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Susan Hiller
Leinweberová, Adéla ; SILVERIO, Robert (advisor) ; GRYGAR, Štěpán (referee)
FAMU Department of Photography Final masters thesis reflecting life and work of photographer and famous artist Susan Hiller (*1940), american-british author, in context of her experiences and life period. This work includes main works, an interview with author's close friend and colleague Simon Read. As well with an analysis of Hiller's last project "Gedanken sind frei" (Thoughts are free) presented in dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, Germany. To this Master thesis is attached audiovisual documentation of Susan Hiller's conceptual project from Kassel which was made directly for purposes of this text.
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