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Born Hammersmith, London in 1948. "Lived an isolated life in a bedsit at the top of Regents street until we moved to Feltham when I was 3. Later I was a mod; then a reluctant architect; then a happy artist. Since then I've been in ten collectives or networks of cultural producers from the [http://maydayrooms.org/archives/the-scratch-orchestra/ Scratch Orchestra] to Exploding Cinema. With one of these groups I built [http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue2/sharsted.pdf my own house] in Kennington (finished in 1995)."
 
Born Hammersmith, London in 1948. "Lived an isolated life in a bedsit at the top of Regents street until we moved to Feltham when I was 3. Later I was a mod; then a reluctant architect; then a happy artist. Since then I've been in ten collectives or networks of cultural producers from the [http://maydayrooms.org/archives/the-scratch-orchestra/ Scratch Orchestra] to Exploding Cinema. With one of these groups I built [http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue2/sharsted.pdf my own house] in Kennington (finished in 1995)."
  
Stefan Szczelkun worked on the MA in Visual Culture at the University of Westminster before his recent retirement. He completed a PhD at the Royal College of Art in 2002 on the legitimation of collective sites of cultural production and their value within a democratic culture. The particular focus of this research was [http://www.stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/index2.htm Exploding Cinema], an underground film and video showing collective that has been active in South London since 1991.
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Stefan Szczelkun worked on the MA in Visual Culture at the University of Westminster before his recent retirement. He completed a PhD at the Royal College of Art in 2002 on the legitimation of collective sites of cultural production and their value within a democratic culture. The particular focus of this research was [http://web.archive.org/web/20180808213115/http://www.stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/index2.htm Exploding Cinema], an underground film and video showing collective that has been active in South London since 1991 [https://archive.org/details/EXPLODINGCINEMACATALOGUEOFFILMS].
  
 
In the Seventies Stefan had his three ''Survival Scrapbooks, Shelter, Food and Energy'' published by Unicorn Bookshop and Schocken Books NY after an architectural training at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He then 'dropped out' and lived in a van whilst playing with The Scratch Orchestra - the British version of Fluxus. On returning to London he took new dance and bodywork classes at X6 in Butlers Wharf and did extensive research into the elements of human ability. Published as [http://payhip.com/b/3TKf Sense-Think-Act]; first as a mediawiki and more recently as an ebook.
 
In the Seventies Stefan had his three ''Survival Scrapbooks, Shelter, Food and Energy'' published by Unicorn Bookshop and Schocken Books NY after an architectural training at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He then 'dropped out' and lived in a van whilst playing with The Scratch Orchestra - the British version of Fluxus. On returning to London he took new dance and bodywork classes at X6 in Butlers Wharf and did extensive research into the elements of human ability. Published as [http://payhip.com/b/3TKf Sense-Think-Act]; first as a mediawiki and more recently as an ebook.
  
Stefan is an artist with a particular interest in publishing both in traditional book format and more recently in multimedia and digital video. In the Eighties he organised two groups relating to identity issues. The first was ‘Bigos, artists of Polish origin’ which was a open group which was interested in putting on made-to-measure shows: now archived by Tate Archive. The second, ‘Working Press, books by and about working class artists’, supported artists to publish offset-litho books under a collective imprint. Working Press published a trilogy about his experience as a working class artist - ''Collaborations'' which was raw documentation, ''Class Myths and Culture'', a book of polemical essays and ''[http://payhip.com/b/pCoZ Conspiracy of Good Taste]'', a history and theory review which led to academic teaching and research. The Working Press archive was acquired by UCA in Farnham and has recently been activated during a four week residency (2016).
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Stefan is an artist with a particular interest in publishing both in traditional book format and more recently in multimedia and digital video. In the Eighties he organised two groups relating to identity issues. The first was ''Bigos: Artists of Polish Origin'' which was a open group which was interested in putting on made-to-measure shows: now archived by Tate Archive. The second, ‘Working Press, books by and about working class artists’, supported artists to publish offset-litho books under a collective imprint. Working Press published a trilogy about his experience as a working class artist - ''Collaborations'' which was raw documentation, ''Class Myths and Culture'', a book of polemical essays and ''[http://payhip.com/b/pCoZ Conspiracy of Good Taste]'', a history and theory review which led to academic teaching and research. The Working Press archive was acquired by UCA in Farnham and has recently been activated during a four week residency (2016).
  
