Slovakia

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Cities

Banská Bystrica, Banská Štiavnica, Bratislava, Kežmarok, Košice, Levoča, Medzilaborce, Michalovce, Nitra, Nové Zámky, Prešov, Šamorín, Skalica, Trenčín, Trnava, Žilina.

Historical media experimentators

  • Johann Wolfgang Kempelen {18th century) - mechanical sound synthesis, chess automaton (a man hidden in a box moved chess figures with the help of teleoperator links)
  • Jozef Petzval - calculated and constructed the first photo camera lens
  • Jozef Murgaš - emigrated from Slovakia to Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, where he soon devised a system that greatly improved Morse code. His "Rotary-spark-system" allowed for faster communication, through the use of musical tones. The new invention was patented as the "Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus". He also patented 16 more inventions in this field, which would go on to lay the foundations for the invention of the radio. A lack of money as well as a number of financial setbacks, eventually led Murgas to give the younger, more prosperous Marconi, the rights to all of his patents.
  • Antonin Jedlík and Gejza Bolemann - created Lissajouse patterns (super-position of harmonic functions) with the mechanical "predecessor" of the computer plotter (long before Ben Laponsky did his first oscilons with an electronic computer).

Artist groups

Arts and engineering groups and collectives in CEE#Czechoslovakia

Video art (1960s-80s)

Artists
Forms
  • diaprojections (*1966, Filko)
  • documentation recordings of performances, happenings, events (*1971, Mlynárčik, Kordoš, Meluzin, Rónai)
  • features, films incorporating video art techniques (*1972, Havrilla, Ďurček)
  • fine art films (*1977, Havrilla)
  • video installations (*1980s, Rónai's antivideos)
  • No references to the self-purpose videos, neither closed-circuit TV installations in this period.
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Performance art (1960s-2000s)

Artists
Groups
Festivals
  • Transart Communication intermedia art festival (*1987, Nové Zámky, at the peak period 1990-92 and 1995-96 performances by Jana Želibská, Milan Adamčiak, Július Koller, Juraj Bartusz, Stanislav Filko, Anna Daučíková, Miroslav Nicz, Michal Murin, Ľubo Stacho, Peter Kalmus, Anabela Žigová and others), Evenings of New Music (*1990, Bratislava), San Francisco Performance Art Festival (1991, Bratislava), IFEM music forum (1992, 94, Dolná Krupa Castle), FEM music festival (1995, 96, Bratislava), Sound Off music festival (1995-2002, Bratislava, Šamorín, Nové Zámky, Nitra), ...Medzi... (1996-2000, Skalica), Next music festival (*2000, Bratislava), Multiplace new media culture festival (*2002).
Exhibitions
  • Výhonok, 2000 in GMB Bratislava. Curator: Radislav Matuštík.
  • Art of Action 1965-1989, 26 April - 19 August 2001 in Slovak National Gallery. Curator: Zora Rusinová (Radislav Matuštík resigned).
  • Art of Action 1989-2000, 7 April - 7 May 2001 in Elektráreň Tatranskej galérie, Poprad and 12 September - 20 October 2001 in Gallery of Nitra. Curator: Lucia Gregorová-Stachová. Iniciated by Michal Murin.
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Sound art (1960s-2000s)

Artists

Also : Ladislav Kupkovič

Forms
  • audio-kinetic sculptures and environments (1960s, Dobeš, Mlynárčik)
  • graphic artists meeting composers (Daniel Fischer – Ilja Zelenka, 1979 and 1993; Svetozár Ilavský – Svetozár Ilavský, since 1991; Miloš Štofko – Martin Burlas, 1994; Viktor Hulík – Peter Machajdík, 1993; Bohuš Kubínsky and Monika Kubínska – Iris Szeghy, 1995; Jaroslav Drotár – Marek Piaček, 1995; Dorota Sadovská – Daniel Matej, 1997)
  • acoustic part of action art (1970, Adamčiak, Cyprich)
  • sound objects (1970s-90s, Polymúzický priestor I. exhibition, Labat, Transmusic Comp, Lengow & HEyeRMEarS)
  • home-made musical instruments (1980s-90s, Adamčiak, Sound Off festivals)
  • acoustic environments (1980s-90s, Murin)
Exhibitions
  • Polymúzický priestor I., 1970 in Piešťany. Concept by L Kár.
  • Touch to Connect, 1985–1989, relaunched in 1997. Concept by Ladislav Snopko and Zuzana Bartošová.
  • Image and Music, 1989-90. Curated by Ivan Jančár and Zuzana Martináková.
  • Piano Hotel, 1997. Curated by Michal Murin. Five prepared pianos along with their parts were presented as acoustic objects (Viktor Lois, Otis Laubert, Milan Adamčiak, and Jozef Cseres). Part of Sound Off festival.
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Early computer art (1970s-80s)

Artists
Forms
  • lithographies and serigraphies based on computer-generated drawings (*1974, Jankovič with Bertók)
  • manufactured sculptures based on computer-generated curves (*1976, Bartusz with Haltenberger)
  • computer morphing line drawings (*1978, Fischer with Klačanský)
  • computer animations (*1980s, Sigetová, Slivka)
Exhibitions
  • Československá počítačová grafika Institut průmyslového designu, Praha, 1976
  • Druhá celostátní výstava počítačového umění v ČSSR, ÚKDŽ, Praha, 1985
  • Počítačové umění v ČSSR a ve světě, Palác kultury, Praha, 1989
  • Hranice geometrie, Dom umenia, Bratislava, 2010
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Electroacoustic music

