History

2023

publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
Notebook successfully applied to be included in the international database SCOPUS
publication of the eighth volume of the VVP Edition: Hito Steyerl, Duty Free Art. Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War
ukončení Visegradského projektu s názvem Resonances: Regional and Transregional Cultural Transfer in the Art of the 1970s

2022

international conference The Exhibition as Medium in the Bloc
evening dedicated to the publication of three book by P. Piotrowski
publication of the seventh volume of the VVP Edition Pavlína Morganová, Martin Škabraha (eds.), Art and Emancipation: A Selection of Texts by Piotr Piotrowski
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
Jiří Ševčík, founder of the VVP AVU, died on 2 April 2022

2021

the publication The Exhibition as Medium: Czech Art 1957–1999 won a prize for the Most Beautiful Book of 2020 in the category of Specialist Literature, as well as the Union of Graphic Designers Award
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
the end of the Visegrád project entitled Resonances: Regional and Transregional Cultural Transfer in the Art of the 1970s

2020

publication of Pavlína Morganová, Terezie Nekvindová, Dagmar Svatošová (eds.), The Exhibition as Medium: Czech Art 1957–1999
completion of the GAČR project entitled The Medium of the Exhibition in Czech Art 1957–1997
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones

2019

publication of a selection of articles from Sešit entitled The Sešit Reader. The First Ten Years of Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones 2007–2017
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones

2018

publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones

2017

publication of the sixth volume of the VVP Edition and the first volume of the Display Stratus Edition Lukáš Likavčan, Václav Janoščík, Jiří Růžička (eds.), Mind in the Field: Philosophical realism in the 21st century
publication of Terezie Nekvindová (ed.), Vending machine for an exhibition: The Czechoslovak Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones

2016

launch of the GAČR project entitled The Medium of the Exhibition in Czech Art 1957–1997
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
tenth year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU

2015

publication of the fifth volume of the VVP AVU edition Peter Bürger, Theory of the Avant-Garde. The Aging of Modernism
release of the fifth DVD from the Vida Edition Czech Action Art: Films and Video 1956–1989
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones is included in the list of scientific journals of the European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS)
ninth year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU

2014

establishment of the VVP AVU Video Archive Media Library
the conference Theatre, Theatricality, Contemporary Art
publication of Pavlína Morganová, A Walk Through Prague: Actions, Performances, Happenings 1949–1989
publication of Terezie Nekvindová (ed.), České Budějovice House of Art 2013–1998
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
eighth year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU

2013

publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
the conference Between Creation and Production. Transformations in Artistic Practice
partner of the international project as part of the European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme “Everybody is illiterate. How to learn how to teach” (2013–2015)
release of the fourth DVD of the Vida Edition He Who Smiles. Art on the World of Art
publication of the anthology Czech and Slovak Architecture 1971–2011. Texts, Interviews, Documents
seventh year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU
Pavlína Morganová takes over from Jiří Ševčík as head of the Research Centre

2012

release of the third DVD of the Vida Edition Vít Soukup: Everything!, published with Divus
sixth year of the lecture series Wednesday at AVU
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
the exhibition Islands of Resistance. Between the First and Second Modernity 1985–2012
symposium Vytváření dějin současného umění
publication of the catalogue Between the First and Second Modernity 1985–2012
one-year centralised project of the MŠMT entitled Archiving and Methodological Contextualisation of Czech Audiovisual Art
establishment of the Window onto the Video Archive section of VVP AVU on Artyčok.tv for the broadcasting of video art and art documentaries from the VVP AVU video archive

2011

completion of the research project of the MŠMT ČR entitled Czech Art in the Period of Post-Socialist Transformation (1980–2005) and the research project of the MK ČR entitled Czech Art of the 1980s and 1990s – Reflections and Documentation
publication of the anthology Czech Art 1980–2010. Texts and Documents
the conference The consequences of conceptualism
release of the second DVD of the Vida Edition B-Movie: Porno – Horror – Violence – Bizarreness
fifth year of the lecture cycle Wednesdays at AVU
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
establishment of the Vida Edition for the release of DVDs from the VVP AVU video archive, release of the first DVD The Starting Point Can Be Zero
release of the fourth volume of the VVP AVU Edition Jan Zálešák, The Art of Collaboration, in collaboration with Masaryk University in Brno

2010

the conference Cultural politics and visual art
publication of Jana Ševčíková, Jiří Ševčík, Texty in collaboration with tranzitdisplay
the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones entered in the list of peer-reviewed periodicals without impact factor published in the Czech Republic
publication of two issues of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
fourth year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU
VVP AVU establish a collaboration with the mediabaze.cz and Artlist.cz projects
publication of the third volume of the VVP AVU Edition Tomáš Dvořák (ed.), Chapters from the History and Theory of the Media
publication of the second volume of the VVP AVU Edition Boris Groys, Gesamtkunstwerk Stalin: Divided Culture in the Soviet Union: A Communist Postscript
publication of CO14 2003–2005

2009

Bibliobase, part of the ART portal
third year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU
publication of a double issue of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones

2008

symposium and proceedings of (A)symmetrical Histories – Silenced Frameworks and Displaced Problems
second year of the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU
establishment of the VVP AVU Edition and publication of the first volume Slavoj Žižek, Horseshoe over the Door. Anthology of texts
publication of a double issue of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
participation on the project OPEN ARCHIVES 2.0
participation at the Multiplace International Festival of New Media and Network Culture

2007

the lecture series Wednesdays at AVU is inaugurated
in November of this year the 10th anniversary of the founding of VVP AVU
publication of the periodical Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones
publication of the anthology Peter Weibel, Jiří Ševčík (eds.), Utopien & Konflikte. Dokumente und Manifeste zur Tschechischen Kunst 1938–1989
the start of the five-year research project of the MŠMT ČR Czech Art in the Period of Post-Socialist Transformation (1980–2005) and the research project of the MK ČR Czech Art of the 1980s and 1990s – Reflections and Documentation
establishment of the VVP AVU video archive for the preservation of Czech video art and audiovisual documentation of art

2006

i-datum hooked up to the European-art.net platform

2005

completion of the project EU Culture 2000 Gravity. Art, Religion, Science
i-datum project – on-line contemporary art database
publication of Jiří Ševčík et al., Karel Malich, Wires. Dráty
the exhibition Turbulence: Karel Malich – Federico Díaz (E-Area) – Zbyněk Baladrán
symposium and proceedings Alén Diviš, Paralell Histories

2003

completion of the project EU Culture 2000 Vektor – European Contemporary Art Archives
new website with new Bibliobase design
release of CD ROM Project 281 m2

2002

participation in the project EU Culture 2000 Gravity. Art, Religion, Science
participation in the project East Art Map. A (Re)construction of the History of Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe
symposium and proceedings Mikulas Medek – Closed Issue or Current Phenomenon of Czech Art?

2001

publication of the anthology Jiří Ševík, Pavlína Morganová, Dagmar Dušková (eds.), Czech Art 1938–1989. Manifestos / Critical Texts / Documents

2000

participation in the project EU Culture 2000 Vektor – European Contemporary Art Archives
realisation of the Pární Válec International Festival of Action Art Prague 2000

1999

the symposium and proceedings Programmes and Impulses / Czech Art 1939-1999
launch of the research project of the MŠMT ČR Modern and Postmodern Art after 1945
the symposium Absence and Translocation

1997

the AVU Academic Research Centre (VVP AVU) is founded in November with the support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Its brief is to conduct research into Czech post-war and contemporary art