Photo & concept: Imre Lepsényi

Interviews

State (Re-)Actions. A Short Video Interview with Miško Šuvaković

Miško Šuvaković was a central protagonist of the Yugoslavian performance art scene of the 1970’s and is now still active as an art historian and theoretician. In this short video edit, he converses with Nastasia Louveau about a counter-action staged by the Belgrade police that took place during Israeli artist Zvi Goldstein’s performance at the Student Cultural Center in April 1975.

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Historical Performances from Eastern Europe

SZENTJÓBY Tamás, ALTORJAY Gábor (JANKOVICS Miklós, VARANNAY István, ERDÉLY Miklós):Az ebéd (in memoriam Batu kán) – Az első magyarországi Happening – 1966. június 25. BudapestThe Lunch (in memoriam Batu Khan) – The first Hungarian Happening – 25 06 1966 – n/8 b&w film camera: GYÉMÁNT László, comp-ass.: VETŐ János – NahTe, Schmidt MOTOR Péter

 

SZENTJÓBY Tamás: 3 x 8 ≠ 24 (Happening) 1973SZENTJÓBY (Stjóby) Tamás (Paralel Kurzus/Tanpálya): 3 x 8 ≠ 24 – Happening a Ganz-Mávag Művelődési Központban, Budapest, 1973. május 2. Happening (Paralel Curse/Study Track) at the Culture Center of the Factory Ganz-Mavag, Budapest, 02 05 1973 – n/8 b&w film camera: PÓR György, comp-ass.: VETŐ János – NahTe, Schmidt MOTOR Péter

 

TOMISLAV GOTOVAC „Akcija 100“ [Action 100]Tomislav Gotovac undertook the „Akcija 100“ on the 12th May1979 on the occasion oft he X. Music Biennale in Zagreb. Particularity of these Gotovac-Action is that it has been ordered by the government.

 

Katalin Ladik – Phonopoetica, 1976

 

Raša Todosijević – Was ist Kunst, Marinela Koželj?, 1976

 

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Ion Grigorescu, Chisa, Tkáčová Performing History – Romanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2011Autori: Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, Ion Grigorescu
Curatori: Maria Rus Bojan, Ami Barak, Bogdan Ghiu

 

Zbignew Warpechowski Dirty Water, 1988

 

Július Koller – Rónai Péter: Antiperformance, 1990-1991

 

Rirkrit Tiravanija, Remember Július Koller: Universal Futurological Question Mark (U.F.O), 2013

 

Interview with Julius Koller 2011