Continuing Education
COURSE FINDER
Artist As Philosopher: Postmodernism in Practice
Oct 9 - Nov 13
$225
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Location
Online
Faculty
Keren Moscovitch,
Visual artist, philosopher
In this course students will explore a rich variety of contemporary philosophical ideas through reading, discussion and art production. We will begin with the turn from modernism to postmodernism, and an overview of the ontological and existential questions that accompanied the two world wars; we then follow up with explorations of language, identity and activism in the history of art and ideas. With an emphasis on poetics, poststructuralism, critical theory, and the postcolonial and feminist contributions of the 20th and 21st centuries, this course will reveal the workings of language and its deconstruction in creative practice. Through online lectures presented in a variety of media, guest speakers, film screenings and discussion boards, each student's work will be reviewed and discussed in relation to texts by a range of artists and philosophers. Students are invited to participate using the creative media of their choice, from traditional to new media. All levels welcome. No prior experience with philosophy is necessary.
NOTE: This course is fully online and offered through a combination of regularly scheduled sessions during the listed course hours, as well as asynchronous material that may include prerecorded lectures and media, and interactive discussions.
NOTE: This course is fully online and offered through a combination of regularly scheduled sessions during the listed course hours, as well as asynchronous material that may include prerecorded lectures and media, and interactive discussions.
Course Number
VCC-2612-OL
Credits
1.5 CEUs