Miklós Peternák
Miklós Peternák (1956, Esztergom, Hungary) is a writer, lecturer and film/video artist. He is Head of the Intermedia Department at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts since its foundation (1990) and director of C3: Center for Culture and Communication since 1997.
Miklós Peternák studied history and art history at ELTE University, Budapest (1981). He received his PhD in New Media – Art and Science (1994). He was a member of the Béla-Balázs-Studio, Budapest (1981-1987) and the Indigo-Group (from 1981). He worked at the Hungarian National Gallery (1981-1983) and at the Research Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1983-87). He has produced several films and videos during the 1980s and published widely on contemporary media art and history. He has also organised numerous exhibitions and events. He lives in Budapest.
Publications
- "Majomszemüveg (jegyzetek Sugár János kiállítása mellé)", Budapest, Apr 1987. For an exhibition of János Sugár at Liget Galéria, Budapest, 1987. (Hungarian)
- editor, with László Beke, Bódy Gábor, 1946-1985: életműbemutató / Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985: A Presentation of His Work, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 1987, 335 pp. Catalogue. (Hungarian)/(English)
- in Bachman Gábor: Ravatal/Catafalque, Budapest: NA-NE Galéria, 1990. Catalogue text. (Hungarian)/(English)
- "Who is (was) the Victim, Who is (was) the Culprit and What Happened? Hungarian Art in the Eighties", in Modern and Contemporary Hungarian Art. Bulletin, 1985-1990, ed. Suzanne Mészöly, Budapest: Soros Foundation, and Műcsarnok, 1991. [1] (English)
- "Cross Chronology: A History of Hungarian Video Art / Adatok a magyar videóművészet történetének tanulmányozásához", in Sub Voce: Contemporary Hungarian Video Installation, ed. Suzanne Mészöly, Budapest: Soros Foundation Fine Art Documentation Center - Mucsarnok, 1991, pp 21-24. Catalogue text. (English)/(Hungarian)
- Intermedia, Budapest: Ilona Barabas, 1993, 101 pp. Catalogue. (Hungarian)/(English)
- "Detaillierte Spuren von Geheimnisse", artintact 3, ed. ZKM Zentrum Für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Ostfildern, 1996, pp 89-94. [2] (German)
- Intermedia, Budapest: Barabas, 1999, 151 pp. Catalogue. [3] (Hungarian)/(English)
- "Art, Research, Experiment: Scientific Methods and Systematic Concepts", in Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-1970s, ed. Lynn Zelevansky, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004. Catalogue text. (English)
- more, more
Interviews
- Michal Murin, "C3. Rozhovor s Miklósom Peternákom", Profil 4, Bratislava, 2000, pp 56-64. (Slovak)
- "Peternák Miklós, művészettörténész, kurátor, 1956", rendszerváltás, n.d. (Hungarian)