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How to use philosophical ideas for developing intriguing Concepts for Art & Design projects |
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| Length of seminar | 8 weeks of 2 hour sessions (reference text will be provided) (commencing on 1 Sept 05 and 3 Nov 05) |
| Course Fees | S$ 240/per person (contact us for special group rates) |
| Objectives | Having problems coming up with intriguing concepts for your art or design project ? |
| This seminar seeks to help participants use philosophical ideas as strategies for conceptualizing and making art and design. The participants will be introduced: 1. To philosophical ideas and relating them to art and design 2. To use and develop these ideas into intriguing concepts for the art or design project 3. To use and develop these ideas into art making and design strategies 4. To introduce the notion of Concept and Meta-concept for their project 5. To help participant develop a personal art or design philosophy Content The seminar will be conducted by informal discussion and lecture led by the course facilitator surrounding a particular primary text that seek to illuminate the topic of the week. The participants have the option to read the primary text for the week's discussion or to just participate in the discussion. | |
| Week 1 | The Ethics and Poetics of Art, Design and the Creative Imagination, Introduction |
| Week 2 |
A diagnosis of modern culture and the human condition from the standpoint of western philosophy. The limitation of Technology as world view for Art and Design Text - Heidegger, Martin, The Question concerning Technology in Basic Writings, VII. |
| Week 3 |
Introduction to Phenomenology and Hermeneutics as strategies for Art and Design Text - Gadamer, Hans-Georg, Hermeneutics as Practical Philosophy , in Reason in the Age of Science, p88 |
| Week 4 |
The Relevance of the Beautiful for Art and Design Text - Gadamer, Hans Georg, The Relevance of the Beautiful |
| Week 5 |
The Origin of the Work of Art
Text - Heidegger, Martin, The Origin of the Work of Art , in Poetry, Language, Thought |
| Week 6 |
Art & Design Narrating Life
Text - Ricoeur, Paul, The Function of Fiction in Shaping Reality , in A Ricoeur Reader: Reflection & Imagination, p 117. Ricoeur, Paul, Life: A Story in Search of a Narrator , in A Ricoeur |
| Week 7 |
Art, History and Authenticity.
Text - Benjamin, Walter, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction , in Illumination, p219. |
| Week 8 |
Art & Design, Accomplished Nihilism and The Question of Post-Modernity
Text - Vattimo, Gianni, Introduction by translator, Jon R. Snyder in The End of Modernity. |