Avant-Garde Art and Film

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This survey course will take a critical studies approach to the aesthetic, historical and ideological issues in avant-garde art, film, and media. This course will be structured around major phases of experimental, independent and radical non-narrative/non-commercial cinema from the 1920s to the present. In addition to considering new modes of production, we will address alternative forms of distribution and exhibition. We will also examine how these historical moments speak to contemporary calls to provide more diverse and inclusive modes of representation. Students will be required to attend weekly class lectures and discussions as well as weekly lab screenings.