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Neo-Avant-Garde in Cybernetic Socialism Workshop
Event by: Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze
Location: Galerie AVU, Veletržní 63, Praha 7
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About event
International workshop organized by the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and the University of Zurich in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The program is part of the teaching module Exile – Migration – Samizdat – Multilingualism.
A joint program between the Faculty of the Arts, Charles University, Prague (FF UK) and the University of Zurich (UZH), in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts (AVU, Prague)
(part of the teaching module Exile – Migration – Samizdat – Multilingualism)
Concept and organization (alphabetically): Tomáš Glanc, Libuše Heczková, Hana Kosáková, Andres Kurg, Mari Laanemets, Terezie Nekvindová
Contributions by (alphabetically): David Crowley, Antje Kramer-Mallordy, Jane Sharp, and others
Everyone is welcome to attend. To help us reserve a seat for you in the hall and ensure we have enough food and drinks during the breaks, RSVP at [email protected]
Programme
10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
An introductory note on the workshop's organization, context, and core objectives.
10:15 – 10:45 | Tomáš Glanc – The Aesthetics of Kinetic Cybernetics: Its Appearance, Intent, and Reception in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Beyond
10:45 – 10:55 | Julie Dostálová – Presentation: A Catalog of Soviet Cybernetic Kineticism and Corresponding Bibliography
11:00 – 11:40 | Keynote Speech I: Jane Sharp – Visions and Public Spaces (Dvizhenie Group), followed by Q&A
11:40 – 12:15 | Mari Laanemets & Andres Kurg – Crossing the Threshold of Possibility: Situating IBKS
12:15 – 12:30 | Q&A
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 | Antje Kramer-Mallordy – 'Avant-garde' or 'Conformist Imagination'? The Art of Dvizhenie through a French Perspective
14:30 – 15:00 | Matteo Bertelé - Between 'Alternative Attuali' and 'Individuelle Mythologien': Lev Nusberg and Dvizhenie across Western Europe (1960s–1970s)
15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:00 | Keynote Speech II: David Crowley - Dvizhenie's Plastic Visions, followed by Q&A
16:00 - 16:45 | Panel Discussion: Transnational Museum Collaboration and Cold War Legacies. Informal Gathering
The discussion will continue over drinks at Cobra Bar.
More information: https://avu.cz/aktualita/neo-avant-garde-in-cybernetic-socialism
A joint program between the Faculty of the Arts, Charles University, Prague (FF UK) and the University of Zurich (UZH), in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts (AVU, Prague)
(part of the teaching module Exile – Migration – Samizdat – Multilingualism)
Concept and organization (alphabetically): Tomáš Glanc, Libuše Heczková, Hana Kosáková, Andres Kurg, Mari Laanemets, Terezie Nekvindová
Contributions by (alphabetically): David Crowley, Antje Kramer-Mallordy, Jane Sharp, and others
Everyone is welcome to attend. To help us reserve a seat for you in the hall and ensure we have enough food and drinks during the breaks, RSVP at [email protected]
Programme
10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
An introductory note on the workshop's organization, context, and core objectives.
10:15 – 10:45 | Tomáš Glanc – The Aesthetics of Kinetic Cybernetics: Its Appearance, Intent, and Reception in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Beyond
10:45 – 10:55 | Julie Dostálová – Presentation: A Catalog of Soviet Cybernetic Kineticism and Corresponding Bibliography
11:00 – 11:40 | Keynote Speech I: Jane Sharp – Visions and Public Spaces (Dvizhenie Group), followed by Q&A
11:40 – 12:15 | Mari Laanemets & Andres Kurg – Crossing the Threshold of Possibility: Situating IBKS
12:15 – 12:30 | Q&A
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30 | Antje Kramer-Mallordy – 'Avant-garde' or 'Conformist Imagination'? The Art of Dvizhenie through a French Perspective
14:30 – 15:00 | Matteo Bertelé - Between 'Alternative Attuali' and 'Individuelle Mythologien': Lev Nusberg and Dvizhenie across Western Europe (1960s–1970s)
15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee Break
15:20 – 16:00 | Keynote Speech II: David Crowley - Dvizhenie's Plastic Visions, followed by Q&A
16:00 - 16:45 | Panel Discussion: Transnational Museum Collaboration and Cold War Legacies. Informal Gathering
The discussion will continue over drinks at Cobra Bar.
More information: https://avu.cz/aktualita/neo-avant-garde-in-cybernetic-socialism