- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Academy of Avant-garde Film 2nd 3002-AFAA19-OG
Among the topics discussed during the classes is the canon of
world cinema history: works of the French director Chris
Marker (La jeteé 1962; Sans soleil 1982), the achievements of
the Austrian avant-garde, shown on the example of the works
of Peter Kubelka (including Mosaik im Vertrauen 1955;
Adebar 1957) and VALIE EXPORT (Adjunct Dislocations
1973). An important topic discussed during the classes will be
Letterist International, The Situationist International (La
société du spectacle by Guy Debords, 1973). The issue of film
menippea in the works Hollis Frampton (Hapax Legomena I:
Nostalgia 1971, Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass 1971)
will be presented.
Participants will learn about the work of the Film Form
Workshop (1970-1977) established at the Lodz Film School,
the most important structural film formation in Central and
Eastern Europe. The works of artists Wojciech Bruszewski,
Zbigniew Rybczyński, Józef Robakowski, Paweł Kwiek, as
well as Kazimierz Bendkowski, Janusz Połom and Ryszard
Waśko will be shown in the context of the group's inspiration
with the Polish avant-garde – both film and artistic as well as
interest in everyday life.
Attention will be paid to the most important representatives of
British cinema of the 1980s. The series of classes will cover
the experimental period of Peter Greenaway's work (Intervals
1969; Windows 1974; Vertical Features Remake 1978) and its
impact on feature production and "post-films" of the period of
interest in the electronic of this director. The program
includes films by Derek Jarman (Caravaggio 1986), debuting
in the 70s, whose work developed fully in the 1980s and was
also realized in the 90s. Participants of the classes get to know
the works of Harun Farocki connected with the world art and
documentary film. The program introduces the issues of dance
fascination and the "choreographic" approach to film matter in
the works of Yvonne Rainer and its impact on the works of Su
Friedrich and Abigail Child. The works of these artists will be
shown in the context of the avant-garde tradition set by Maya
Deren.
We will also look at the works of Polish authors of
experimental cinema and video art of the 70s and 80s - incl.
Natalia LL, Ewa Partum, Jolanta Marcolla, Jadwiga Singer,
Iwona Lemke-Konart. An important issue will be
international video art and Polish achievements in this field of
the 70s, 80s and 90s, which will be approximated by the work
of Bill Viola (The Passing, 1991).
The history of the film avant-garde will be completed by
introducing the concept of Cinema-Art and cinematographic
turn in Polish contemporary art and related works by
Katarzyna Kozyra, Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal, Łukasz
Ronduda. During classes, the issue of common areas of
contemporary art and documentary cinema will be discussed.
Classes are aimed at increasing the awareness of the impact of
film avant-garde traditions on the forms of expression present
in the contemporary film, in particular in the documentary
film, building the competence to perceive contemporary art.
The series of the lectures and screenings is the second part of
the avant-garde film program, consisting of two semester
cycles that covers issues of the history of avant-garde film -
from the 1920s to the newest times.
Type of course
general courses
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
- The student knows the most important artists and the most
outstanding works of contemporary avant-garde cinema and
its connection with a documentary film
The student knows the most important trends, phenomena
and creators in the history of avant-garde cinema and its
relationship with the art of documentary film
The student knows what social and historical issues
correspond to avant-garde films and using means developed
on the basis of avant-garde documentary films
The student knows the historical and socio-cultural context
of contemporary documentary cinema and the most frequently
discussed issues in specific films
The student knows, by means of which theoretical and
analytical tools, to examine avant-garde film - both its global
realizations and films made in Poland and referring to the
native context
The student understands the functioning and meaning of
video and avant-garde films in various cultural contexts and is
able to use the analytical tools assimilated in the classes in
independent broadening of knowledge in the field of
contemporary art exhibited in Warsaw galleries
Skills:
The student is able to analyze avant-garde films in terms of
the formal and aesthetic solutions used in them
The student is able to independently analyze avant-garde
films and video art in a broader historical and social context
The student can use avant-garde films in scientific work, eg
as a source for historical and sociological research
The student can indicate the differences and similarities
between the language of avant-garde and feature cinema
Assessment criteria
Methods of assessing the student's work (participation in the
overall assessment of the student's work)
1. Continuous assessment: ongoing preparation for classes
and activity (30/100)
2. Final written test 50/100
The condition for passing the classes out of presence will be
passing the test regarding the presented films and topics
covered during the lectures.
3. Control of the presence of 20/100
A presence on more than half of the classes is required. Two
absences are allowed. In the case of each subsequent absence
the in class participant is required to write a review or essay
(on a previously agreed topic with the coordinator) about the
selected film, on which projection was the participant of the
class.
Volume: up to 3000 characters. Deadline for sending: the last
classes in the semester.
Bibliography
Basic reading:
A. Pitrus, Film awangardowy w latach 1960-1980 in
Kino epoki nowofalowej. Historia kina, vol. 3, ed. T.
Lubelski, I. Sowińska, R. Syska, Kracow 2015, pp.
659-685
A. Pitrus, Film awangardowy i sztuka wideo końca XX
wieku in Kino końca wieku. Historia kina, vol 4, ed. T.
Lubelski, I. Sowińska, R. Syska, Kracow 2019, pp.
867-900
Ł. Ronduda, Sztuka polska lat 70. Awangarda,
Warsaw 2009
P. A. Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-
Garde, 1943-2000, New York 2002
M. Przylipiak, Poetyka kina dokumentalnego, Gdansk
2000
A. Pitrus, Fundament pamięci – o „fotograficznej
powieści” Chrisa Markera, „Kwartalnik Filmowy”
2006, no. 54-55, pp. 231-236
A. Pitrus, Su Friedrich: anektowanie przestrzeni in
Reżyserki kina. Tradycja i współczesność, ed. M.
Radkiewicz, Kracow 2005, pp. 11-20
U. Tes, Maya Deren wśród artystek awangardowych:
Shirley Clarke i Yvonne Rainer in Reżyserki kina.
Tradycja i współczesność, ed. M. Radkiewicz, Kracow
2005, pp. 179-192
B. Kosińska-Krippner, Awangarda austriacka. Peter
Kubelka, „Kwartalnik Filmowy” no. 70, 2010, pp. 59-
82
Recommended reading:
Warsztat formy filmowej, ed. M. Kuźmicz, Ł.
Ronduda, Warsaw, Berlin 2017
Sztuka w kinie dokumentalnym, ed. Paulina
Kwiatkowska, Matylda Szewczyk, Warsaw 2016
M. Radkiewicz, „Władczynie spojrzenia”. Teoria
filmu a praktyka reżyserek i artystek, Kracow 2010
Kino-Sztuka. Zwrot kinematograficzny w polskiej sztuce
współczesnej, ed. J. Majmurek, Ł. Ronduda, Warsaw 2015
Wideo w sztukach wizualnych, ed. R. W.
Kluszczyński, T. Załuski, Lodz-Lublin 2018
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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