SYLLABUS
Theoretical module
Semiotic exploration of examples through modern artistic practices.
Overview of basic types of artistic expression, including physicality and how these are connected.
The relationship of performance art to visual communication.
Semiotic analysis of content in conceptional art. Presentation of international projects through original presentations. Conceptual expansion through performance in a public space. Research on theoretical underpinnings of a conceptual project. Group arts projects using performance approach with originality presented at world art fora. The body as a medium of expression in the visual arts. Performative artistic actions. Art in context. Review of modern artistic practices, works, processes and actions within a number of parameters, conditions and circumstances which surround and define the conceptual framework in the field of the visual arts and modern art.
Workshop module
Case Study. Development of an individual performance on a topic to be given in class. Creation of a group conceptual project after group documentation of the educational, social and personal framework, and its presentation in a public venue.
ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greek sources
- Μήτρου, Ιωάννης (2019). Performance Art, ασυνείδητο, σώμα, παραστασιακή πράξη. Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδ. Μπαρμουνάκη.
- Χόνδρου, Δανάη (2006). Εικαστικές Δράσεις. Αθήνα: Εκδ. Απόπειρα.
International Sources
- Papanikolopoulou, Magdalena (2015). Staging the Alphabet: Text, Performance and the Feminine. Prof Doc Thesis, University of East London Arts and Digital Industries, London: https://doi.org/10.15123/PUB.4469
- Auslander, P. (2000). Liveness: Performance in a Mediatized Culture. Oxon: Routledge.
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