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170721 UE Aesthetics of performance art (2020S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 17 - Theater-, Film- und Medienwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 09.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 16.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 23.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 30.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 20.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 27.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 04.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 11.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 18.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 25.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 08.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 15.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 22.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde
  • Monday 29.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 4 2H558 UZA II Rotunde

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Performance art is a perceptually aesthetic challenge and you don't learn to understand it in school socialization, you have to work it out. In addition to dealing with aesthetics and criteria of performance art - from history and the present - this course will also look at and analyze curatorial practice together with the students. Performance art is mostly "freely" produced art, unlike classical theater art, which is mostly created as commissioned work for theaters. Since free theater work differs very much from institutional work, the layout of the houses that produce and show these free works also have different framework conditions, both structurally and in terms of organizational and subsidy options, location issues and not most recently in questions of mediation and media perception. Curating is a commitment. A commitment to the work, a commitment to the aesthetics. Curating is a bet. A bet on success, a bet on failure. And curating is a declaration of love. A declaration of love to the artists, a declaration of love to the people behind the artistic work. In this course, students gain knowledge of the complexity of production and curation through practical exercises and performance analyzes. Experts are invited and performances in contemporary dance, theater and performance venues in Vienna are attended.

Assessment and permitted materials

written keynote speeches (30%), homework (20%), thesis (25%), willingness to discuss (25%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Working through the working materials, theoretical and practical knowledge of contemporary theater should be available theater should be available

Examination topics

Reading list

Fischer-Lichte, Erika: Ästhetik des Performativen. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 2004. | Fischer-Lichte, Erika: Performativität. Bielefeld, transcript, 2012. | Klein, Gabriele/Sting, Wolfgang (Hrsg.): Performance. Bielefeld: transcript, 2005. | Ausstellungskatalog: out of actions. Aktionismus, Body Art & Performance 1949-1979. Ostfildern: Cantz-Verlag, 1998. | Goldberg, RoseLee: Die Kunst der Performance. München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2015. | O’Reilly, Sally: Body Art. Der Körper in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Berlin/München, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2012. | Lehmann, Hans-Thies: Postdramatisches Theater. Frankfurt/Main: Verlag der Autoren, 1999. | Matzke, Annemarie/Weiler, Christel/Wortelkamp, Isa (Hrsg.): Das Buch von der angewandten Theaterwissenschaft.Köln, Alexander Verlag, 2012. | Brauneck, Manfred (Hrsg.): Das freie Theater im Europa der Gegenwart. Bielefeld: transcript, 2016. | Fülle, Henning: Freies Theater. Die Modernisierung der deutschen Theaterlandschaft (1960-2010). Berlin: Theater der Zeit, 2016 | Phelan, Peggy: Unmarked. The Politics of Performance. Routledge, 1993. | Butler, Judith: Gender Trouble. New York 1990. | Carlson, Marvin: Performance. A critical introduction. London/New York 1996. | Turner, Victor: Das Ritual. Struktur und Anti-Struktur. Frankfurt/New York, Campus, 2005.

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