The Construction of Space

The construction of geometric space is fundamental to all cultural development. The intellectual concept of what space is contains two related principles. The principle of infinite space and the principle of finite space. Every space we see or inhabit contains both principles. From Greek antiquity to the Renaissance, to modernity, and finally to our own time, both principles have been interpreted according to the ideas and needs of the time. When we ask about the construction of space today, we involuntarily ask how we understand and inhabit our being as placed in a certain time, in a certain space that we call our own. The tasks are of a practical nature and are supplemented by the necessary theoretical knowledge.

    1. What this course is about

    2. Theory: Defining the finite and infinite space

    3. Test: Defining the finite and infinite space / Renaissance

    4. Test: Defining the finite and infinite space / Immanuel Kant

    5. Test: Defining the finite and infinite space / Friedrich Hegel

    1. Theory: How we take what does not exist

    2. Practical task I: Measure objects of nature

    3. Practical task I: Video

    4. Practical task I / Your results

    5. Practical task II: Fix the time and movement of growth

    6. Practical task II: Video

    7. Practical task II / Your results

    1. Theory I: All measurements are taken from the body

    2. Theory II: Tension between dynamic bodies and static spaceNew Lesson

    3. Test: Marcel Duchamp and the transition of the static body

    4. Practical Task: Take the measurements of the dynamic body

    5. Practical Task: Video

    6. Practical task / Your results

    1. Theory: Space for the static body

    2. Test: What does "static" mean?

    3. Practical Task: Construct a space for the static body I

    4. Practical Task I: Video

    5. Practical task I / Your results

    6. Practical Task: Construct a space for the static body II

    7. Practical Task II: Video

    8. Practical task II / your results

    1. Theory: Space for the dynamic body

    2. Test: Space for the dynamic body

    3. Practical Task: The static element of a dynamic space

    4. Practical task / Your results

    1. Theory: Combining static and dynamic

    2. Test: Combining static and dynamic

    3. Practical Task: Creating an artwork out of static and dynamic spaces

    4. Practical task / Your results
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