Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2018 - CA 186 E100

Art and the Moving Image (3)

Class Number: 8756

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Mon, 6:30–8:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 10, 2018
    Mon, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Vancouver

    Dec 10, 2018
    Mon, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Vancouver

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Introduces innovations in the fine and performing arts to show the range of possibilities open to those who wish to employ or understand the use of moving images in their disciplinary and multidisciplinary art practices. By the completion of the course students should have a good sense not only of previous innovations and traditions, but of the contemporary scene as well. Students with credit for FPA 186 may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course introduces innovations in the fine and performing arts to show the range of possibilities open to those who wish to employ or understand the use of moving images in their disciplinary and multidisciplinary art practices. By the completion of the course students should have a good sense not only of previous innovations and traditions, but of the contemporary scene as well.   ​

This course will examine how the technology, industry, and theory of film has influenced 20th and 21st Century art and how a wide range of artists have utilized moving images in their practice. We will analyze and discuss the moving image in disciplines such as dance, music, theatre, film, and visual art. One goal of the course is to give students the conceptual tools and the imagination to use moving images and the insights of film studies within their chosen artistic discipline. In order to do this, the tutorials will be used not only to discuss and debate issues brought up in the lectures and to go through the readings in depth, but also as laboratories for collaborative interdisciplinary projects. This will prepare students for the collaborative aspects, in practice and theory, of upper- level courses, as well as the interdisciplinary environment of the School for the Contemporary Arts. Students will develop the knowledge to make connections between art, culture, society, and technology, while gaining an aesthetic appreciation of the moving image through a variety of dynamic and challenging artworks.

Grading

  • Art Event Report 10%
  • Single Shot video 15%
  • Interdisciplinary artwork 20%
  • Midterm Exam 20%
  • Final Exam 25%
  • Participation 10%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Required readings available on Canvas

Registrar Notes:

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