HERMIT / international art symposium 1992
01.04.1992 - 30.06.1992 I Plasy monastery, Bohemia
"Even in the case of object, the boundaries are not clear. (...) But why argue? The indians long ago knew that music was going on permanently and that hearing it was like looking out a window at the landscape which didn't stop when one turned away."
John Cage (A Year from Monday)
Artists: Karel Adamus, Pierre Berthet & Brigid Romano, René Bogaerts, Ad van Buurren, Bram Cox & Mathias Klein, Michael Delia, Kristine Deray & C. O. I. L., Conrad van den Drieschen, Peter van der Ent, Maria Evelein, Pavel Fajt, Luboš Dalmador Fiedler, Fred Frith, Guadalupe Garcia, Hilary Vexil, Tomáš Hlavina, Anna Homler, Iris Honderdos, Martin Janíček, Oldřich Janota, Wim Jans, Jiří Kornatovský. Harald & Daniela Kubiczak, Guus Koenraads, Edward Luyken, Ronald Medema, Zjos Meyvis, Phil Niblock, Jiří Olt, Badouin Oosterlynck, Marian Palla, Paul Panhuysen, Smíšené Pocity, Emil Pospíšil, Felicitas Rath, Horst Rickels, Miloš Šejn, Sluik / Kurpershoek, Orloj Snivců, Martin Stroober, Jan Svoboda, Marjo Többen, Jo Truman, Sven Thomsen, Victor Wentinck, Marten Winters, Zyklus, Jan Blažej Santini
Work from MIlos Sejn: Space Of The Memories And An Immediate Space, visual sound performance and installation
Curator: Miloš Vojtěchovský
Center for Metamedia-Plasy is an international, interdisciplinary artist residency program and project center established in 1992 on the grounds of the former monastery in Plasy, west Bohemia (a national monument). Over 400 artists from many parts of the world have participated in the Center's programs, which range from independent study or project-based residencies for visual and performing artists, scholars, curators, and students; exhibitions; performances; symposia; workshops; and other meetings. The Center's archive and library are open to the public. Catalogues are published by the Center for each symposia since 1992, in some cases supplemented by music recordings.
The Hermit Foundation, also established in 1992, provides support to experimental, non-commerical cultural activities in the Czech Republic. Most of the foundation's resources are dedicated to the Center for Metamedia-Plasy. Additional, limited funding is given to projects involving interaction among regional and international artists, such as:
inter-disciplinary symposia
thematic project & study residencies
professional conferences, seminars, and workshops
publications
exhibitions
festivals
concerts and theater performances
Plasy monastery
Hermit Foundation
Center for Metamedia-Plasy
Pivovarská 1, 331 01 Plasy, Czech Republic
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