Theory: Art & Politics (gLV) 

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Nummer und TypBFA-BFA-Th.23H.011 / Moduldurchführung
ModulTheorie 
VeranstalterDepartement Fine Arts
LeitungMeret Kaufmann
Zeit
Anzahl Teilnehmendemaximal 11
ECTS3 Credits
VoraussetzungenCourse language: English
ZielgruppenBA Fine Arts students
Open for exchange-students

Interested BA students of other study programmes can register from 28 August - 08 September 2023 by ClickEnroll; https://intern.zhdk.ch/?ClickEnroll

Interested MA students write an email between 28 August - 11 September 2023 2023 to: studium.dfa@zhdk.ch
We will inform you by e-mail in CW 39 whether participation is possible.
Applications before 28 August 2023 will not be accepted.

No registrations through our lecturers will be accepted.
Lernziele / Kompetenzen
  • Learning about key art historical and theoretical positions from the 20th and 21st century concerned with the relationship between art and politics.
  • Conducting case studies to compare different artistic strategies of ‘doing’ politics, while building reading, writing and discussion skills.
  • Sharpening students’ own definition of the political and how it plays out in their work.
InhalteThis module maps different notions, strategies, and sites of the political in art: from ‘unexceptional politics’ (Emily Apter) and institutional critique, to the guerrilla tactics of ‘artivism’ (Tania Bruguera) and protest action. We will explore this spectrum through readings and discussions, an excursion and screening as well as group work on art-historical case studies from the 20th to the present; at stake are terms of the private and public, democracy and participation, collaboration and group relations, performance and justice. Throughout, we will interrogate the crux of art’s ‘autonomy’ and the relationship between theoretical work and material practices, including the students’ own work.


Meret Kaufmann (*1989) studied art history and theatre studies at Freie Universität Berlin and University College London, where she is currently working on her doctorate. She works across research, teaching, writing and exhibition making in various institutions and projects.
Bibliographie / LiteraturWill be handed out during the course
Leistungsnachweis / TestatanforderungMandatory attendance (minimum 80%); active participation
TermineTime: 09:15 - 17:00 o'clock

CW 49: 04 / 05 / 06 / 07 / 08 December
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