After successful completion of the course, students are able to apply the competences acquired in the course in important fields of discourse in contemporary visual culture. These include the knowledge of current theoretical approaches and fields of practice of visual culture (with special regard to contemporary art and architecture production) as well as competencies for the critical reflection of contemporary culture and the independent development of research approaches to investigate culture from the perspective of a critical spatial practice.

Apple Park, Silicon Valley, 2018 (photo: Peter Mörtenböck)


winter term 2019/20: PLATFORM URBANISM

In the winter semester of 2019/20 this course - in combination with the module subjects “Urban Visual Culture” and “New Models of Culture and Art Production” - will deal analytically, investigatively and experimentally with the phenomenon of platform urbanism. Through texts, videos and case studies, we will explore in detail the figurations and contradictions of today’s relationship between capitalist spatial production, innovation technology, artistic creativity, and urban lifestyles.

for more information see: http://www.visuelle-kultur.net

Lectures and discussions; independent project work; literature study; fieldwork and excursions; writing texts; development of graphic and audiovisual content; multimedia formats; presentations

1st class: Tue 15 October 2019, 11am-3pm
Seminarraum Argentinierstraße 8

Active participation; project work; short texts; presentations