Information Package / Course Catalogue
Arts In The Environment And Public Space
Course Code: ZPM603
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Examination of art and society relation, environmental awareness of art and art in the environment. In the frame of today's contemporary art understanding, to enable the artistic practices in public life in urban life to see the effects of art on public space and social life.

Course Content

From the beginning of 20th century until today, an examination of the relationship between environment, public space, ecology and art in modern and contemporary arts: Relation with "environment" as both the subject and in which the artwork is produced.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Özgür KAMER AKSOY
Learning Outcomes
1.In the frame of modern and contemporary art movements and examples; can synthesize knowledge about social life, public sphere, ecology, environment and art, current issues with professional practices.
2.Participates in artistic production-presentation processes in accordance with the principles of interdisciplinary harmonization.
3.Associates the relevant solutions in global and social dimensions and recognizes their effect.
4.He / she has enough knowledge about cultural values and protection of the environment.
5.The artists and galleries can interpret their positions in contemporary art as artistic institutions.
6.The work can be discussed on the output of the public space and through the works of art.
7.Performance, Happening, Land Art, Body Art, Feminist Art, Earth Art, Arte Povera, Action, Sculpture / Art can evaluate the environment and the relationships established with society.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.SANAT MANİFESTOLARI, Ali Artun (Derleyen), Avangard Sanat ve Direniş, İletişim Yayınları: İstanbul, 2010.
2.BEYAZ KÜPÜN İÇİNDE/ Galeri Mekanının İdeolojisi, Brian O Doherty , Sel Yayıncılık, Birinci Baskı, 2010
3.BURADAN ÇOK UZAKTA BİR KAMUSAL ALAN PROJESİ, Zühal Baysar, Sanat Dünyamız 99, (Yaz 2006):161-67
4.ART IN THEORY, Charles Harrison and Paul Wood (Ed.), 1900-2000, Oxford: Blackwells, 2001.
5.ÇAĞDAŞ KAPİTALİZM MEKANSAL ÖRGÜTLENMESİ, Hakkı Yırtıcı, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2005
6.MODERNİZMİN SERÜVENİ, Enis Batur (Derleyen), YKY: İstanbul.
7.GENİŞLEYEN DÜNYADA SANAT, KENT VE SİYASET: 9, İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı, 2005
8.İLİŞKİSEL ESTETİK, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bağlam Yayınları Theoria Dizisi, 2005
9.KAMUSAL ALAN VE GÜNCEL SANAT, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2006/2007
10.KAMUSAL ALAN, Meral Özbek, İstanbul: Hil Yayınları, 2004
11.NEW YORK KULLANMA KILAVUZU, Sophia Calle, YKY Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002
12.OLASILIKLAR, DURUŞLAR, MÜZAKERE/GÜNCEL SANATTA KAMUSAL ALAN TARTIŞMALARI, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Kasım 2007
13.POSTPRODÜKSİYON, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bağlam Yayınları Theoria Dizisi, 2004
14.ART SINCE 1900, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin Buchloh, Hal Foster, Rosalind Krauss, London: Thames and Hudson, 2005.
15.YENİ TİP KAMUSAL SANAT ÜZERİNE BİR SÖYLEŞİ, Zerrin İren Boynudelik, Sanat Dünyamız (Kış 2006): 218-25
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Galleries and museums as contemporary art positions as artistic institutions. Discussion of examples of the work through the use of public works and art works.
Week 2 - Theoretical
From the Impressionism to the 20th century avant-garde currents (Dada, Surrealism ..)
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pop Art and Consumption Culture, New Realism, Arte Povera
Week 4 - Theoretical
Fluxus, Situationists, city and art relation in the context of Conceptual Art
Week 5 - Theoretical
Performance, Body Art, Happening, Action
Week 6 - Theoretical
Criticism of visual regime, Feminist Art
Week 7 - Theoretical
Earth Art, Land Art
Week 8 - Theoretical
Earth Art (Land Art), Land Art (Land Art)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Public Space, Public Area Art and Sculptors, Public Art
Week 10 - Theoretical
Public Space, Public Area Art and Sculptors, Public Art
Week 11 - Theoretical
Public Space and Art relations in Turkey, Sculptures in public places
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Counter Monument and its discussions
Week 13 - Theoretical
New Type of Public Art, After and Problems
Week 14 - Theoretical
Urban Interventions, Graphite
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment2048
Individual Work140570
Midterm Examination136440
Final Examination136440
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
4
5
OÇ-2
4
3
OÇ-3
5
2
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
4
OÇ-6
3
OÇ-7
4
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