COML 4006

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COML 4006
Counter-Time: Anachronism and Obsolescence in Contemporary Art

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

The aim of this course is to present a map of theories and artistic strategies in order to better understand the validity of the anachronism and obsolescence in today's culture. During recent years, artists have started to work incorporating technologies, iconographies, references and elements that do not belong to the present timeline. Obsolescence in particular is used as a master strategy to display the alteration of temporality. A whole host of theorists and art historians also have used anachronism as a methodological tool and have advocated for an anachronistic interpretation of contemporary art. Theorists to include: Bloch, Benjamin, Didi-Huberman, Bal, Nagel, Terry Smith, Moxey, Rancière and Negri. Artists to include: Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Zoe Leonard, Rodney Graham, Warren Neidich, Matthew Buckingham, Anri Sala, Peter Forgacs, and Francesc Torres.


Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 15 students.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 4577, SHUM 4507, VISST 4577

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17490 COML 4006   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person