Video art in Slovakia (1960s-80s)
Artists
Stano Filko, Vladimír Havrilla, Vladimír Kordoš, Ľubomír Ďurček, Peter Meluzin, Peter Rónai
Forms
- diaprojections (Filko)
- performances, happenings, events recorded on film (Mlynárčik, Kordoš, Meluzin, Rónai)
- features (Havrilla, Ďurček)
No references to the use of camera as a performance trigger, neither closed-circuit installations in this period.
Works
Erotic, 1966. Stano Filko. Environment with diaprojection.
Pomník hlasu, zvuku, obrazu..., 1966-67. Stano Filko. Proto-videoinstallation. Tower consisting of television and radio switched on.
Universal environment, 1966-67. Stano Filko. Environment with diaprojection of cars, technical inventions, space travels. The mirror floor reflected both the projected images and viewer.
Cathedral of Humanism, 1968. Stano Filko. Rectangular construction of environment with diaprojection of images reflecting socio-political condition of 1968 in Czechoslovakia. The viewer was inclused into projection. Exhibited at Danuvius '68 exhibition.
Cosmos, 1968. Stano Filko. Environment with images from space travels from four diaprojectors, projection of interior and radio sounds.
Keby všetky vlaky sveta / Deň radosti, 1971. Alex Mlynárčik. 35mm BW film documentation of event in Zakamenné, Orava by Dušan Hanák.
Bird Woman, 1972. Vladimír Havrilla.
White (Foam), 1973. Vladimír Havrilla.
White (Pool, Pipe), 1973. Vladimír Havrilla.
Lift, 1974. Vladimír Havrilla.
No Limit, 1976. Vladimír Havrilla.
Baby doll, 1982. Vladimír Havrilla.
Films incorporating video art techniques. Lift and No Limit exhibited at Works and Words, Galerie de Appel, Amsterdam, 1979, curated by Tomáš Štrauss.
School of Athenai, 1981. Vladimír Kordoš. 16mm color film recording of live interpretation of Raffael's painting.
Spojenie živlov, 1987. Vladimír Kordoš. Record from the event of setting the top of waterfalls under the fire.
Hommage à F. X. Messerschmidt, 1989. Vladimír Kordoš. Video recording of performance consisting of Kordoš' lecture on Messerschmidt, projection of his works, preparation for the action and live interpretation of his head-sculptures.
Information about hands and men, 1982. Ľubomír Ďurček. Conceptual poetic film. Play with irony.
Home, 1983. Ľubomír Ďurček.
White and Black, 1988. Ľubomír Ďurček.
Krok vpred, tri vzad, 1991. Ľubomír Ďurček.
Extervention, 1991. Ľubomír Ďurček.
Loggia, 1984. Peter Meluzin. Super 8mm film from the action.
Obratník PKO-OKP, 1986. Peter Meluzin. Diapositives from action filmed on 8mm color.
L.E.F. (Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité), 1986. Peter Meluzin. Color and BW film from response of French critic E Cornevin to the theoretician Matuštík's text on absence of art criticism. (In 1998 also on video).
ABC, 1985-86. Peter Rónai. Video from action in the nature. Peter Bartoš lets the pigeon fly.
