Inter-Media Art

professor: Vladimír Havlík

Inter-Media Art synthesises various methods of creative expression. Emphasis is placed on open communication, critical discourse and active participation by students. Inter-media art comes from action and conceptual art (performance, land art, objects, installations) and the expressive possibilities of new media (video, digital photography). The key words are: idea, concept, process, contact, experience.
Instruction in the inter-media atelier is based on dialogue, which should reveal the background (deep source) of the works of each individual student. The meaning of dialogue is not the creation of linear angles of causal progression, but the forming of a conceptual structural network of personal experiences, unique experiences, and authentic stories—which are in my opinion still the most important sources of creativity. On the other hand, there is of course the “story of art”; in the case of contemporary art, more like thousands of fragments from which each person must create their own story. One must connect rapid information with “slow” experience (i.e., experience needs time to become a life value or energy...).
Critical analysis of artworks should lead to the ability to argue, to identify pluses and minuses, assets and debits. The goal of instruction is the specification and deepening of personal positions, the formation of authentic structures of visual thought.
A passion for contemporary art and a curiosity in the content and formal movements in visual language is the prerequisite for every student.