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'''Dušan Barok''' is an artist, writer and cultural activist involved in critical practise in the fields of software, art, and theory.
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'''Dušan Barok''' is an artist, writer and cultural activist involved in critical practice in the fields of software, art, and theory.
  
 
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Born in [[Bratislava]], he graduated in information technologies from the University of Economics, [[Bratislava]] (DI, 2002), and [[Networked Media Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam|Networked Media]] from the [[Piet Zwart Institute]], [[Rotterdam]] (MA, 2012).  
 
Born in [[Bratislava]], he graduated in information technologies from the University of Economics, [[Bratislava]] (DI, 2002), and [[Networked Media Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam|Networked Media]] from the [[Piet Zwart Institute]], [[Rotterdam]] (MA, 2012).  
  
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He founded and ran the online culture portal [[Koridor]] (in Slovak, 1999-2002). In 2003 he co-founded [[BURUNDI]] media lab and organised the [[Translab]] evening series there. Developed the open source tool for online group-help [[backstage]], and around 70 websites and open access databases for artistic, cultural and educational organisations. Together with [[Magdaléna Kobzová]] he organised the two-week long workshop-based event [[Summer Open Academy|Letné dielne / Summer Open Academy]], bringing together people from the arts, technology, media and humanities (Bratislava, 2006 & 2007). From 2004 he was involved in the organisation of [[Multiplace]] network culture festival, in 2007-09 as festival coordinator. Since 2008, together with [[Peter Gonda]] he has been running the free art server [[Sanchez]]. In 2004, he initiated [[Monoskop:About|Monoskop]], a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities; and in 2009, together with [[Tomáš Kovács]], its affiliated online repository of publications, [[Monoskop Log]]. In the spring of 2015, together with [[BEK|Bergen Center for Electronic Arts]], he organised and moderated a series of seminars on media aesthetics, ''[[The Extensions of Many]]''; in the autumn, a symposium entitled ''[[Ideographies of Knowledge]]''.
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He founded and ran the online culture portal ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20030207051115/http://koridor.factory.sk/indexe.php Koridor]'' (in Slovak, 1999-2002). In 2003 he co-founded [[BURUNDI]] media lab and organised the [[Translab]] evening series there. Developed the open source tool for online group-help [[backstage]], and around 70 websites and open access databases for artistic, cultural and educational organisations. Together with [[Magdaléna Kobzová]] he organised the two-week long workshop-based event [[Summer Open Academy|Letné dielne / Summer Open Academy]], bringing together people from the arts, technology, media and humanities (Bratislava, 2006 & 2007). From 2004 he was involved in the organisation of [[Multiplace]] network culture festival, in 2007-09 as festival coordinator. Since 2008, together with [[Peter Gonda]] he has been running the free art server [[Sanchez]]. In 2004, he initiated [[Monoskop:About|Monoskop]], a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities; and in 2009, together with [[Tomáš Kovács]], its affiliated online repository of publications, [[Monoskop Log]]. In the spring of 2015, together with [[BEK|Bergen Center for Electronic Arts]], he organised and moderated a series of seminars on media aesthetics, ''[[The Extensions of Many]]''; in the autumn, a symposium entitled ''[[Ideographies of Knowledge]]''.
  
 
In [[2012]] he has co-founded the artist collective [[La Société Anonyme]]. Collaborated with [[OKNO]], [[Atrakt Art]] ([[3/4|3/4 magazine]]), [[13m3]], [[Col-me]], [[Satori]], [[Artlist]], and others. Taught interactive media at Prague College (2006) and lectured at universities and academies internationally. He had lived in the United States (2002-03), [[Prague]] (2004-08), [[Berlin]] (2008-10), [[Rotterdam]] (2010-12), and currently is based in [[Bergen]] and [[Bratislava]].
 
In [[2012]] he has co-founded the artist collective [[La Société Anonyme]]. Collaborated with [[OKNO]], [[Atrakt Art]] ([[3/4|3/4 magazine]]), [[13m3]], [[Col-me]], [[Satori]], [[Artlist]], and others. Taught interactive media at Prague College (2006) and lectured at universities and academies internationally. He had lived in the United States (2002-03), [[Prague]] (2004-08), [[Berlin]] (2008-10), [[Rotterdam]] (2010-12), and currently is based in [[Bergen]] and [[Bratislava]].
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==Talks, essays, interviews==
 
