Creative Analysis I-II

Language of instruction: Hungarian
Course description:
The core of creative analysis course is provided by creative classes and sample creations which are brought about in the course of common sessions of analysing works of art. Because this is an introductory course, the topics of the actual semester are greatly determined by the students in the given year: their knowledge base, interests and gaps of knowledge will have an impact on the details of instruction.
Generally speaking, the course investigates what art analysis is good for: how and what we can learn from analysing objects of art and how this can be turned to good use in the course of creative work. During the course, we use a variety of approaches to arrive at a mode of perception which takes the work of art as its starting point, concentrates upon it and returns to it in the end. It is important to realize that understanding works of art is a step towards knowledge - in other words, a work of art is a door that opens onto a hitherto unknown territory, and realizing this will help the reception of a new work of art as much as the creation of a new one. IN general, we deal with forms lesser-known to students, and the semesters are often structured around a core topic with recurring elements (media archaeology, experimental cinema, video art, the relationship between art and science).
In the first semester, the course focuses on building up the objective and critical attention vital to creative work. In the second semester, we delve into narration and dramaturgy, while in the third and fourth semesters the primary objective is to learn and practice visual communication. The course involves the in-class analysis of various works of art - classic art video pieces, course project work and works prepared by the students -, using radical interpretative techniques.