The module is, therefore, organised into blocks, and the pace will be variable. NB Material will be viewed which is often controversial in nature, which could involve erotic or political images or texts, and which may be designed to shock. We explore Bourdieu's work on the sociology of 'taste', and begin to view material. Rejections A block on experimental work that arose out of realism debates. Implications for the avant-garde.
Students follow the suggested agenda above, or suggest one of their own.
The classics - Dali and Bunuel. The heritage - situationists and Czech animators. Cod surrealism, parodies, commercialisation, ads. Pomo as a commercial style and a response to an 'indifferent' audience. You are invited to produce a short experimental piece, in any medium, or a parody of one, or an ironic comment upon someone else's.