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.
Monoskop log: http://www.burundi.sk/monoskop/log/
Contents
Methodology under construction
- Media art, since Oct 2006
- East-Central Europe, since 2 Jun 2008
- Arthistorical methodologies, since 5 Jun 2008
- Boundary objects between arthistory, history of technology, and sociology, since 7 Jun 2008
- Art as Research, since 22 Jun 2008
- http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kultúrna_kritika
Local historical overviews under construction
- Media art in Slovakia, since Apr 2006
- Media art in Czech Republic, since 23 May 2008
- Computing and cybernetics in CEE, since 6 Jun 2008
- Media art in Hungary, since 9 Jun 2008
Potential themes
- how was media art category constructed (what it institutes), how it is structured, and what it suppresses, in other words: critique of media art(s) and whether it is applicable in the CEE
- Arts and engineering collaborations in CEE: painters with programmers, sculptural artists with architects, musicians with engineers, multidisciplinary collectives, etc
- Electronic music instruments in CEE, experiments with synaesthesia in 1910s-20s, electric music instruments in 1920s-30s, electronic music instruments in 1950s-60s, hardware hacking in 1990s/2000s, DIY electronics
- Media art education (VkHUTEMAS in Moscow, Muhely in Budapest, first video and intermedia ateliers in art schools in communist countries, and boom of media education in 1990s)
- Cultural critique in CEE, in regard to technological culture.
Next / todo
- Computer museums in CEE
- Media art in Poland
- Media art in CEE
- analyse Tomáš Štrauss' essay on Central European art
- East-West artistic mobility
- september 2008 - fundraise at Eurocult.org and IVF
Places to visit
- Dresden computer museum, (parts of) first GDR computers
- The MARCHI Museum @ Moscow Architectural Institute, unique collection of educational and design works by teachers and students of the VkHUTEMAS [1]
- Chain Reaction, 11-14 September 2008, Skopje, 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: db at societyofalgorithm dot org