 
In 2012 Stefan published the third in a series of DVDs concerned with London people-power and the counter culture of the Nineties. The DVD title is '[https://vimeo.com/168475477 Creating a movement: the struggle for Inclusive Education]'. Another collaborative project, [http://www.metamute.org/shop/mute-books/agit-disco Agit Disco], was on the web before in became a book later in 2011. After that he worked on a large scale activation of the archives of Brixton Artists Collective that ran Brixton Art Gallery 1981 – 1986. As part of this he produced an [https://vimeo.com/32511303 oral history video] and working with a group of artists from London Underground called ‘Out of Uniform’. This was in partnership with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, supported by Arts Council, Heritage Lottery grants and Westminster University. See [http://brixton50.co.uk Brixton50] for more detail.
 
In 2012 Stefan published the third in a series of DVDs concerned with London people-power and the counter culture of the Nineties. The DVD title is '[https://vimeo.com/168475477 Creating a movement: the struggle for Inclusive Education]'. Another collaborative project, [http://www.metamute.org/shop/mute-books/agit-disco Agit Disco], was on the web before in became a book later in 2011. After that he worked on a large scale activation of the archives of Brixton Artists Collective that ran Brixton Art Gallery 1981 – 1986. As part of this he produced an [https://vimeo.com/32511303 oral history video] and working with a group of artists from London Underground called ‘Out of Uniform’. This was in partnership with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, supported by Arts Council, Heritage Lottery grants and Westminster University. See [http://brixton50.co.uk Brixton50] for more detail.
  
 
Pedagogic research interests included the use of video in teaching. One module used phone cameras and a YouTube channel as part of the students tools for data gathering and critique. He has supervised three students to complete their doctoral studies and was an external examiner of MA Cultural Industry at Goldsmiths College.
 
Pedagogic research interests included the use of video in teaching. One module used phone cameras and a YouTube channel as part of the students tools for data gathering and critique. He has supervised three students to complete their doctoral studies and was an external examiner of MA Cultural Industry at Goldsmiths College.
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Now retired from academic work and publishing work with Routine Art Co his collaborative imprint. And making video works.
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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* ''Survival Scrapbook 2 Food 1972'', Brighton: Unicornbookshop, 1972.
 
* ''Survival Scrapbook 2 Food 1972'', Brighton: Unicornbookshop, 1972.
 
* ''[[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Survival_Scrapbook_3_Energy_1974.pdf|''Survival Scrapbook, 3 Energy]]'', New York: Schocken Books, 1974.
 
* ''[[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Survival_Scrapbook_3_Energy_1974.pdf|''Survival Scrapbook, 3 Energy]]'', New York: Schocken Books, 1974.
* ''[https://payhip.com/b/3TKf Sense-Think-Act]'', Routine Art Co, 1979-2016.
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/POSTART1Booklet Post Art 1]'', London: Routine Art Co, 1985, [18] pp, [[Media:Post Art 1 1985.pdf|PDF]]. Booklet of mail art documentation.
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/ArtistsLiberation1986 Artists Liberation: Rough Notes 1986]'', London, 1986, [18] pp, [[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Artists_Liberation_1986.pdf|PDF]].
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** ''[https://archive.org/details/ArtistLibPolishTranslPetasz Wyzwolenie artystów]'', trans. Pawel Petasz, Elblag: (Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków, 1991, 14 pp, [[Media:Szczelkun Stefan Wyzwolenie artystow 1991.pdf|PDF]]. {{pl}}
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* co-editor, ''[https://archive.org/details/BIGOSAtBAG Bigos: Artists of Polish Origin]'', London, 1986, 40 pp, [[Media:Bigos Artists of Polish Origin 1986.pdf|PDF]]. Catalogue.
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** ''[https://archive.org/details/BIGOBWA Bigos: Artists of Polish Origin: grupa artystów polskiego pochodzenia z Wielkiej Brytanii]'', intro. Zbigniew Warpechowski, ed. Andrzej Dąbek, Sandomierz: Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych w Sandomierzu, 1989, [26] pp, [[Media:Bigos Artists of Polish Origin 1989.pdf|PDF]]. {{pl}}
 
* ''[[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Collaborations_1987.pdf|Collaborations]]'', London: Working Press, 1987.
 
