MODEN:INVENTORY & DISPLAY: MNEMOSYNE/Curriculum

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Curriculum

13. April 2010

  1. Introduction to course curriculum, informationen on assignments/assessment, excursions
  2. 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

  1. Critical review of Aby Warburg’s introduction to Mnemosyne
  2. Presentation / discussion of selected Mnemosyne plates (Assignment)
  3. Paper presentation: Sylvia Rohr: Gerhard RichterAtlas
  4. Assignments for April 27:
    1. 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, ...?)
    2. Reading: Sven Spieker: 1970 – 2000. Archive, Database, Photography, in: Spieker, Sven: The Big Archive. Art from Bureaucracy; P. 131 – 171

27. April

  1. Meditations
  2. Paper presentation: Walid Raad & The Atlas Group (Maureen Anderson)
  3. Paper presentation: Sigrid Sigurdsson (Sylvia Langenbrinck)
  4. Assignment for May 4:
    • Prepare ideas (if possible: preliminary exposé) for own work for discussion

4. May

  1. 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
  2. Paper Presentation on Chris Marker (Jamie Ferguson)
  3. Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion
  4. 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

  1. Paper presentation: Christian Boltanski (Henrike)
  2. Excursion:11a.m.: Visit of the Amnesia – Memoria-exhibition at the Neues Museum Weimar w/ project coordinator and curator Dörte Dennemann
  3. Student works: Presentation of ideas and concepts, discussion

18. May

  1. Exhibition-review: Fremde im Visier – Fotoalben aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg (Felix)
  2. Paper presentation: Cindy ShermanUntitled Film Stills (Georgios)
  1. 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

25. May

Excursion to Bundesarchiv/Bildarchiv (Federal Archive/Image Archive)

1. June

  1. 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.

8. June

  1. 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.

15. June

  1. Paper Presentation: Marina Abramovic – Private Archeology (Caroline Pusch)
  2. Paper Presentation: Florian Thalhofer – Korsakov Syndrome (Katja Gawrilow)
  3. 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.

22. June

  1. Introduction to database-software Filemaker Pro / Bento (Felix)
  2. Paper presentation: Joseph Cornell - Boxes (Vanessa)
  3. Project review, continued

29. June

  1. Project review, continued
  2. Discussion of presentation formats and modes for the summaery/mediengang 2010

6. July

  1. Final presentation
    Students should present preliminary results and finalized outline of their work (production state)
  2. Mediengang preparation

13. July

  1. Course debriefing, evaluation feedback
  2. Setup summary/Mediengang


outstanding paper themes:

  1. Emily Jacir
  2. Boris Mikhailov
  3. Michael LesyWisconsin Death Trip
  4. Hanne DarbovenKosmos 85 Weltreise
  5. Hans Peter Feldmann1967 – 1993. Die Toten
  6. Jochen GerzDas Geschenk‘‘
  7. Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Monument to a Lost Civilization