STUDY PROGRAMME
Scenography

AFAM CODE
ABST51

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Phenomenology of contemporary arts

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Phenomenology of contemporary arts

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

This course investigates the contemporary visual culture and the complexity of nowadays’ visual experiences.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Understand and decode the contemporary visual culture

• Be familiar with the contemporary visual culture

• Make mindful use of photographic images

• Analyse the contamination across different expressive disciplines, such as photography, plastic arts, cinema, and fashion

• Through front lessons, lectures and visits to exhibitions and museums, the students analyse the genealogy of visual experiences by retracing the rise and development of photography, which has allowed modernity to meet the everyday life.

This is a theoretical course.

Over the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects to be developed.

• Front lectures

• Students engagement in debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of tutorials, videos or other multi-media material

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Written exams

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

• Cotton, C. (2010) La fotografia come arte contemporanea, Torino: Einaudi.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.