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INT 428 Art Between Practice and Discourse
MEF University
Degree Programs
Interior Design
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Interior Design
Bachelor Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture
Course Code INT 428
Course Title in English Art Between Practice and Discourse
Course Title in Turkish Art Between Practice and Discourse
Language of Instruction
Type of Course Lecture
Level of Course Advanced
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: - Lab: - Other: -
Estimated Student Workload 126 hours per semester
Number of Credits 5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites ARC 202 - Architectural Design IV | INT 202 - Interior Design II
ARC 202 - Architectural Design IV | INT 202 - Interior Design II
Expected Prior Knowledge 4 semesters of design studio
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Only Undergraduate Students
Overall Educational Objective To learn to understand the history and theory of Art during 19th & 20th Century.
Course Description In a conversation between Deleuze and Foucault about Intellectuals and Power, M. Foucault’s description about Theory and Practice is ‘’...theory does not express, translate, or serve to apply practice: it is practice.’’ According to G. Deleuze, ‘‘Practice is a set of relays from one theoretical point to another, and theory is a relay from one practice to another. No theory can develop without eventually encountering a wall, and practice is necessary for piercing this wall.’’ To understand the phenomenons of modern and postmodern eras, the main source is an anthology about Art in 20th century, ART in Theory 1900-2000 An Anthology of Changing Ideas, Edited by Charles Harrison & Paul Wood. In this case, keywords for the course are Classicism, Modernity, Cubism, Dada, Construction, Realism, Avant-Garde, Dogma 95, Pop Art, Minimalism, Suprematism, Deconstruction, Postmodern, Modern and Futurism.
Course Description in Turkish Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze ile gerçekleştirdiği Entellektüeller ve İktidar başlıklı bir söyleşisinde Teori ve Pratik arasındaki ilişkiyi ‘’Teori bir pratiği açıklamaz, ifade etmez, uygulamaz; teori bir pratiktir.’’ diye tanımlar. Deleuze ise ‘‘Pratik, teorik bir noktadan diğerine olan aracıların toplamıdır ve teori, bir pratikten diğerine bir aracıdır. Hiçbir teori, bir tür duvarla karşılaşmadan gelişemez ve duvarı delmek için de pratik gerekir.’’ Buradan hareketle, Modern ve Postmodern dönemleri kavrayabilmek için dersin ana kaynağı olarak Charles Harrison ve Paul Wood tarafından derlenen Teoride Sanat 1900-2000: Değişen Fikirlerin Antolojisi, adlı kitap kullanılacak. Dönem boyunca Klasizm, Modernite, Kübizm, Dadaizm,Avant-Garde, Dogma 95, Minimalizm, Yapıbozum, Postmodern ve Futurizm gibi sanat akımları ve kavramlar eğitmen ve öğrenciler tarafından performatif sunum teknikleriyle anlatılarak, farklı kavrama ve tartışma biçimlerine yer verilecek.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) appreciate relation between art and architecture;
2) understand art movements during 20th century;
3) understand movements in architecture during 20th century;
4) comprehend history of art and architecture;
5) recognize contemporary art movements that are related to architecture;
6) comprehend contemporary art, history of art and architecture;
7) discuss art theories in architectural practice.
Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1) Ability to read, write and speak effectively in Turkish and English, equivalent to a B2 European Language Passport Level in English.
2) Ability to use information and understanding of the perceptive, experiential and behavioral aspects of human – space relationship as an input of interior design.
3) Ability to re-interpret the Interior Design profession under the light of rapidly changing theories and approaches.
4) Ability to develop a personal and critical perspective towards the design of spaces.
5) Ability to effectively implement interdisciplinary design and research principles into the solution of problems in her/his field.
6) Ability to bring together her/his knowledge and insight obtained from various sources into the design of interior design problems in a creative way.
7) Ability to use the ethical methodology necessary to develop sustainable interior design approaches with the perspective of social responsibility.
8) Ability to access and use knowledge towards the development of interior spaces using materials and products within the scope of sustainability.
9) Ability to use entrepreneurship, creative thinking and leadership skills towards developing innovative interior design approaches.
10) Ability to find solutions to interior design problems by developing interdisciplinary approaches and within the context of local, national and global networks.
11) Ability to present design ideas in visual, verbal and written media as well as ability to share ideas using analog and digital techniques in national and international professional circles.
12) Ability to develop sensitive and sustainable design approaches respecting needs of various users, local and regional values, natural and cultural heritage.
13) Ability to design interiors in an integral fashion with building systems.
14) Ability to determine individual learning needs in order to become an intellectual professional and the ability to connect with national and international professionals as well as groups.
15) Ability to develop interior design proposals that are suitable for national and international standards, professional etiquette, regulations and legal procedures.
16) Ability to keep track of contemporary research, inventions, approaches and technologies in order to develop new ways of thinking and creating.
17) Ability to create a difference through design solutions by defining and evaluating social and spatial problems, ability to make those available to the society.

