Subject 'Photography and Installation'

Year:   2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    2020/2021    2021/2022    

• introduction: what is installation?
• the history of installation: Gesamtkunstwerk, total art, etc;
• relations between objects and their spatial configurations;
• the technicality of installative art: mechanics, electronics, light and sound technology;
• achieving a coherent whole in installation art: elements and integrating elements;
• narrative dimension in installation art;
• interactive dimension in installation art;
• the characteristics of viewer participation in installation art and when looking at photographs;

To learn to articulate expression by configuring photographs and photographic arrays into spatial forms and constellations.

On successful completion of this course the students should be able to:

• have an overview of photo arrays that are expressively articulated in a space;
• know when there is need to amplify the expressive power of photo arrays in a space;
• assess the interrelation between photographs and other components in an installation;
• understand the semantics of installation;
• creatively surpass the purely decorative dimensions of installations;
• innovately configure photographs and other installation components.

2019: 2271  

2018: 2271  

2017: 2271  

2015: 2271  

2014: 2271  

2013: 2271