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FINE ARTS Creation in Public Space

ABOUT US

The basis of studies at the Department of Arts is research, analysis and the formation of relationships between art, design and public spaces. Educators at the Department of Arts support creative and innovative thinking in the field of creation, reception and critique of artistic creation in public space. They prefer a multidisciplinary approach to creative practice with the active use of all available media. These may include the creation of 2D and 3D physical and digital objects, installations, environments, but also drafts for interventions in urban, landscape and mixed public spaces and various ways of individual and community participation of the civil public in their creation.

Study Programme Fine Arts - Creation in Public Space, which is provided by the Department of Arts, follows the current tendencies of temporary and permanent interventions in public space and prepares experts who will actively influence the quality of public space.

studios

doc. Mgr.A Daniel Hanzlík
Daniel Hanzlík

The studio focuses on multimedia approaches in contemporary art that combine temporal and spatial formats and use the permeability of traditional and new media. Through work with video, audiovisual installations, and performative methods, it explores relationships between image, sound, and space, as well as their mutual interactions. This creative process combines a rational approach with intuitive perception, developing students' ability to understand contemporary art in its diverse forms and contexts. Regular consultations support both individual and collaborative projects, fostering critical artistic thinking and the ability to creatively respond to current challenges.

MgA. Jaroslav Prokeš Ph.D.
Jaroslav Prokeš

The studio emphasizes spatial solutions in both gallery and non-gallery environments. It aims to approach space through artistic interventions and site-specific installations connected to its historical and current context, conditions, and potential. The form and technologies used derive from the nature of the chosen topic, ranging from traditional to contemporary. The studio assumes a willingness to work, creativity, and the ability to research contexts, similar solutions, and associations. The design and validation of the chosen approach take place through regular consultations, models, and material testing. If students defend their own project topics, they are not required to follow the studio assignments.

doc. Jan Stolín, M.A.
Jan Stolín

The studio's focus is on independent artistic creation and an innovative perspective on art in public spaces. We develop the ability for thorough exploration and analysis of relationships between art, private and shared public spaces, and all circumstances of their mutual interaction. We address strategies and functions of art in public spaces, conditions of its reception, and critique. Students gain insights into the social, cultural, and artistic infrastructure of community and societal environments. Our program supports creative and innovative thinking in shaping, receiving, and critiquing art in public spaces, preferring a multidisciplinary approach to creative practice with active use of all available media.

MgA. Petra Vlachynská Ph.D.
Petra Vlachynská

The studio focuses on artistic creation in the context of public space and architecture. It offers a platform for interdisciplinary and critical examination of contemporary challenges related to urban transformation, sustainability, and social issues. Therefore, we deal with the analysis and perception of the environment in its tangible and intangible dimensions, as well as from the perspective of its users, actors, and professions. Artistic creation has a unique ability to respond to themes, tensions, and contradictions present in the urban or landscape environment and reinterpret them in new ways. The studio emphasizes an open and reflective approach to creative work while familiarizing students with the process of project preparation and implementation throughout their studies.

STUDIES

bachelor study programme

The Department of Arts, Faculty of Arts and Architecture of the Technical University of Liberec guarantees the bachelor's study program Fine Arts - Creation in Public Space. The subject of the study is creation in public space. The study program provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills in creation in a publicly shared space. The basis of the study is the research, analysis and formation of relationships between design, art and publicly shared spaces formed by civil society. The study deals with the ways, procedures and methods of creation in public space, the conditions of their reception and criticism. The main goal of the study is to provide students with space for the development of their own creative potential, insight and critical thinking in the field of public space creation.

The study program Fine Arts - Creation in Public Space deals with design on the border and outside the borders of individual artistic fields and media. The creation of current relations between these and other fields is directly connected with the concepts and performances of the community, public (civic) activities and initiatives. The study program follows the current tendencies of interventions in public space and prepares experts who will actively influence the quality of public space.

profile of the graduate

Graduates of the program will work as designers of objects and environments in public space in all its contexts. They can also work as independent artists in the fields of free or applied arts, as members and collaborators of art, design, architectural and urban studios and groups, but also as consultants for civic initiatives and community associations. Graduates create works in the public space (objects of installation and environment) designed without restrictions by classical and modern artistic, architectural and urban types and media. They can include the creation of 2D and 3D physical and digital objects, installations, environments, but also various drafts for interventions in urban, landscape and mixed public spaces and places, and finally various ways of individual and community participation of the civic public in their creation.

Generally, even a purposefully educated graduate will be able to combine various expert approaches in practice and share creative processes with professions often isolated in professional chambers or artistic associations/groups. He will be able to critically reconsider the relationship of these professions to the public interest in practice and in theory, and also to take into account the various tensions between science, technology and art in the field of public space. The graduate of the bachelor's study program will obtain a degree similar to other art universities - bachelor of arts (abbreviation BcA.)

Selection of bachelor's theses for the last 5 years

master's degree program

The subject of the study is mainly free artistic creation and an innovative view of creation in public space. The Fine Arts - Creation in Public Space programme provides primarily theoretical knowledge and skills in artistic creation and expands on its possibilities and impacts on public space. The study emphasizes the ability of thorough research and analysis of the relationships between art, private and public shared spaces and all the circumstances of their interaction. It deals with the strategies and functions of art in public space, the conditions of their reception and criticism. Includes knowledge of the social, cultural and artistic infrastructure of community and public environments.

The program supports creative and innovative thinking in the field of formation, reception and criticism of artistic creation in public space and prefers a multidisciplinary approach to creative practice with the active use of all available media. Creation in public space deals with mapping the intersection of artistic disciplines represented at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture of the Technical University of Liberec (art, architecture, urbanism) in the design and implementation of independent artistic concepts and projects in the field of art, society and media. It is directly connected with trained work and participation focused on the cultivation of social, spiritual and physical space, which is shared and provides inspiration to its surroundings. It deals with concepts developing public (civic) activities and initiatives.

profile of the graduate

The program is designed so that the graduate is not only a practically and artistically capable personality using qualified new technologies with the ability to respond not only to common assignments in the field of art, but also a personality who is able to meet requirements for assignment in relation to public space. The graduate is an active form-forming article which design the information field of public space. The graduate should be a completely independent talented creator finding employment mainly in the fields of free art with an overlap to general and special issues of space as such.

The program is aimed at personalities who have skills in visual practice, performance, video, sound and creative arts, architecture, fashion and curatorial and cultural disciplines with ambitions to develop their skills within their current career or to move in artistic practice in public and social space. The Master of Arts (Creation in Public Space) develops a dialogue between society and public space. His work provides a space for in-depth reflection on how and why to function within the artistic and wider social community. The graduate of the master's study program will obtain a degree intended for schools of arts - master of arts (abbreviation MgA.).

A selection of master's theses from the last 5 years

admissions

For admission to study at the Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Department of Fine Arts - Creation in Public Space, it is necessary to complete the admission procedure of a talent nature. It is divided into two days and consists of an interview and evaluation of the applicant's portfolio, as well as practical parts on site. Sample assignments and current information for the upcoming proceedings are available below.

Coming admission - information Model task Manual for bachelor's and master's theses

CONTACT

study department

Eva Konopová

head of the department

doc. M.A. Jan Stolín - dean

members of the department

MgA. Jaroslav Prokeš Ph.D. MgA. Petra Vlachynská Ph.D.