Wednesdays at AVU - Fedor Blaščák - Slovaks
The VVP AVU is pleased to invite you to a lecture from the series Wednesdays at AVU
Philosopher Fedor Blaščák will remind us of several Slovak figures from the history of Czechoslovak architecture and art in the 2nd half of the 20th century and, using examples of their iconic works, will outline what apparent and unforeseen consequences stubbornness can have when it unexpectedly becomes the driving force in the cultural struggle for political emancipation in the 1960s. Of course, this will be about politics. The problem of the deficit of cultural traditions will appear quite differently when their starting point is language and the ambitions of modernity and (neo)avant-garde. In other words, what use would “painterly tradition” be to us when we have strong conceptualism?
# Husák, Filko, Dedeček, Kuzma, Jankovič, and others.
Fedor Blaščák (*1975) is a philosopher by education, and an independent consultant and activist by profession. In Slovakia, he is involved with various civic initiatives, platforms, and campaigns; in the Czech Republic, he participates in strengthening contacts with the Prague environment. From 2006 to 2008, he philosophically interned at the Center for Theoretical Study in Prague and at FHS UK. He is also a member of various commissions, for example. In the Slovak public radio, he hosts the authorial discussion program Chrobák v hlave_FM.
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
U Akademie 4, auditorium – 3rd floor
Organized by the Research Institute of AVU in cooperation with the Department of Theory and History of Art AVU.
Technical support from Digilab AVU, online stream Czech Television.
Lectures are available online on the streaming page www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/extra or later from the recordings in iVysílání.
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23-3-2016, 18:00
FEDOR BLAŠČÁK /Bratislava/
SLOVAKS
“[Slovaks] are a healthy, hardworking, persistent, and modest people, but also rebellious, stubborn, conservative, and distrustful of intellectuals; of average middle stature. They tenaciously cling to their mother tongue. (...) Slovaks have their unique customs and traditions. In all significant life circumstances (baptism, wedding, and others), they enjoy singing.”Small Ott's Educational Dictionary, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 727.
Philosopher Fedor Blaščák will remind us of several Slovak figures from the history of Czechoslovak architecture and art in the 2nd half of the 20th century and, using examples of their iconic works, will outline what apparent and unforeseen consequences stubbornness can have when it unexpectedly becomes the driving force in the cultural struggle for political emancipation in the 1960s. Of course, this will be about politics. The problem of the deficit of cultural traditions will appear quite differently when their starting point is language and the ambitions of modernity and (neo)avant-garde. In other words, what use would “painterly tradition” be to us when we have strong conceptualism?
# Husák, Filko, Dedeček, Kuzma, Jankovič, and others.
Fedor Blaščák (*1975) is a philosopher by education, and an independent consultant and activist by profession. In Slovakia, he is involved with various civic initiatives, platforms, and campaigns; in the Czech Republic, he participates in strengthening contacts with the Prague environment. From 2006 to 2008, he philosophically interned at the Center for Theoretical Study in Prague and at FHS UK. He is also a member of various commissions, for example. In the Slovak public radio, he hosts the authorial discussion program Chrobák v hlave_FM.
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
U Akademie 4, auditorium – 3rd floor
Organized by the Research Institute of AVU in cooperation with the Department of Theory and History of Art AVU.
Technical support from Digilab AVU, online stream Czech Television.
Lectures are available online on the streaming page www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/extra or later from the recordings in iVysílání.
More information >
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