Hi-tech/Art

Hi-Tech/Umění was a series of annual international exhibitions and symposiums dedicated to the art of new media organized from 1994 to 1997 by Video-Multimedia-Performance atelier at the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Technology Brno in collaboration with Silicon Graphics Company and Brno House of Art (since 1996) in Moravian Gallery (1994), Moravian Museum (1995) and Brno House of Art (1996-97) in Brno. Curated by Tomáš Ruller and Michal Klimeš.

Editions

Virtual Museum / Third Hand, 1994

• 17-21 October, the exhibition extended until 30 October. Governor's Palace and The House of Arts, Brno.
• Exhibition (extended until 30 October): Third Hand performance by Stelarc, Four Worlds interactive installation by Peter Weibel, Virtual Museum by Jeffrey Shaw, Brotherhood interactive environment by Woody Vasulka, video by Radek Pilař, pieces by Michael Bielický and Petr Čermák, Lucie Svobodová, Jan Hammer, Tomáš Ruller, retrospective of Woody Vasulka, overview of VMP student works.
• Symposium: Gideon May (ZKM), Marcus Fix (INM), Stelarc, Woody Vasulka.

Display / Performance, 1995

• 9-14 October
• Exhibition: performance by Steina Vasulka, Freak Show CD-ROM presentation by Homer Flynn, software error performance by Petr Bradáček and Zdeněk Mezihorák, robotic installation by Martin Spanjaard (NL), VR installation by Maurice Clifford (US), installations by Lucie Svobodová and Michal Gabriel, Stanislav Filip, Lubor Benda, Tomáš Ruller, as well as by all VMP students, together with selected students from Michael Bielický's studio.
• Symposium: Chris Hill (US), Keiko Sei (JP), Michael Klein (DE), Martin Spanjaard (NL).
• Announcement
• Handout.

Allvision, 1996

• 17-30 October
• Exhibition: retrospective of Steina Vasulka (relocated to Veletržní palác in Prague in 1997), interactive installations by Stanislav Filip, Jennifer de Felice, Lucie Svobodová, Pavel Kopřiva, Martin Janíček, 3D objects by Peter Rónai and Martin Palla, digital prints by Nadja Slovak, web projects by Luděk Skočovský, Silver, Skynet, Radio Prague, videos by Monika Karasová, Federico Diaz, Pavel Hart, Marek Mažan.
• Symposium: Jozef Kelemen (SK), Martin Šperka (SK), Terminal Bar, Živel.
• Announcement
• Event website (archived)

Symptoms: Disease and Home Remedies, 1997

• 3-23 October
• exhibition curated by Jennifer de Felice: artworks by Orlan (F), Vergessen (INT), Markus Kaech (CH), Paul Johnson (US), Graham Harwood (UK), Ľubo Stacho (SK), Veronika Bromová.

Literature

• Eliška Fajkusová, Výstavy a symposia Hi-Tech umění v Brně v letech 1992-1997 v kontextu výstav umění nových médií v České republice, Brno: Masaryk University, 2012. Master's thesis. Image addendum. (Czech)
• Radka Bobčíková, Brněnské přehlídky a festivaly digitálního umění v 90. letech, Brno: Masaryk University, 2015. Bachelor's thesis. (Czech)