VISST 4577

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VISST 4577
Counter-Time: Anachronism and Obsolescence in Contemporary Art

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The aim of this course is to present a map of theories and artistic strategies in order to better understand the validity of the anachronism and obsolescence in today's culture. During recent years, artists have started to work incorporating technologies, iconographies, references and elements that do not belong to the present timeline. Obsolescence in particular is used as a master strategy to display the alteration of temporality. A whole host of theorists and art historians also have used anachronism as a methodological tool and have advocated for an anachronistic interpretation of contemporary art. Theorists to include: Bloch, Benjamin, Didi-Huberman, Bal, Nagel, Terry Smith, Moxey, Rancière and Negri. Artists to include: Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Zoe Leonard, Rodney Graham, Warren Neidich, Matthew Buckingham, Anri Sala, Peter Forgacs, and Francesc Torres.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 15 students.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4577, COML 4006, SHUM 4507

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17489 VISST 4577   SEM 101

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