Articles
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Karel Císař
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berlin
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01.03.2000
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THE LAST HUNT
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| Though the Danish artist Peter Land has till now filmed his videos almost exclusively in abstract interiors, intentionally ridding them of any context of place or time, he places the story of the main character of his latest work, Lake, exhibited along with twelve photographs in Klosterfelde in Berlin, into an idyllic forest landscape. In the video, Land strolls through the forest, dressed in a… |
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Miloš Vojtěchovský
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performance
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01.03.2000
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CAPTIVE OF THE CONCEPT OF THE MIRACULOUS (BETWEEN ART AND LIFE)
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| Jan Bas Ader entered art history in his final performance, which was exceptional and remarkable for two reasons. Firstly, there is no visual documentation of it (at least I have not found any). It was a peculiar and adventurous event, during the course of which Ader died at the age of 33 somewhere in the Atlantic between Europe and America. In July 1975, he set out on a small sailboat to cross… |
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Lenka Lindaurová
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biennial
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01.03.2000
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AN ATTACK IS THE BEST DEFENSE
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| "The symbol of the border, which has often and ambiguously been used in art theory was dusted off again and applied as the theme for this year’s third Manifesta biennial of contemporary European art. Borderline Syndrome, a title chosen by the Manifesta curators, comes from psychology and defines the need to defend. They could hardly have chosen a better metaphor for addressing some current… |
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Jana Tichá
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artist
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01.03.2000
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PARAPHOTOGRAPHER OR PHOTOGRAFIST?
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| Paraphotographer or Photografist?
I did not make up the words in the title myself: the first one was invented by Robert Heinecken, when he tried to label his own artistic activities, and the other one was invented for Heinecken’s art by the art critic Arthur C. Danto. Both basically wanted to make clear that Heinecken is not a photographer in the regular sense of the word, meaning someone who… |
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Michaela Vlková
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media
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01.03.2000
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INTERNET ART VS. ART ON THE INTERNET
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| “The Internet is a self-organizing structure with plasmatic epicenters of activity, emerging from unexpected directions.”
Tilman Baumgaertel
Composer Richard Wagner called for “synthetic” art in his notion of Gesamtkunstwerk. The Futurists demanded the dissolution of the institutional structures of art with all of their norms and regulations, as they longed for speed. At the time of the… |
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media
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01.03.2000
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COOKING—AN INTERNET PROJECT
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| If you leave your recipe at the www.avu.cz/~cooking, you may be witness to its realization during an Internet broadcast party in NoD Gallery at the Roxy in Prague on September 20.
Food is the most material thing imaginable; it is perceived and valued on the basis of the stimulation of all our senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. It is even so essential that we often forget its… |
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media
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01.03.2000
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ART@RADIO STATION
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| Pilot Internet Radio Station
This summer, the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague will inaugurate broadcasting of an Internet Radio Station with the mission of providing a wide sampling of the arts and media currently taking place in the country. The content will focus on issues dealing with the local art community, social and political issues, investigative journalism, and innovative… |
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media
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01.03.2000
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EUROVISION2000
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| MoneyNations is based on a free floating network of correspondents and connected individuals across Europe, including artists, sociologists, journalists and economists from the non-governmental sector. Videos will be produced dealing specifically with the phenomena of informal economy, migration as a new possible post-national concept for Europe, including reflections about "Fortress Europe” and… |
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media
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01.03.2000
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NEXT SEX
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| Installations, events, performances and net.art will address
issues concerning the technology of reproduction at this year's Ars
Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.
Continuing the exploration of modern biotechnology and genetic
engineering from 1999, the new millenium's first edition of the
festival is attempting to launch a debate on possible future scenarios
from the artificial,… |
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Otto M. Urban
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taboo
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01.03.2000
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PENIS ENVY (NĚKOLIK POZNÁMEK K JEDNOMU TABU V MODERNÍ KULTUŘE)
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| "To Lenka Lindaurová
“My biggest advantage is my penis.”
Jake Steed, porn star
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After the article “L’Origine du Monde” in the previous issue, the topic for the following observations is only logical. A penis always follows a vagina. What at first seemed to be an obvious statement, however, turned out not to be that unambiguous within the given context. Penis imagery in the fine arts is so… |
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