Creation of the history of contemporary art

Creation of the history of contemporary art

A symposium on the occasion of the exhibition Islands of Resistance: Between the First and Second Modernity 1985–2012.

30 May 2012, auditorium of Veletržní Palace

The symposium was organised by the AVU Research Centre in collaboration with the National Gallery in Prague.

The symposium was held on the occasion of the exhibition Islands of Resistance: Between the First and Second Modernity 1985–2012 and publication of the anthology Czech Art 1980–2010. Texts and Documents.

Programme:

10.00–10.10 Introduction: Vladimír Rösel, Helena Musilová, Jiří Ševčík

10.10–10.50 Milena Bartlová (VŠUP): What does writing the history of art mean?

10.50–11.30 Václav Janoščík (VŠUP): Between the present and history with Zdeněk Vašíček

11.30–12.10 Ondřej Chrobák (CENS, Tranzitdisplay) and Tomáš Svoboda (Tranzitdisplay): The automatic speech of exhibition architecture (delivered by Ondřej Horák)

12.10–12.50 Karina Kottová (FF MU): Factors influencing the experience of contemporary art within the context of new institutions

12.50–13.30 Panel discussion

13.30–15.00 break

15.00–15.40 Josef Ledvina: On the function of art theory in art practice

15.40–16.20 Karel Císař (VŠUP): The history of contemporary art within a narrowed field

16.20–17.00 Vlasta Čiháková-Noshiro (Federation of Art Critics and Theoreticians): From action art to multimedia interaction

17.00–17.40 Tomáš Pospiszyl (FAMU): Struggles over art, the fight for power

17.40 Panel discussion