Learn to develop artistic projects in a practical way
A course designed for students of all types, regardless of their experience in audiovisual creation.
We will focus on the conceptualization and development of personal and group projects. Each week a specialized teacher will teach class, experimenting with different ways of working and approaching video art and experimental cinema.
We will work on the conceptualization and development of the projects to later apply what we have learned in practical exercises, prioritizing the creative act over technical issues.
Why choose it
You will delve into contemporary artistic creation to understand how to approach a personal project from various perspectives.
You will train with different specialists with extensive experience in photography and video, film and cultural research.
You will apply the knowledge acquired in practical exercises to develop your full creative potential.
Study Plan
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Self-portrait: genre, concrete examples. Practical exercise and subsequent viewing.
From photography to video. Experimental cinema: Duane Michals, Dziga Vertov, Chris Marker, Bela Tarr.
Techniques, types of shots, camera movement.
Collage.
Approach to video art: Tacita Dean, Bill Viola, Mathew Barney, Pipilotti Rist.
Expanded Cinema: Julian Rosefeldt, Aernout Mik, Mark Lewis.
Videos of Sergio Belinchón: Some Space, Avalancha.
Practical exercise.
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The origins of video in experimental cinema: the work of Maya Deren.
Origins of video art: 60s. Fluxus Collective: Nam June Paik & Yoko Ono.
Video installation. Video sculpture. Ways of representing video in an exhibition context: the work of Tony Oursler.
Videomapping technique and the use of light: the interventions of Pablo Valbuena.
The figure of Bill Viola and his significance in current audiovisual artists. The work of Greta Alfaro, Lois Patiño, Jesper Just, Ben Russell and Laure Prouvost.
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Lateral approaches: cinema out of its boxes. Application of concepts, techniques and ideas from other arts to cinema.
Cinema, poetry, diaries: the relationship of cinema with poetic forms. Assembly and organization of images based on rhymes and literary forms.
Cinema as an expansion of painting. Beginnings of experimental animation.
Structural cinema. Experiments with cinema as a subject.
Film performance. Disorganize the movie room. Principles of expanded cinema.
Conceptual approaches. Paracinema and dematerialized cinema, cinema on paper.
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Experimental animation workshop: Frame by frame I.
Individual collage animation practice.
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Classical and performance video art: Francis Alÿs, Vitto Acconci, Bruce Nauman.
Examples of own work.
Video by author: Joan Mekas, Guido van der Werwe, Chantal Akerman, Rodney Graham, Ragnar Kjartansoon.
Practical exercise.
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Found footage.
Cinema without a camera.
Edition.
Authors: Matthias Müller, Douglas Gordon, Chris Marclay.
Examples of own work: Paraíso, Take 1, Grüsse aus Spanien.
Practical exercise on the editing table and subsequent viewing.
Approaches for a project (work processes I).
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Other television was possible: Aldo Tambelini, Harun Farocki, Manuel Huerga.
Pioneers of experimental cinema and video in Spain: Antoni Muntadas and Eugenia Balcells.
Video performance: Chris Burden.
Marina Abramovic: a star in video art.
Example of curating: Lo que puede un cuerpo (Festival Her).
Cabello/Carceller's work within queer activism in performance and video.
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Workshop: Frame by frame II.
Rotoscopy. Fundamentals and practice.
One step further: explanation of experimental techniques.
Collective exercise.
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Portuguese overview: Juliao Sarmento, Joao Onofre, Jorge molder, Francisco Queirós, Noé Sendas, Henrique Pavao.
Practical exercise.
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Approaches for a project (work processes II).
Practical exercise from A to Z: group development of the creative process.
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Video art and feminism: origins with Dara Birnbaum, Valie Export and Martha Rosler. Video and feminism since the 90s: Mona Hatoum, Sam Taylor Wood and Catti Brandelius.
'Cinematic' video art: the examples of Erwin Olaf, Nicolas Provost and Isaac Julien.
Spain: Carles Congost and his pop drifts.
The video clip and the 'musical rehearsal' in images: video, music and political activism. The African Diasporas: John Akomfrah, Black Quantum Futurism & The Otolith Group. David Domingo aka Stanley Sunday.
Found footage cinema and recycled video.
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Workshop: Expanded cinema and film performance I.
Expanded cinema practice. Multiscreen work.
Collective exercise.
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The city as a project: mapping the city. The urban: description and use of space.
Memory and landscape.
Examples of own work: Metropolis, GBU.
Authors: Mark Lewis, Julian Rosefeldt.
Tutoring of individual projects and subsequent viewing.
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Narrative and editing: practical exercise and sharing.
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Video curation project. Contemporary visions: latest trends in film and video in Spain.
IG + Tik Tok: the video in times of RR.SS. Filip Custic & Virgin Mary.
How to move and distribute video.
The artistic practice of Ana Esteve Reig.
VR- augmented reality and moving images. Beyond net art.
The figure of the Vj in audiovisual concerts.
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Workshop: Expanded cinema and film performance II.
Expanded cinema practice. Light games and immersive experiences.
Expanded cinema practice. Conceptual operations.
Academic Outlook
Teacher Leader
Artist who has been working with photography and video art for 25 years. His work is in the collections of the main museums in Spain and he has exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, such as the MNCARS (Madrid), Fisher Gallery (Los Angeles), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) and the Center Pompidou (Paris). Likewise, she has received numerous artistic scholarships in Europe and Asia.
Teachers
Rui Calçada Bastos
A multidisciplinary artist, with a special focus on photography and video, he regularly exhibits in galleries and museums throughout Europe. Her work has been seen at MAAT and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon), Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación Botín (Madrid) and Villa Aurora (Los Angeles).
Elena Duque
Filmmaker, programmer, critic, editor and teacher. She has made experimental and animated pieces that have been seen at festivals such as the London Animation Film Festival, Documenta Madrid or the Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris. She has worked for film festivals such as Gijón, Rotterdam and Bafici (Buenos Aires) as a programmer, critic, editor and moderator. Recently, she has been a Visual Arts resident at Matadero Madrid.
Natalia Piñuel
Art historian, cultural researcher and curator. Co-founder of the Playtime Audiovisuales platform. Curator for art centers and cultural institutions such as Espacio Fundación Telefónica, MUSAC, Azkuna Zentroa, AECID and the Cervantes Institute. She coordinates the She Makes Noise festival at La Casa Encendida.
More than 50 years training creators in a multidisciplinary artistic environment.
We are committed to research and innovation in arts: our teachers are seasoned professionals and we continually organize masterclasses and meetings with industry leaders. More than 30.000 alumni from more than 30 countries around the world. Agreements with more than 700 companies in the artistic and audiovisual sector. The Largest University Campus of the Arts in the cultural center of Madrid.
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