* ''[[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Collaborations_1987.pdf|Collaborations]]'', London: Working Press, 1987.
* ''[[Media:Szczelkun_Stefan_Class_Myths_and_Culture_1990.pdf|Class Myths and Culture]]'', London: Working Press, 1990.
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* ''Class Myths and Culture'', London: Working Press, 1990. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Class_Myths_and_Culture.html?id=ZHbaAAAAMAAJ]
*  ''[https://payhip.com/b/pCoZ The Conspiracy of Good Taste]'', Working Press, 1993.
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** ''[https://archive.org/details/GLAMOURpolish Glamour: Is It the Real Thing?]'', trans. Maciej Świerkocki, Łódź: Galeria Wschodnia, 1990, 8 pp, [[Media:Szczelkun Stefan Glamour Is It the Real Thing 1990.pdf|PDF]]. Trans. of one essay. {{pl}}
* ''Agit Disco'', London: Mute, 2012. [http://www.metamute.org/shop/mute-books/agit-disco]
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* ''UK Artists Books 1992'', London: Working Press, 1992. [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9826700W]
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* ''UK Artists' Books: Marketing and Promotion'', London: Estamp, 1993. [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12385144W/]
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*  ''[https://payhip.com/b/pCoZ The Conspiracy of Good Taste: William Morris, Cecil Sharp, Clough Williams-Ellis and the repression of working class culture in the 20th century]'', London: Working Press, 1993, [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4539402W OL].
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* with Tracy Davidson, ''[https://archive.org/details/SocialClassAwareness Recent Workshops on Social Class Awareness in North London Schools]'', London: Working Press Research, 1993, 12 pp, [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18318363W/ OL].
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/WcCulture1996 The Epistemonical Status of Working Class Culture]'', Maidstone: Kent Institute of Art & Design, 1996, 48+[25] pp, [[Media:Szczelkun Stefan The Epistemonical Status of Working Class Culture 1996.pdf|PDF]]. MA thesis.
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/QueenOfHearts_201902/ The Heart of the Matter: Diana, Democracy and Popular Culture]'', London: Working Press, 1997. Pamphlet.
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* ''Agit Disco'', London: Mute, 2012; new ed., 2020. [http://www.metamute.org/shop/mute-books/agit-disco] [https://payhip.com/b/NmXU]
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** ''Cho purotesuto myujikku gaido'' [超プロテスト・ミュージック・ガイド], trans. Koya Suzuki, Tokyo: P-Vine, 2018, 350 pp. [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18341897W/] {{jp}}
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*  ''[https://payhip.com/b/3TKf Sense-Think-Act: a collection of exercises to describe human ability]'', London: Routine Art Co, 2016. [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2017/11/sense-think-act-collection-of-exercises.html]
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* ''[https://payhip.com/b/K48n Global Music?]'', London, 2016. epub
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* ''Chalet Fields of The Gower'', 2017. [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2018/09/chalet-fields-of-gower-bookshop-and.html?view=magazine]
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=21925 Improvisation Rites: from John Cage's Song Books to The Scratch Orchestra's Nature Study Notes]'', London: Routine Art Co, 2018, 167 pp, [https://archive.org/details/NatureStudyNotesEpub18 IA], [[Media:Szczelkun Stefan Improvisation Rites 2017.pdf|PDF]], [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18183821W OL]. [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2017/11/improvisation-rites-from-john-cages.html?view=magazine]
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* ''Compostion'', 2019. [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2018/09/compostion-advance-information-of-new.html?view=magazine] hdbk
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* ''[https://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2020/02/silence-new-book-out-now.html SILENCE! the great silencing of British working class culture]'', February 2020. [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2018/04/buy-one-of-my-paperback-books-direct.html?view=magazine] pbk
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* [https://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-book-plotlands-of-shepperton.html ''Plotlands of Shepperton''] January 2021 pbk
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* [https://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.com/2021/09/exploding-cinema-1991-1997-culture-and.html ''Exploding Cinema 1991 - 1999: culture and democracy''] October 2021 pbk
  
