Association of Video and Inter-Media Art

Association of Video and Inter-Media Art of the Union of Visual Artists (originally Video Section of the Union of Czechoslovak Artists) was initiated by Radek Pilař in 1987 as an institutional framework for the emerging art video form, thus converting the isolated activities of individual artists in Czech Republic, which occured from the beginning of 1980s, namely: filmmakers Petr Skala, Tomáš Kepka, Ivan Tatíček, photographers Pavel Scheufler, Pavel Jasanský, Michal Pacina, Jasoň Šilhan, visual artists Lucie Svobodová, Věra Geislerová, Lenka Štarmanová, Kateřina Scheuflerová, Roman Milerský, René Slauka, and architect Miro Dopita. Video Section actively influenced the Czech artistic scene for roughly a decade, from mid-1980s until mid-1990s. 1991 renamed to Association of Video and Inter-Media Art. Since 1993 directed by Petr Skala. As of 2006, there are 3 members: Petr Skala, Věra Geislerová and Lucie Svobodová.