Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Video arts, performance and digital arts | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Marc-Emmanuel Mélon | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| The course focuses on major artists who marked the history of video art, from its origins in the 1960s (Nam June Paik) to the present day (Bill Viola), with particular attention to video creation in Belgium. Their works will be discussed from various points of view (historical, aesthetic, sociological). The last part of the course turns to digital arts and the new approaches to images. | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Students are introduced to major though often little known works in video art and digital arts; they are invited to question the language used and the conditions of representation, and to ponder the specificities of such visual pratices that merge art and communication technologies. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| None. Yet a basic knowledge of contemporary art is an asset. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Programming and presentation of contemporary belgian video works | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures and screenings | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Françoise PARFAIT, La vidéo, un art contemporain, Paris, 2001.
Philippe DUBOIS, La question vidéo, entre cinéma et art contemporain, Yellow Now, 2012. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Assessment of practicals | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Titulaire : Pr. Marc-Emmanuel Mélon
Département des Arts et Sciences de la Communication Unité de recherche en études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles Place du 20-Août, 7 - Bât. A1 - 2e étage Tél. 04.366.32.55 ME.Melon@ulg.ac.be Assistant : Jonathan Thonon Place du XX-Août, 7, 4000 Liège. Tél. : +32 (0)4 366 52 32.- jthonon@ulg.ac.be |
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