Martin Šperka
Born 1945. Media artist and theorist. Is associate professor at Faculty of informatics and information technology of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and at the Department of Visual Media of the Academy of Fine Arts Bratislava.
Co-organised Computer Graphics conferences in 1983, 1986, 1989, 1993-1996 in Bratislava, Smolenice and Budmerice. Organised international seminars on Multimedia and Virtual Reality 1995 and 1996. Curated annual Computer Graphics and Electronic Mail Art exhibition from 1994 to 1998. Co-organises annual Spring Conference on Computer Graphics in Budmerice Castle since 2001.
Along with Zuzana Bartková he co-curated the retrospective and international exhibition of Computer Graphics in Fine Arts in Banská Bystrica (1992), Bratislava, Trnava, Benešov (Czech Republic). Among others also the Hungarian artist Vera Molnar participated.
Articles:
Some notes on the history of electronic and computer art in Slovakia, 1996, http://framework.v2.nl/archive/archive/node/text/default.xslt/nodenr-132419
E-mail: martin.sperka♥fiit.stuba.sk.
