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Presentation
Presentation
The Curricular Unit Art, Culture and Communication deals different media and artistic practices, to demonstrate the place of art in the field of communication and in society. The aim is to work how art and culture are part of the field of communication, namely considering the central role of photography and new media, which function as media of communication. New media are highlighted, holding an important place in artistic creation, since with the digital and the virtual, interactive, and relational artworks dilute the separation between the public and the art domains, affirming the museum as a forum of debate and action. It is also addressed and discussed the expansion of art beyond the cultural institution, and the participation of the public, both being encouraged by performances and happenings that favour political and social actions. In this way, we’ll reflect on how various artistic practices are articulated and their potential as media of communication.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP451-1671
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Art and Visual Culture 1.1. Visual Culture and Cultural Studies 1.2. What Art Is (Arthur Danto) 1.3. Art and Life 2. Photography 2.1. Short History of Photography, from Walter Benjamin 2.2. Photography as a medium of communication 2.3. The Work of Art in the Era of Mechanical Reproduction, from Walter Benjamin 3. New Media 3.1. New Media from Communication to Art 3.2. Mediation and Remediation 3.3. Digital, virtual, and online 4. Participatory Art and Relational Aesthetics 4.1. Interaction, Immersion, and an active spectator 4.1. Participation in Art, performances, and happenings 4.2 Relational artistic practices 5. The Museum 5.1. A participatory museum 5.2. Curating and Exhibiting as fields of action
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Objectives
Objectives
Understand the role of art in the field of communication, the relationship between various art practices and communication in contemporary society, and the structure and place of visual communication and visual culture. Recognize photography as a central medium in art and communication and analyse how new media and different arts, as participatory and relational practices, inscribe art in the public space and develop political and social actions in the artistic field. Examine and discuss the museum as a forum for discussion and debate and a space for public, social and political action, particularly through curatorial activity. Develop skills of observation and analysis of art through its artistic, cultural, and communicative scope and develop critical thinking within the framework of contemporary artistic practices.
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
The CU's main teaching methodology is with theory based on fundamental references in the field of study in question, developed from its bibliography, although other content are added, such as a visit to a museum.
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References
References
Belting, H. (2009) Contemporary Art as Global Art. A Critical Estimate. Benjamin, W. (1931). Pequena história da fotografia. Benjamin, W. (1935) A Obra de Arte na Época da Sua Possibilidade de Reprodução Técnica. Bishop, C. (Ed.) (2006). Participation. The MIT Press. Bourriaud, N. (1998). Relational Aesthetics. Les presses du reel, 2002. Bragança de Miranda, J. (2002). Teoria da Cultura. Edições Século XXI. Danto, A. (1924). What Art is. Yale University Press, 2013. Groys, B. (2009). A genealogy of Participatory Art Manovich, L. (2001). The Language of New Media. The MIT Press. Manovich, L. (2008) Art after web 2.0.
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Assessment
Assessment
A avaliação compõe-se por três elementos:
- um trabalho individual (55%): trabalho escrito sobre parte do programa da UC à escolha do estudante, apoiado sobretudo na respetiva bibliografia, dada em aula; a ser submetido no Moodle até ao final do dia 31 de março e com questionamento oral, de presença obrigatória, na aula do dia 10 de abril (excepções apenas aceites para trabalhadores estudantes ou mediante apresentação de comprovativo médico);
- um trabalho de grupo (35%): apresentação PowerPoint sobre parte do programa da UC à escolha, apoiado sobretudo na bibliografia, dada em aula, com submissão no Moodle até ao final do dia 18 de maio e apresentação nas aulas dos dias 22 e 29 de maio, sendo de presença e participação obrigatória para todos os elementos do grupo (excepções apenas aceites para trabalhadores estudantes ou mediante apresentação de comprovativo médico);
- avaliação contínua (10%), sustentada na participação e na atenção na sala de aula.
Os trabalhos devem ser originais, produzidos especificamente para esta UC.
A entrega de trabalhos além do prazo estipulado só será autorizada em casos excepcionais e justificados e implica uma penalização de 25% na classificação do trabalho se entregue até 24h após o prazo indicado e de 50% na classificação do trabalho se entregue entre 24h e 72h após o prazo; não serão aceites trabalhos entregues com atraso superior a 72h.
As avaliações de época de recurso e época especial consistem em trabalho idêntico ao trabalho individual, com prazo de submissão no Moodle até ao final do respetivo dia do exame. A guia para o trabalho será lançada no Moodle, com 3 dias de antecedência.
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Mobility
Mobility
No