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Experimental film

  • Juraj Jakubisko, filmmaker. Short student films: Mikulášsky týždenník (1961-1963), Posledný nálet (1960), Každý deň má svoje meno (1961), Mlčanie (1963), Dážď (1965). Feature films with experimental techniques: Kristove roky (1967), Zbehovia a pútnici (1968), Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni (1969) a Dovidenia v pekle priatelia (1970). [1]
  • Martin Slivka, documentary filmmaker. Voda a práca (1963). [2]
  • Dušan Hanák, filmmaker. Made several experimental documentary films at Štúdio krátkych filmov, Bratislava. Zádumčivosť (1963), Variáce kľudu (1966), Metamorfózy (1965), Impresia (1966), Sonáta, alebo Hľadanie šťastného čísla (1966), Výzva do ticha (1966), Prišiel k nám Old Shatterhand (1966), Zanechať stopu (1970), Deň Radosti (1972). [3]
  • Ctibor Kováč, Ohnivé rieky (1965). [4]
  • Dušan Trančík, filmmaker. Short films: Fotografovanie obyvateľov domu (1968) a Šibenica (1969). [5]
  • Peter Mihálik, film theorist. Lilli Marlen (1970), short film. [6]
  • Vladimír Havrilla, artist. 8mm films: White (bazén, rúra), White (pena) (1973), Lift (1974), No limit (1976), Lebo veľa hrešila (1977), Modliaca figurína (1977), Milosť (1977), Bábika (1982). See also his video works at Video art in Slovakia (1960s-80s).
  • Ľubomír Ďurček. See his video works at Video art in Slovakia (1960s-80s).
  • Samo Ivaška.
  • Vladimír Kordoš, artist. Aténska škola (1981, 16mm). [7]
  • Kvetoslav Hečko, documentary filmmaker. Atď. (1987), Zo Suterénu (1989), Argíllia (1991), Squat (1991), Scénografický útok na Groningen (1992), Jana Želibská (1994), V. Oravec a M. Pagáč (1994), Kaplnka svätej Barbory (1995). [8]
Literature
  • Andrew J Horton, "Avant-garde Film and Video in Slovakia" Central European Review (October 1998) [9] (English)
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Video art (1990s-2000s)

Artists
Forms
  • Features on identity, consummerism, body, gender, socio-cultural questions, ecology.
  • Film footage manipulations.
  • Video installations (Rónai, Meluzin, Želibská, Kvetán)
  • Interactive video installations (Rónai)
  • Video performances (Murin)
Exhibitions
  • Imago – Fin de siécle, 30 May to 10 July 1991 in Bratislava. First video art exhibition in Slovakia. Art from Netherlands curated by René Coelho, premiered in 1988 in Amsterdam.
  • Oscillation, 30 June to 20 September 1991 in Komárno. Slovak and Hungarian artists.
  • Objects and Installations, 1992 in PGU Žilina. Included video-installations.
  • New Acquisitions, 1993 in PGU Žilina. Included video installations.
  • First Floor, 5-23 March 1993. Curated by Radoslav Matuštík. Exhibited Peter Meluzin (Impo(r)tant) and Roman Galovský (L.E.D1, L.E.D1).
  • Power Station T, 1993 in Poprad. Exhibited Peter Rónai (Oheň-Voda-Zem-Duch), Jana Želibská (Dialóg) a Peter Meluzin (Life After Life).
  • ON/OFF, 1993 in Škola úžitkového výtvarníctva J Vydru Bratislava. Exhibited the sampler of videos from six events of Slovak artists (Meluzin, Želibská, Oravec-Pagáč, Galovský, Nicz, Pisár) at various locations.
  • Video vidím ich sehe, 1994 in PGU Žilina. Curated by Katarína Rusnáková. Videoart from Slovakia (Jana Želibská, Peter Rónai, Peter Meluzin), Czech Republic and Switzerland. The catalog contained first more complex texts on Slovak video art. The gallery was the only one consistently researching and acquiring Slovak video art. Later exhibition included retrospective of Jana Želibská (1996-97) and Peter Rónai (1997).
  • Peter Meluzin - Mouse Killer, 1995 in PGU Žilina. Site-specific video-installation by Peter Meluzin.
  • Videoart VŠVU, 1996 in Rock Café Gallery Prague. Curated by Juraj Čarný. [10]
  • Videoanthology, 1997 in PGU Žilina. Curated by Katarína Rusnáková. 13 video works by Peter Rónai.
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Digital prints

Digital art (1990s-2000s)

Forms
  • digital signal processing and sound performances
  • visual performances
  • interactive software-based installations
  • computer animation
  • motion video
  • internet art
Exhibitions
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Bibliography

Presentation out of Slovakia

Tusovka screening (*2009)

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Arts in Slovakia
Video art in Slovakia (1960s-80s) | Performance art in Slovakia (1960s-2000s) | Sound art in Slovakia (1960s-2000s) | Early computer art in Slovakia (1970s-80s) | Electroacoustic music in Slovakia | Experimental film in Slovakia | Video art in Slovakia (1990s-2000s) | Digital prints in Slovakia | Digital art in Slovakia (1990s-2000s) | Bibliography of writings on media art in Slovakia | Bibliography of writings on media art (outside Slovakia) in Slovak
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