Video art in Central-Eastern Europe 05-VACEE-AMU-PIE

The seminar/lecture will focus on a presentation of video art in the region, mostly after 1989 in socio-political context. The purpose of the class is to equip participants in analytical tools ena-bling analysis of the gathered material. Works discussed and collected in book Transitland. Video Art from Central and Eastern Europe 1989-2008 edited by Edit András, that offers systematic and problematic overview of video art created after the fall of communism, will be the essential starting point for the class, but we are also going to discuss most recent events such as this year’s showFlashback. Ukrainian Media Art of the 1990s in Kiev’s Arsenale.
The purpose of the class is to equip participants with the knowledge concerning both contem-porary artistic practices in countries such as Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bul-garia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Russia, etc., its context framed by the So-viet montage theory and role of Soros CenterS for Contemporary Arts in Central-Eastern Eu-rope as well as and critical texts of art historians and critics, whose texts are crucial for the subject - such as Marina Gržinić, Edit András, Zoran Erić or Miklós Peternák.
Students with different backgrounds and provenances are welcome to focus on the chosen subject related to their backgrounds (in case of students from the Central-Eastern Europe) or interests (in case of students from Western Europe, Asia, etc.). Polish students of art history are very welcome to join the class!