Miklós Peternák

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Miklós Peternák (1956, Esztergom, Hungary) is a writer, lecturer and film/video artist. He is Head of the Intermedia Department at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts since its foundation (1990) and director of C3: Center for Culture and Communication since 1997.

Miklós Peternák studied history and art history at ELTE University, Budapest (1981). He received his PhD in New Media – Art and Science (1994). He was a member of the Béla-Balázs-Studio, Budapest (1981-1987) and the Indigo-Group (from 1981). He worked at the Hungarian National Gallery (1981-1983) and at the Research Institute for Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1983-87). He has produced several films and videos during the 1980s and published widely on contemporary media art and history. He has also organised numerous exhibitions and events. He lives in Budapest.

Publications

  • "Majomszemüveg (jegyzetek Sugár János kiállítása mellé)", Budapest, Apr 1987. For an exhibition of János Sugár at Liget Galéria, Budapest, 1987. (Hungarian)
  • editor, with László Beke, Bódy Gábor, 1946-1985: életműbemutató / Gábor Bódy, 1946-1985: A Presentation of His Work, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 1987, 335 pp. Catalogue. (Hungarian)/(English)
  • in Bachman Gábor: Ravatal/Catafalque, Budapest: NA-NE Galéria, 1990. Catalogue text. (Hungarian)/(English)
  • "Who is (was) the Victim, Who is (was) the Culprit and What Happened? Hungarian Art in the Eighties", in Modern and Contemporary Hungarian Art. Bulletin, 1985-1990, ed. Suzanne Mészöly, Budapest: Soros Foundation, and Műcsarnok, 1991. [1] (English)
  • "Cross Chronology: A History of Hungarian Video Art / Adatok a magyar videóművészet történetének tanulmányozásához", in Sub Voce: Contemporary Hungarian Video Installation, ed. Suzanne Mészöly, Budapest: Soros Foundation Fine Art Documentation Center - Mucsarnok, 1991, pp 21-24. Catalogue text. (English)/(Hungarian)
  • Intermedia, Budapest: Ilona Barabas, 1993, 101 pp. Catalogue. (Hungarian)/(English)
  • "Detaillierte Spuren von Geheimnisse", artintact 3, ed. ZKM Zentrum Für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Ostfildern, 1996, pp 89-94. [2] (German)
  • Intermedia, Budapest: Barabas, 1999, 151 pp. Catalogue. [3] (Hungarian)/(English)
  • "Art, Research, Experiment: Scientific Methods and Systematic Concepts", in Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-1970s, ed. Lynn Zelevansky, Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004. Catalogue text. (English)
  • "Light and Sound from Hungary", "Vision in Motion", "Hungarian Computer Art", in Beyond Art: A Third Culture. A Comparative Study in Cultures, Art and Science in 20th Century Austria and Hungary, ed. Peter Weibel, Vienna: Springer, 2005, pp 84-85, 91-95, 338-340. (English)
  • "Convention and Invention: Notes on the Illustrations to Orbis Pictus", in Variantology 2: On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences and Technologies, eds. Siegfried Zielinski and David Link, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2006, pp 87-111. (English)
  • editor, Kempelen. Ember a gépben / Kempelen: Man in the Machine, Budapest: C3 Foundation, and Műcsarnok, 2007, 112 pp. (Hungarian)/(English)
  • in Wolfgang von Kempelen. Mensch in der Maschine / Man in the Machine, eds. Bernhard Serexhe and Peter Weibel, Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, and Karlsruhe: ZKM, 2007, pp 28-38. [4] [5] (German)
  • "Die heroische Zeit der großen Illusion", in Blickmaschinen, eds. Nike Bätzner, Eva Schmidt, and Werner Nekes, Cologne: DuMont, 2008, pp 215-221. [6] (German)
  • editor, with Zoltán Kékesi, Pillanatgépek, Budapest: C3, and Műcsarnok, 2009, 205 pp. Catalogue. [7] (Hungarian)
  • "Art Beyond the Pictorial Turn", in Zoltán Szegedy-Maszák, Budapest: Paksi Képtár, 2008-2009, pp 5-17. (English)
  • editor, with Éva Kozma, Bauhaus Lab, Film Workshop, Budapest, Budapest: C3, 2010, 85 pp. (English)/(Hungarian)
  • "The Catharsis of Eureka!", in Attila Csörgő: Archimedean Point, Ljubljana: Gurgur Editions, and Budapest: Ludwig Museum, 2010, pp 80-85. [8] (English)
  • "“Born/Natura” – A Picture in the Background of a Picture", in Variantology 5: Neapolitan Affairs. On Deep Time Relations of Arts, Sciences and Technologies, eds. Siegfried Zielinski and Eckhard Fürlus, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, 2011, pp 361–384. (English)
  • "Icarus és Transitus. A szabadság pillanata", in Németh Hajnal: CRASH – Passzív Interjú 2/1. 54. Velencei Képzőművészeti Biennále, Magyar Pavilon, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 2011, pp 25-38. (Hungarian)
    • "Icarus and Transitus: The Moment of Freedom", in Hajnal Németh: CRASH – Passive Interview 2/1. The Hungarian Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 2011. (English)
  • more, more

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