Glass Art and Science Seminar I
Code
10843
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Conservação e Restauro
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Christopher Damien Auretta, Robert Wiley
Weekly hours
3
Total hours
42
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Specific Outcomes:
A discussion centered on the concepts of glass art, creativity and conceptualization.
(i) learning plan/knowledge acquisition:
- conceptualize key ideas at work in modernity as seen in manifestations of artistic and cultural creations
- discern the major role played by scientific and techno-scientific rationality in our understanding of our social and personal worlds, as well as their representation and mediation by artists and their works
- understand, by way of analysis of representative artistic and scientific works, the close and complex connections between the objective representation of the world (natural sciences and engineering sciences) and our understanding of life by way of the interpretive arts closely connected to the immanent structures of our historically-conditioned subjectivity (arts and artists)
- acquire a greater understanding of the basic techniques of written and oral communication
- understand how to research, document and organize a written report and/or essay as well as oral presentations
- master essential rules of argumentation in order to develop an informed point of view on a given topic and express ideas in accordance with varying degrees of abstraction
(ii) skills acquisition plan:
- correctly identify, summarize and develop the content, point of view and conceptual framework of aspects of modern artistic and scientific culture
- contextualize phenomena of artistic and scientific culture in a diachronic, dynamic perspective
- evaluate written texts and spoken discourse requiring a high degree of analysis and interpretation in a coherent manner and with conceptual fluency
- produce critical discourse concerning problematic aspects of the works discussed in this seminar
- communicate in oral and written form the (self-)understanding of contemporary culture in a thoughtful and coherent manner for the purpose of fomenting critical debate
Prerequisites
Master''''s-degree students in the Programme in Art and Science of Glass /VICARTE
Students from any course, both first- and second-levels of course programmes of FCT
Subject matter
Forum for the presentation and discussion of research topics, or for the discussion of concepts relevant to the Art and Science of Glass. Creativity, conceptualisation, and the integration of that knowledge.
Lectures, criticism, discussion, seminaries and visits to museums will be focused on the following questions: what is art and what is the purpose/function/value of art?
FIRST SEMESTER (SIX TOPICS AND AN ONGOING WRITING WORKSHOP)
· ART AND ARTIST/SCIENCE AND SCIENTIST: MANIFESTOS, LETTERS, DIARIES, AND INTERVIEWS/ AT THE CROSSROADS OF THEORY AND CASE-STUDIES/PRACTISE: I
· ART, SCIENCE, AND THE HUMAN COMMUNITY: I
Theory:
Case-studies:
· ART AND THE IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY: I
Theory:
Case-studie::
· ART IN MOTION: CINEMA: I
Theory:
Case-studies:
· ART AND THE CITY: MODERNITY, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY IN DIALOGUE WITH ART: I
Theory: Excerpts taken from fundamental bibliography
Case-studies:
· ART AND RESEARCH: ART AND THE LABORATORY/ART IN THE LABORATORY: I
Theory: Molecular Art, Bioart, Multi-Media Art
Case-studies:
· WRITING WORKSHOP: I
A practicum for young thesis writers, journaling, and related forms of self-presentation
Teaching method
1) a maieutic approach to the learning process in this seminar: the production/contextualization of thought through dialogue in regard to artistic and scientific culture in modernity
2) this maieutic approach is organized in light of contemporary conceptualizations of critical pedagogy
3) the use of print-based and multi-media sources to develop the critical voice of each participant in written and oral projects
Evaluation method
A written project (based on writing workshop activities organised throughout the semester, as well as journal writing based on themes discussed in class); an oral presentation at the end of the semester; attendance and weekly participation in group dialogue with respect to the theoretical texts as well as the case-studies discussed in this seminar.