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===Recent talks===
 
* "Dívat se na databázi: Audiovizuální archiv prizmatem softwaru a databází", [[Artyčok.tv]], The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Nov 2012. [http://www.facebook.com/events/364757430284622/?ref=22]
 
* "Dívat se na databázi: Audiovizuální archiv prizmatem softwaru a databází", [[Artyčok.tv]], The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Nov 2012. [http://www.facebook.com/events/364757430284622/?ref=22]
 
* "You'll Like This Art Because You're In It", ''Karaoke Europe: Očarenie realitou'' symposium, [[Stanica]], Žilina, Dec 2012. [http://www.stanica.sk/2012/12/04/karaoke-europe-ocarenie-realitou/]
 
* "You'll Like This Art Because You're In It", ''Karaoke Europe: Očarenie realitou'' symposium, [[Stanica]], Žilina, Dec 2012. [http://www.stanica.sk/2012/12/04/karaoke-europe-ocarenie-realitou/]
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* [[Talks/Algoritmy_a_sloboda|"Algoritmy a sloboda"]], DOX, Prague; FAMU, Prague, and Masaryk University, Brno, Oct 2015. [http://dox.cz/cs/doprovodne-akce/algoritmy-a-svoboda] [http://www.facebook.com/events/1511859842470642/] [http://www.facebook.com/events/1677113762559956/] {{sk}}
 
* [[Talks/Algoritmy_a_sloboda|"Algoritmy a sloboda"]], DOX, Prague; FAMU, Prague, and Masaryk University, Brno, Oct 2015. [http://dox.cz/cs/doprovodne-akce/algoritmy-a-svoboda] [http://www.facebook.com/events/1511859842470642/] [http://www.facebook.com/events/1677113762559956/] {{sk}}
  
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===Interviews (given)===
 
* "[[Media:Monoskop_v_sieti_Rozhovor_Michala_Murina_s_Dusanom_Barokom_2012.pdf|Monoskop v sieti. Rozhovor Michala Murina s Dušanom Barokom]]", ''Profil'' 4, Bratislava, 2012, pp 92-105. Conducted Jul-Aug 2012. {{sk}}
 
* "[[Media:Monoskop_v_sieti_Rozhovor_Michala_Murina_s_Dusanom_Barokom_2012.pdf|Monoskop v sieti. Rozhovor Michala Murina s Dušanom Barokom]]", ''Profil'' 4, Bratislava, 2012, pp 92-105. Conducted Jul-Aug 2012. {{sk}}
 
* Robert Bobnič, Jurij Smrke, Jasmina Šepetavc, [[Media:Bobnic_Robert_Smrke_Jurij_Sepetavc_Jasmina_Monoskop.pdf|"Monoskop, Interview"]], ''Tribuna'', Ljubljana, Dec 2012, pp 16-17. Conducted Nov 2012 during HAIP festival in Ljubljana. [[Media:Tribuna_HAIP_2012.pdf|Full issue]]. {{sl}}
 
* Robert Bobnič, Jurij Smrke, Jasmina Šepetavc, [[Media:Bobnic_Robert_Smrke_Jurij_Sepetavc_Jasmina_Monoskop.pdf|"Monoskop, Interview"]], ''Tribuna'', Ljubljana, Dec 2012, pp 16-17. Conducted Nov 2012 during HAIP festival in Ljubljana. [[Media:Tribuna_HAIP_2012.pdf|Full issue]]. {{sl}}
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* Valerio Nicoletti, Davide Giorgetta, "They are not yet books. Conversation with Dušan Barok / Non sono ancora  libri. Conversazione con Dušan Barok", ''Progetto Grafico'' 28: "Publishing", Milan: AIAP, Nov 2015. Conducted Mar 2015. [http://www.valerionicoletti.eu/progettografico.html] [http://www.aiap.it/documenti/14730/77] {{en}}/{{it}}
 
* Valerio Nicoletti, Davide Giorgetta, "They are not yet books. Conversation with Dušan Barok / Non sono ancora  libri. Conversazione con Dušan Barok", ''Progetto Grafico'' 28: "Publishing", Milan: AIAP, Nov 2015. Conducted Mar 2015. [http://www.valerionicoletti.eu/progettografico.html] [http://www.aiap.it/documenti/14730/77] {{en}}/{{it}}
  