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) Ability to read, write and speak effectively in Turkish and English, equivalent to a B2 European Language Passport Level in English. H Participation
2) Ability to use information and understanding of the perceptive, experiential and behavioral aspects of human – space relationship as an input of interior design. S
3) Ability to re-interpret the Interior Design profession under the light of rapidly changing theories and approaches. S
4) Ability to develop a personal and critical perspective towards the design of spaces. S
5) Ability to effectively implement interdisciplinary design and research principles into the solution of problems in her/his field. H Presentation
6) Ability to bring together her/his knowledge and insight obtained from various sources into the design of interior design problems in a creative way. S
7) Ability to use the ethical methodology necessary to develop sustainable interior design approaches with the perspective of social responsibility. S
8) Ability to access and use knowledge towards the development of interior spaces using materials and products within the scope of sustainability. S
9) Ability to use entrepreneurship, creative thinking and leadership skills towards developing innovative interior design approaches. S
10) Ability to find solutions to interior design problems by developing interdisciplinary approaches and within the context of local, national and global networks. H Presentation
11) Ability to present design ideas in visual, verbal and written media as well as ability to share ideas using analog and digital techniques in national and international professional circles. H Presentation
12) Ability to develop sensitive and sustainable design approaches respecting needs of various users, local and regional values, natural and cultural heritage. S
13) Ability to design interiors in an integral fashion with building systems. S
14) Ability to determine individual learning needs in order to become an intellectual professional and the ability to connect with national and international professionals as well as groups. S
15) Ability to develop interior design proposals that are suitable for national and international standards, professional etiquette, regulations and legal procedures. S
16) Ability to keep track of contemporary research, inventions, approaches and technologies in order to develop new ways of thinking and creating. H Presentation
17) Ability to create a difference through design solutions by defining and evaluating social and spatial problems, ability to make those available to the society. S
Prepared by and Date KERİM KÜRKÇÜ , February 2020
Course Coordinator AKTS1
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor Öğr. Gör. KERİM KÜRKÇÜ

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Introduction – Basic Concepts - What is Art? - Presentation Assignments
2) Inclass - Art Theories
3) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 1-A Classicism and Originality 1-B Expression and the Primitive
4) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 2-A Modernity 2-B Cubism
5) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 3-A Neo-Classicism and the Call to Order 3-B Dissent and Disorder
6) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 3-C Abstraction and Form 3-D Utility and Construction
7) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 4-A The Modem as Ideal 4-B Realism as Figuration
8) Inclass - MIDTERM - Performative Presentations from Students 4-C Realism as Critique 4-D Modernism as Critique
9) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 5-A The American Avant-Garde 5-B Individualism in Europe 5-C Art and Society
10) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 6-A Art and Modern Life 6-B Modernist Art
11) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 7-A Objecthood and Reductivism 7-B Attitudes to Form
12) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 7-C Political Aspects 7-D Critical Revisions
13) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 8-A The Condition of History 8-B The Critique of Originality
14) Inclass - Performative Presentations from Students 8-C Figures of Difference
15) final examination period
16) final examination period
Required/Recommended ReadingsHarrison C. & Wood Paul, ART in THEORY 1900-2000, 2003, Blackwell Publishing Giddens Anthony, MODERNLİĞİN SONUÇLARI, 2016, Ayrıntı Kuspit Donald, SANATIN SONU, 2014, Metis Deleuze G. & Guattari F., FELSEFE NEDİR, 1992, YKY Foucault Michel, ENTELLEKTÜELİN SİYASİ İŞLEVİ, 1994, Ayrıntı Foucault Michel, ÖZNE ve İKTİDAR, 1994, Ayrıntı Roth Leland M., MİMARLIĞIN ÖYKÜSÜ, 2002, Kabalcı Yayınevi Freud Sigmund, SANAT ve SANATÇILAR ÜZERİNE, 1994, YKY Lenoir Beatrice, SANAT YAPITI, 2003, YKY Harrison C. & Wood Paul & Gaiger J., ART in THEORY 1815-1900, 1998, Blackwell Publishing Sennett Richard, TEN ve TAŞ; Batı Uygarlığında Beden ve Şehir, 2001, Metis Yayınları Rasmussen Steen Eiler, YAŞANAN MİMARİ, 1994, Remzi Kitapevi Trasi Nicoletta, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARCHITECTURE, 2001, Wiley-Academy Christian Bjone, ART and ARCHITECTURE: STRATEGIES in COLLABORATION, 2009, Birkhauser Jane Rendell, ART and ARCHITECTURE: A PLACE BETWEEN, 2006, I. B. Tauris Finkelpearl Tom, DIALOGUES in PUBLIC ART, 2000, MIT Kemp L. Roger (ed.), CITIES and THE ART, 2004, McFarland & Company
Teaching MethodsThe course will have presentations by the instructor as well as extensive discussion by the class. Every week students will make performative presentations to explain art theories.
Homework and Projects1 presentation 1 final work
Laboratory Work-
Computer Useyes
Other ActivitiesPerformance Art, Storytelling
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Attendance 1 % 20
Presentation 1 % 50
Seminar 1 % 20
Final Examination 1 % 10
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration kerimkurkcu@gmail.com
Kerim Kürkçü / Uniq Gallery
Office: Kerim Kürkçü / Uniq Gallery Email: kerimkurkcu@gmail.com Attendance is essential for this course. The students are responsible of participating the artist’s studio visits and Gallery visits. Most of the class and visits time will be allocated to discussion of Art and architectural concepts, ideas, applications. Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism: YOK Disciplinary Regulation

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 1 3 1 70
Homework Assignments 14 4 56
Total Workload 126
Total Workload/25 5.0
ECTS 5