With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.
Artyčok.TV is a not-for-profit online TV channel covering the emerging art scene in Europe. Artyčok (artichoke) aims to reach beyond the obvious to create media coverage, publicity and archive online for projects that may not be attractive to mainstream media despite their importance in the independent arts sector. Through following outstanding European artists, projects, exhibitions and talks we create a broader cultural dialogue, support collaborations and provide a comprehensive access to emerging and young artist’s work in our online archive.
Since 2005 Artyčok has been reporting from the art scene in Central Europe (Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Slovenia and Moldavia) and at present it‘s expanding to London, France and the Netherlands.
Artyčok was founded as a non-for-profit broadcasting internet TV platform at the Academy of Arts in Prague (AVU) to feature news from the contemporary arts scene. In 2005, digital archive was established for contributions from exhibition’s openings, interviews with artists/curators and documentaries from workshops, art competitions and lectures.
Presently, our online archive is the largest resource of emerging artist’s work, in particular of digital and media arts in Central and Eastern Europe. The development of the project is possible due to a collaboration between international professional teams and their partners in local art institutions.
The initiative aims to provide an information hub for European emerging artists, curators and audiences as well as a platform for exchange of ideas and international collaborations reflecting the importance of the web as a main communication tool of the future.
One of the main ethos of the portal is an objective and multi-dimensional approach encouraging discussion and plurality, represented by a critical approach of the editorial team.
The project was established and coordinated by Dušan Záhoranský a Jan Zahradníček under creative direction of Jan Vidlička, František Zachoval, Jan Habrman (AVU, Prague) and Ivan Svoboda who presently manage the editorial content of the platform.
Other contributors are Tereza Dondová (UJEP, Ústí nad Labem), Katarína Slaninová (Gallery Space, Bratislava), Bogdan Achimescu (ASP, Cracow), Mark Ther (Prague), Artur Tajber (ASP, Cracow), Eva Jiřičková (Prague), Erik Sikora (AVU, Prague), Vladimir Us (Oberliht, Chisinau), Jacek Sosnowski (Propaganda, Warsaw), Darka Vasiljevic (Remont, Belgrade), Vojislav Radovanovic (Belgrade), Jana Kapelová (VŠVU Bratislava), Nikola Brabcová (AVU, Prague), Peter Barényi (VŠVU, Bratislava), Alice Master (UAL, London), 2046 (Prague) a Klára Tasovská (FAMU, Prague) and Hana YanaKowa (Brighton University, UK).
In 2008 a section for 4D and time-based media art was set up focusing on works in a wider cultural context with interdisciplinary approach. The database is a part of the collection of the Academy or Arts in Prague under the management of the Digital Lab and the Science&Arts Research Centre of the AVU.
Exhibitions, art projects and lectures are distributed under the Creative Commons (CC) license by-nc-sa. The materials under category audiovisual are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights belong to the author(s).
Artyčok.TV: open archive
Realisation of the project: May 3, 2010 – April 30, 2012
Grant applicant and the main coordinator: The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
Grant scheme: Culture Programme (2007 - 2013), Strand 1.2.1, Cooperation projectsCountries and institutions participating in the project:
Co-ordinator of the project: The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (www.avu.cz)Co-beneficiaries:
Kud Mreža / Alkatraz Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Remont – independent artistic association, Belgrade, Serbia
SPACE Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Aims of the project Artyčok.TV: open archive
to encourage the intercultural dialogue between artists, curators, cultural operators and other professionals
to contribute to the international mobility of people working in the field of art and culture
to promote the local art scenes
to create a highly professional platform for confrontation of particular European art scenes and a critical discourse
to create an archive of various forms and artistic strategies in contemporary art accessible for anybody in Europe
to involve the wide and lay public in contemporary art
to create a source of a study material for art professionals with art coming from various European countries
About Artyčok.TV: open archive / project description:
Following the main activities of Artyčok.TV in Czech Republic and Slovakia the project Artyčok.TV : open archive co-financed by the EU Culture Programme 2007 – 2013 grant aims to broaden its reach and involve other European countries, namely Slovakia, Serbia and Slovenia with the aim to put together the biggest, still missing, online archive of contemporary art in Europe that would serve as an educational, research tool for art students and professionals and would be a source of current strategies and approaches to artistic practice also for the wider and lay public.
Artyčok.TV as online contemporary art television is accessible for everyone in the world and it can provide a platform for communication, confrontation and cultural dialogues of artists, curators and cultural workers coming from various socio and political backgrounds with a very different art traditions.
Recently the project has involved also Budapest, Warsaw, Cracow, Chisinau, London and Berlin. The project supports and enhances stimulating communication among artists and focuses on the youngest generation of artists. In a broader conceptual attitude, it defines itself against contextual standards of Czech and Slovak televisions and creates an alternative to omnipresent mainstream.
This project has been funded with the support of the European Commission.
Project coordinator/contact: František Zachoval, zachoval@avu.cz, + 420 220 408 208
Project manager/contact: Mař. Straková, mar@artycok.tv, +420 220 408 208
Artyčok.TV
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U Akademie 4, 170 22 Prague 7
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+420 220 408 208
info (at) artycok (dot) tv
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Artyčok.TV / Berlin
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