Collaborative research on media art and culture in Central and Eastern Europe

MONOSKOP research project examines the social context of historical developments in media art in Central and Eastern Europe. Analysis of sociopoetic conditions of art and technology crossings from 1960s to 2000s draws upon the undertakings in experimental and avantgarde film, performance art, computer art, video art, experimental music, sound art, and media theory. The objective is to create professional and solid basis for theoreticians and critics to assist them in development of the theoretical discourse on new media art in the Central and Eastern Europe.

Methodology under construction

• Media art in Slovakia, since Apr 2006
• Media art, since Oct 2006
• Media art in Czech Republic, since 23 May 2008
• East-Central Europe, since 2 Jun 2008
• Arthistorical methodologies, since 5 Jun 2008
• Computing and cybernetics in CEE, since 6 Jun 2008
• Boundary objects between arthistory, history of technology, and sociology, since 7 Jun 2008
• Media art in Hungary, since 9 Jun 2008
• Art as Research, since 22 Jun 2008

Next / todo

• Electronic music instruments in CEE
• Computer museums in CEE
• Media art in Poland
• Media art in CEE
• sum up the theories of media art in Media art
• include electronic music studios in media art histories in CEE, also its artists and works
• analyse Tomáš Štrauss' essay on Central European art
• september 2008 - fundraise at Eurocult.org and IVF
• Chain Reaction, 11-14 September 2008, Skopje, Macedonia, http://theupgrade.net/develop/index.php?title=Exhibition
• Re:live. Media Art History 09. Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology, 26-29 November 2009, Melbourne, http://mediaarthistory.org/

Contact

Wiki: http://www.burundi.sk/monoskop/
Blog: http://www.burundi.sk/monoskop/log/
Delicious: http://del.icio.us/tag/monoskop
Organised by Col-me, http://www.col-me.info, http://www.col-me.info/monoskop.html
Supported by ERSTE Foundation, http://www.erstestiftung.org
Contact: Dusan Barok, db at societyofalgorithm dot org