Marjo's lecture

Vannevar Bush, As We May Think

M A X ' S L E C T U R E S

RESEARCH AND THEORY BOOKS mentioned

• Kristeller, Paul Oskar, "The Modern System of Arts" (1951/1952). Republished in Kivy (ed), Essays in the History of Aesthetics.
• Tatarkiewicz, Wladyslaw: History of Six Ideas (1979) 
• Huyssen, Andrea: The Great Divide (1986)
• O'Doherty, Brian: Inside the White Cube (1976) 
• Battersby, Christine: Gender and Genius (1989)
• Woodmansee, Martha: The Author, Art, and the Market (1994) 
• Danto, Arthur: The Artworld (1964)

CLASSICS mentioned

• Baumgarten, Alexander G.: Aesthetics (1758)
• Castiglione, Baldassar: The Courtier (1528)

Research area

Lecture slides 9/10

Slides by Reijo

Optical toys

Thaumatrope

Phenakistoscope, zoetrope, etc.

Panopticon

The Panopticon is a machine for dissociating the see/being seen dyad: in the peripheric ring, one is totally seen, without ever seeing; in the central tower, one sees everything without ever being seen.

(Michel Foucault, 1975, Discipline and punish / Tarkkailla ja rangaista)

Vision and visuality

Jay, Martin (1988). Scopic regimes of modernity. In H. Foster (Ed.) Vision and visuality. Seattle: Bay Press

Peter Greenaway: The Draughtsman's Contract

Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window

Laura Mulvey: Visual pleasure and narrative cinema (1975)
- phallocentrism: film and cinematography are structured upon the ideas and values of patriarchy
- scopophilia and gaze

For Finnish readers: Kupiainen, Reijo (2005). Elokuva ja tosin katsomisen mahdollisuus. Synnyt 2/2005.

Platon: Allegory of cave (The Republic)

Modern illusions?

Schedule and reading

Monday: Reijo Kupiainen, theme: blindness
Tuesday: Max Ryynänen, theme: institution
Wednesday: Pia Euro, theme: installation / Taina Rajanti, theme: ground
Thursday: Marjo Mäenpää: theme: wedding
Friday: Harri Laakso: theme: memory


Further reading (overview of the research area):

Seppänen, Janne (2005). Visuaalinen kulttuuri. Teoriaa ja metodeja mediakuvan tulkitsijalle. Tampere: Vastapaino.

Rossi, Leena-Maija & Seppä, Anita (Eds.) (2007). Tarkemmin katsoen. Visuaalisen kulttuurin lukukirja. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

Sturgen, Marita & Cartwright, Lisa (2005). Practices of looking. An introduction to visual culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Howells, Richard (2nd. ed.) (2012). Visual culture. Cambridge: Polity Press

Introduction to visual culture

Time and place: 10.-14.9. at 10-16, Ateljee

Delivery and Working Methods: Intensive course in the beginning of the year (1 week) including lectures, discussions and workshops.  Students have to be present 80% of the lectures.

Deadline for a learning diary (1 1⁄2 paragraph, font Times New Roman 12, 8-10 pages): 8th October.

Content of a learning diary:

• record the learning that has taken place
• describe the matters, theories and concepts
• record your thoughts, opinions and judgments about the lectures
• criticize and argue, but remember to give reasons for your arguments
• give feedback and make questions
• Return your diary to Reijo Kupiainen (Do not use email) 

Evaluation: pass/fail