| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City, Art and Politics | RES137 | Elective | Master's degree | 1 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Hazal AKSOY
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Discusses the relationship between art and politics from modernism to the present in the context of the city
2) Associates the structural changes that art experienced after the Historical Avant-Garde with the political, sociological and cultural developments that were effective in the formation of these changes.
3) Recognize the concepts of public space, public art, action art, performance art, ecological art, and political art.
4) Discusses the crossing areas lays between aesthetics and politics.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||
| 1 | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | High | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | High | High | Middle | High | |
| 4 | High | Middle | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not Required
Course Contents
Art, an urban practice, has since the Industrial Revolution, the change it has gone through with the city, the attitudes and approaches it has taken against changing policies and urban practices.
Weekly Schedule
1) City and Art: A Historical Perspective Before the Industrial Revolution2) The Industrial Revolution: Baudelaire's Paris and Modern Art
3) Between the Two World Wars: The Historical Avant-garde
4) 60s: Dada Again
5) Situationist International, May ‘68 and Student Movements
6) A Critique of City and Urbanization: Ecological Art
7) 90s Body and Identity Politics, Reflections from the Street to the Gallery
8) Midterm
9) City and Public Sphere
10) 2000s Neoliberal Policies and Participatory Approaches in Art
11) Possibilities and Impossibilities of Participatory Art
12) Street Art: Definitions, Strategy and Methods.
13) Street Art: Gallery, Museum and Cultural Industry Approaches
14) Public Art (Community Based Art) Discussions
15) Between Aesthetics and Politics: On the Artistry of Street Movements.
16) Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Modernitenin Başkenti Paris, David Harvey, Sel Yayınları,2018.
2- Kamusal İnsanın Çöküşü, R. Sennett, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2013.
3- Kamusal Alan, Ö. Meral., Hil Yayınları,2004
4- Estetiğin Huzursuzluğu Sanat Rejimi ve Politika, J. Ranciere, İletişim Yayınları, 2014
5- DISSENSUS Politika ve Estetik Üzerine, J. Ranciere, ayrıntı Yayınları,2020. Avrupa Tarihinde Kentler, L. Benevolo, Literatür Yayınları,
6- Özgürleşen Seyirci, j. Ranciere, Metis Yayınları, 2010.
7- Avangard Kuramı, P. Bürger, İletişim Yayınları, 2007.
8- Yapay Cehennemler, C. Bishop, Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2018
9- Tarih Boyunca Kent Kökenleri Geçirdiği Dönüşümler ve Geleceği, L. Mumford, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2013.
10- Sanat Manifestoları Avangard Sanat ve Direniş, Der. Ali Artun, İletişim Yayınları, 2015.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Group Study
6) Brain Storming
7) Self Study
8) Project Based Learning
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required