 
==Interviews==
 
==Interviews==
* [https://youtu.be/x2JY9sJRtKQ Robbie Lockwood and Szczelkun talk as part of an  intergenerational project], video, 2012.
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* [http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue39_40/V39_40_Ephant.pdf Peter Conlin Interview with Szczelkun], ''Variant'' 39-40, Winter 2010.
* [http://www.variant.org.uk/pdfs/issue39_40/V39_40_Ephant.pdf Peter Conlin Interview with Szczelkun], 2010.
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* [https://youtu.be/x2JY9sJRtKQ Robbie Lockwood and Szczelkun talk as part of an intergenerational project], video, 2012.
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* [http://www.stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/ Home page]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190101195932/http://stefan-szczelkun.org.uk/ Website] (archived in Wayback in 2019)
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/notes/stefan-szczelkun/cvbiography/10154280035190362 Biography].
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/notes/stefan-szczelkun/cvbiography/10154280035190362 Biography].
* [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stefanszczelkun LinkED IN].
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* [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stefanszczelkun Linkedin]  
* [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.co.uk| Draft writings blog].
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* [http://stefan-szczelkun.blogspot.co.uk Draft writings blog].
* [https://vimeo.com/stefanszczelkun/videos| Selected Video Work]
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* [https://vimeo.com/stefanszczelkun/videos Selected Video Work]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/szczels| Unfinished video work+]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/user/szczels Unfinished video work+]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-szczelkun/albums| Photography albums]
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan-szczelkun/albums Photography albums]
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* [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3811005A/ OpenLibrary]

Revision as of 07:49, 15 December 2022

Born Hammersmith, London in 1948. "Lived an isolated life in a bedsit at the top of Regents street until we moved to Feltham when I was 3. Later I was a mod; then a reluctant architect; then a happy artist. Since then I've been in ten collectives or networks of cultural producers from the Scratch Orchestra to Exploding Cinema. With one of these groups I built my own house in Kennington (finished in 1995)."

Stefan Szczelkun worked on the MA in Visual Culture at the University of Westminster before his recent retirement. He completed a PhD at the Royal College of Art in 2002 on the legitimation of collective sites of cultural production and their value within a democratic culture. The particular focus of this research was Exploding Cinema, an underground film and video showing collective that has been active in South London since 1991 [1].

In the Seventies Stefan had his three Survival Scrapbooks, Shelter, Food and Energy published by Unicorn Bookshop and Schocken Books NY after an architectural training at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He then 'dropped out' and lived in a van whilst playing with The Scratch Orchestra - the British version of Fluxus. On returning to London he took new dance and bodywork classes at X6 in Butlers Wharf and did extensive research into the elements of human ability. Published as Sense-Think-Act; first as a mediawiki and more recently as an ebook.

Stefan is an artist with a particular interest in publishing both in traditional book format and more recently in multimedia and digital video. In the Eighties he organised two groups relating to identity issues. The first was Bigos: Artists of Polish Origin which was a open group which was interested in putting on made-to-measure shows: now archived by Tate Archive. The second, ‘Working Press, books by and about working class artists’, supported artists to publish offset-litho books under a collective imprint. Working Press published a trilogy about his experience as a working class artist - Collaborations which was raw documentation, Class Myths and Culture, a book of polemical essays and Conspiracy of Good Taste, a history and theory review which led to academic teaching and research. The Working Press archive was acquired by UCA in Farnham and has recently been activated during a four week residency (2016).

In 2012 Stefan published the third in a series of DVDs concerned with London people-power and the counter culture of the Nineties. The DVD title is 'Creating a movement: the struggle for Inclusive Education'. Another collaborative project, Agit Disco, was on the web before in became a book later in 2011. After that he worked on a large scale activation of the archives of Brixton Artists Collective that ran Brixton Art Gallery 1981 – 1986. As part of this he produced an oral history video and working with a group of artists from London Underground called ‘Out of Uniform’. This was in partnership with 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, supported by Arts Council, Heritage Lottery grants and Westminster University. See Brixton50 for more detail.

Pedagogic research interests included the use of video in teaching. One module used phone cameras and a YouTube channel as part of the students tools for data gathering and critique. He has supervised three students to complete their doctoral studies and was an external examiner of MA Cultural Industry at Goldsmiths College.

Now retired from academic work and publishing work with Routine Art Co his collaborative imprint. And making video works.

Publications

Interviews

Links