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* [http://dusan.satori.sk/txt/zden.php "Zden Hlinka. Interview with a visual code artist"], ''Koridor.sk'' arts culture media server, Bratislava, 2001. {{sk}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020126222416/http://koridor.factory.sk/text.php?text=1-22 "Zdeno Hlinka. IRC rozhovor"], ''Koridor.sk'' arts culture media server, Bratislava, 6 Feb 2001. [http://dusan.satori.sk/txt/zden.php] {{sk}}
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* [http://dusan.satori.sk/txt/artmachine.php "The machine is an idea that art makes. Conversation with a network artist Guy van Belle"], ''3/4'' magazine 19, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2005. {{en}}/{{sk}}
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* [http://dusan.satori.sk/txt/artmachine.php "The machine is an idea that art makes. Conversation with a network artist Guy van Belle"], Aug 2005. {{en}}
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* [http://memoir.okno.be/?id=893 "Talk with Dirk Paesmans (jodi.org)"], ''3/4'' magazine 20, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2006. {{en}}/[http://34.sk/text.php?text=3-158 {{sk}}]
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** "Stroj je myšlienka, ktorú robí umenie", ''3/4'' magazine 19, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2006. {{sk}}
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* [http://scribd.com/doc/56968733/ "On participatory art. Interview with Claire Bishop"], ''A2'' cultural bi-weekly, Prague, 2009. {{en}}/[http://www.advojka.cz/archiv/2009/21/umelci-jako-socialni-pracovnici {{cz}}]
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* with Magda Kobzová, [http://memoir.okno.be/?id=893 "Talk with Dirk Paesmans (jodi.org)"], ''okno.be'', 24 May 2006. {{en}}
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* [http://monoskop.org/Talks/Michal_Murin/sk Monoskop talks: Michal Murin], ''Monoskop'' 1. {{sk}}
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** [http://34.sk/text.php?text=3-158 "Neslúžime obsahu. Rozhovor s Dirkom Paesmansom (Jodi.org)"], trans. Magdaléna Kobzová, ''3/4'' magazine 20, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2006. {{sk}}
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* [http://34.sk/archiv.php#27 Interviews with Diana McCarty, Michal Murin, Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, Călin Man]. ''3/4'' magazine 27-28, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2012. {{en}}/{{sk}}
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* [http://academia.edu/771895 "On Participatory Art. Interview with Claire Bishop"], 2009. {{en}}
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** [http://www.advojka.cz/archiv/2009/21/umelci-jako-socialni-pracovnici "Umělci jako sociální pracovníci. S teoretičkou umění Claire Bishopovou"], trans. Lenka Dolanová, ''A2'' 21, Prague, 2009. Abridged version. {{cz}}
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* [http://monoskop.org/Talks/Michal_Murin/sk Monoskop talks: Michal Murin], ''Monoskop'' 1, 2012. {{sk}}
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* [http://34.sk/archiv.php#27 Interviews with Diana McCarty, Michal Murin, Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits, Călin Man], ''3/4'' magazine 27-28, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2012. {{en}}/{{sk}}
  
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* Dušan Barok, Magdaléna Kobzová (eds.), [http://www.scribd.com/doc/82210456/ ''Save Before It's Gone''], 2006. Includes interviews with Dirk Paesmans, Maja Kuzmanovic, Darko Fritz, and Andrei Smirnov. {{en}}
 
* Dušan Barok, Magdaléna Kobzová (eds.), [http://www.scribd.com/doc/82210456/ ''Save Before It's Gone''], 2006. Includes interviews with Dirk Paesmans, Maja Kuzmanovic, Darko Fritz, and Andrei Smirnov. {{en}}
  
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===Essays===
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* [http://34.sk/text.php?text=3-11 "Net.art. Internet as artistic medium"], ''3/4'' magazine 1, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2001. {{sk}}
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* [http://34.sk/text.php?text=3-11 "Net.art. Internet ako umelecké médium"], ''3/4'' magazine 1, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2001. {{sk}}
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* [http://dusan.idealnypartner.sk/notepad/node.london/ "Node.London. Analysis of season of media arts in London"], 2007. {{en}}
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20111007164815/http://dusan.idealnypartner.sk/notepad/node.london/ "Node.London. Analysis of season of media arts in London"], 2007. {{en}}
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* [http://www.multiplace.org/2007/?id=392&lang=1 "On Culture of Networks"], ''Multiplace'' brochure, Bratislava: Multiplace, 2007. {{en}}/[http://www.multiplace.org/2007/?id=392&lang=0 {{sk}}]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140814140245/http://www.multiplace.org/2007/?id=392&lang=0 "O kultúre sietí"], ''Multiplace'' brochure, Bratislava: Multiplace, 2007. {{sk}}
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** [http://web.archive.org/web/20140814145338/http://www.multiplace.org/2007/?id=392&lang=1 "On the Culture of Networks"], ''Multiplace'' brochure, Bratislava: Multiplace, 2007. {{en}}
 
