Curriculum
13. April 2010
- Introduction to course curriculum, informationen on assignments/assessment, excursions
- Assignment for April 19:
- Reading: P. 3 – 6 (Mnemosyne Introduction) in; Warburg, Aby: Gesammelte Schriften : Studienausgabe, Hrsg. von Horst Bredekamp; Abt. 2 = Bd. 2: Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
- Choose and prepare one (per student) of Mnemosyne’s plates for a short presentation discussion
20. April
- Critical review of Aby Warburg’s introduction to Mnemosyne
- Presentation / discussion of selected Mnemosyne plates (Assignment)
- Paper presentation: Sylvia Rohr: Gerhard Richter – Atlas
- Assignment for April 27:
- Meditations: Groups of 2 - 3 students each prepare one of the following short texts for a performative review (all taken from: Uwe Fleckner: Die Schatzkammern der Mnemosyne)
- Marcus Tullius Cicero: Gedächtnisbilder, Gedächtnisorte (Henrike Schneider, Bianka Langnickel, Katja Gawrilow)
- Siegfrid Kracauer: Gedächtnisbilder (Maureen Anderson, Caroline Pusch)
- Aby Warburg: Leidschatz (Jamie Ferguson, Sylvia Langenbrinck, Georgios Koumanidis)
- Aby Warburg: Die Schatzkammer der seelischen Dokumente (Sylvia Rohr, ...?)
- Reading: Sven Spieker: 1970 – 2000. Archive, Database, Photography, in: Spieker, Sven: The Big Archive. Art from Bureaucracy; P. 131 – 171
27. April
- Meditations
- Paper presentation: Walid Raad & The Atlas Group (Maureen Anderson)
- Paper presentation: Sigrid Sigurdsson (Sylvia Langenbrinck)
- Assignment for May 4:
- Prepare ideas (if possible: preliminary exposé) for own work for discussion
4. May
- Film screening Chris Marker
- La Jetée (France, 1962, 29min, b/w)
- Sans Soleil (France, 1983, 100min, b/w & colour)
- recommended further reading: Scherer, Christina: Die Fremdheit des Erinnerns: Chris Marker; in: Ivens, Marker, Godard, Jarman - Erinnerung im Essayfilm; Fink, München, 2001; p. 139 – 194
- Paper Presentation on Chris Marker (Jamie Ferguson)
- Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion
- Assignment for May 11:
- Reading: Christian Boltanski. Wunschlos glücklich im Angesicht des Todes; in: Dieter Buchhart und Gerald Nestler (eds.): Kunst und Wirtschaft, Kunstforum international, Band 201, 2010, p.164ff.; UB-Signature Z 2195
11. May
- Paper presentation: Christian Boltanski (Henrike)
- Excursion:11a.m.: Visit of the Amnesia – Memoria-exhibition at the Neues Museum Weimar w/ project coordinator and curator Dörte Dennemann
- Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion
18. May
- Exhibition-review: Fremde im Visier – Fotoalben aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg (Felix)
- Paper presentation: Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Stills (Georgios)
- Assignment: Reading as preparation for the archive visit (excursion):
- p. 88 – 108 in: Vogel, Matthias / Binder, Ulrich / Caviezel, Flavia: Das Menschenbild im Bildarchiv : Untersuchung zum visuellen Gedächtnis der Schweiz ; ein Forschungsprojekt der Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich; Limmat, Zürich, 2006; ISBN 3-85791-496-3
- Assignment: Reading as preparation for the archive visit (excursion):
25. May
- Excursion to Bundesarchiv/Bildarchiv (Federal Archive/Image Archive)
1. June
- 1st group: Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results.
- Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.
- 1st group: Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results.
8. June
- 2nd group:Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results. Group B
- Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.
- 2nd group:Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results. Group B
15. June
- 3rd group:Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results. Group B
- Students should be able to provide insight into both the (archival) material and format of the final assignment.
- Paper Presentation: Marina Abramovic – Private Archeology (Caroline Pusch)
- 3rd group:Interim Presentation: Finished exposé / early production results. Group B
22. June
- Introduction to database-software Filemaker Pro / Bento (Felix)
- Paper presentation: Joseph Cornell - Boxes (Vanessa)
29. June
6. July
- Final presentation
- Students should present preliminary results and finalized outline of their work (production state)
- Mediengang preparation
13. July
- Setup summary/Mediengang
- Course debriefing
outstanding paper themes:
- Emily Jacir
- Boris Mikhailov
- Michael Lesy – Wisconsin Death Trip
- Hanne Darboven – Kosmos 85 Weltreise
- Hans Peter Feldmann – 1967 – 1993. Die Toten
- Jochen Gerz – Das Geschenk‘‘
- Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Monument to a Lost Civilization