Jen Kratochvil

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Subject guarantor:

Hynek ALT

Name of lecturer(s):

Hynek ALT

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

This module focuses on updating studio instruction and its approach to current exhibition operations

Mode of study:

full-time

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Studio meeting attendance

Course contents:

Jen Kratochivl presents current trends in new media, post-internet and contemporary exhibition practice with an emphasis on the moving image. In critique meetings, Kratochvil will begin the summary exam project development with the students. Kratochvil will present, during studio instruction, relevant literarture and lectures available on YouTube.

Recommended or required reading:

Art Post-internet, Karen Archey and Robin Peckham, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing China, 2014

Seth Price, Wrok, Fmaily, Freinds, Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, 2016

Preliminary Material for a Theory of the Young Girl, Tiqqun, MIT, 1999

Assessment methods and criteria:

Attendace at 4 meetings during the semester, participation in preparations and critical evaluation.

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Lecturer CV:

Jen Kratochvil (born 1986) is a curator and freelance critic in Vienna and Prague. Kratochvil co-founded the hybrid coaching and discursive platform „Significant Other“which is based in Vienna. He collaborates with the film dramaturgy of the Rudofinum Cinema. Last year he was the curator of the Photograph Festival #7: Eye in the Sky, in Prague. Prior, she was the curator of PLATO - Platforms (for contemporary arts) in Ostrava where she mainly focused on moving image media. He was a member of the Are curator organization (http://are-events.org) based in Prague. He was assistant curator and co-founder of the Seventh Chapter Space for the moving image (Moving Image Dept. at the Prage National Gallery and is the current curator of the Entrance Gallery in Prague. Allong with the aforementioned long-term projects, Kratochvil has acted as curator on a wide range of exhibits in many locations - in museums, independent spaces and private galleries. He was a representative for the main editor of the cultural magazine Artalk.cz and has also published in Photograph Magazine, Art + Antiques and A2.

Schedule for winter semester 2017/2018:

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Schedule for summer semester 2017/2018:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans: