Context 5: Excursion Taipei Biennial Swetlana Heger-Davis, Judith Welter, Sveta Mordovsakya
3 CreditsMFA-MFA-CON-CO.26F.005
Context 3: Art & Apocalypse 
| Nummer und Typ | MFA-MFA-CON-CO.26F.003 / Moduldurchführung |
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| Modul | Context |
| Veranstalter | Master Fine Arts |
| Leitung | Jörg Scheller |
| Zeit | Time: Monday - Thursday, 09:00 - 18:00 o'clock / Friday, 09:00 - 12:00 o'clock CW 20: 11 / 12 / 13 / 15 May |
| Anzahl Teilnehmende | maximal 20 |
| ECTS | 3 Credits |
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| Inhalt | World history is full of apocalypses. And yet the world still exists. Precisely because the end of the world is unimaginable that it stimulates the imagination. Even though the old religious visions of the absolute end, of the great final disruption have lost much of their power, our present is still full of minor apocalypses and related fears, as well as hopes and visions. As after all, ‘apocalypse’ originally meant not simply the end of the world, but the revelation of a sacred truth, the dawn of a new, better time. This seminar will examine the manifold ramifications of apocalypticism in the visual arts and popular culture, from early religious depictions to subtle allusions in 1970s video art to the amplification of apocalyptic imagery and rhetoric in hip-hop, heavy metal, and blockbuster films, accompanied by readings from theoretical texts on apocalypticism. About the lecturer: Jörg Scheller (*1979) is professor of art history and permanent guest professor at the Poznan University of the Arts, Poland. His essays are regularly published a.o. in DIE ZEIT, NZZ, frieze magazine, Camera Austria. Besides, he is the singer and bassist of the metal duo Malmzeit and a fitness instructor. www.joergscheller.de |
| Voraussetzungen / Zielgruppen | Students of the MA Major Fine Arts Open for exchange students |
| Lernziele / Kompetenzen |
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| Material / Literatur | Will be handed out during the course. |
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| Bewertungsform | bestanden / nicht bestanden |
| Sprache | Englisch |