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/56481219/ "Web Time"], May 2010. {{en}}
 
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/56481219/ "Web Time"], May 2010. {{en}}
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/6/6f/Dusan.essay.trimester-1.Tactics-of-Leaking.finale.pdf "Sourced in, unsourced out: Leaking as common knowledge production"], May 2011. {{en}} [http://scribd.com/doc/56052635/]
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/6/6f/Dusan.essay.trimester-1.Tactics-of-Leaking.finale.pdf "Sourced in, unsourced out: Leaking as common knowledge production"], May 2011. [http://scribd.com/doc/56052635/] {{en}}
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Dusan_Barok/Privatising_Privacy:_Trojan_Horse_in_Free_Open_Source_Distributed_Social_Platforms "Privatising Privacy: Trojan Horse in Free Open Source Distributed Social Platforms"], May 2011. {{en}} [http://scribd.com/doc/56052719/]
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Dusan_Barok/Privatising_Privacy:_Trojan_Horse_in_Free_Open_Source_Distributed_Social_Platforms "Privatising Privacy: Trojan Horse in Free Open Source Distributed Social Platforms"], May 2011. [http://scribd.com/doc/56052719/] {{en}}
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Dusan_Barok/Bitcoin:_censorship-resistant_currency_and_domain_name_system_to_the_people "Bitcoin: censorship-resistant currency and domain name system to the people"], Jul 2011. {{en}} [http://www.scribd.com/doc/60786431/]
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* [http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/User:Dusan_Barok/Bitcoin:_censorship-resistant_currency_and_domain_name_system_to_the_people "Bitcoin: censorship-resistant currency and domain name system to the people"], Jul 2011. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/60786431/] {{en}}
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
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* [[About Monoskop]]
 
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
* db at societyofalgorithm dot org
 
* db at societyofalgorithm dot org
 
* [http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6DE1CEF1620930B6 PGP key]
 
* [http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6DE1CEF1620930B6 PGP key]

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Dušan Barok is an artist, writer and cultural activist involved in critical practice in the fields of software, art, and theory.

Born in Bratislava, he graduated in information technologies from the University of Economics, Bratislava (DI, 2002), and Networked Media from the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam (MA, 2012).

He founded and ran the online culture portal Koridor (in Slovak, 1999-2002). In 2003 he co-founded BURUNDI media lab and organised the Translab evening series there. Developed the open source tool for online group-help backstage, and around 70 websites and open access databases for artistic, cultural and educational organisations. Together with Magdaléna Kobzová he organised the two-week long workshop-based event Letné dielne / Summer Open Academy, bringing together people from the arts, technology, media and humanities (Bratislava, 2006 & 2007). From 2004 he was involved in the organisation of Multiplace network culture festival, in 2007-09 as festival coordinator. Since 2008, together with Peter Gonda he has been running the free art server Sanchez. In 2004, he initiated Monoskop, a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities; and in 2009, together with Tomáš Kovács, its affiliated online repository of publications, Monoskop Log. In the spring of 2015, together with Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, he organised and moderated a series of seminars on media aesthetics, The Extensions of Many; in the autumn, a symposium entitled Ideographies of Knowledge.

In 2012 he has co-founded the artist collective La Société Anonyme. Collaborated with OKNO, Atrakt Art (3/4 magazine), 13m3, Col-me, Satori, Artlist, and others. Taught interactive media at Prague College (2006) and lectured at universities and academies internationally. He had lived in the United States (2002-03), Prague (2004-08), Berlin (2008-10), Rotterdam (2010-12), and currently is based in Bergen and Bratislava.

Convened symposia

Talks, essays, interviews

Recent talks

Interviews (given)

Interviews

Edited publications

  • Dušan Barok, Magdaléna Kobzová (eds.), Save Before It's Gone, 2006. Includes interviews with Dirk Paesmans, Maja Kuzmanovic, Darko Fritz, and Andrei Smirnov. (English)

Essays

Works

22.2.2001 (2001), Matrica slovenská (2006), Computer with a Printer (2006), FaceLeaks (2010), The SKOR Codex (with La Société Anonyme, 2012), XVIII (with La Société Anonyme and Marja Wilgenkamp, 2013).

See also

Contact

  • db at societyofalgorithm dot org
  • PGP key
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