(born 1976 in Prostějov)
is one of the Czech Republic’s most important formal and conceptual film directors. Practically all his films make use of highly formalized “scripts” and concepts that define the form of the film even before it is made. The process of filming itself is an uncontrolled process within clearly defined limits.
After graduating from secondary school in Opava, Plachká (born 1981) studied composition at Ostrava's Janáček Conservatory with Edvard Schiffauer. At the same time, she attended fine arts courses at the local People's Conservatory.
Michal Rataj (born 1975) is assistant professor of electroacoustic music at the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague. He studied musicology and composition in Prague, Egham (UK) and Berlin (D) and he was a Fulbright Scholar to Centre For New Music And Audio Technologies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is member of the producers' EBU Ars Acustica Group, his music has been broadcast worldwide and performed throughout Europe and in the USA.
Lukáš Jiřička was born in 1979. He studied comparative studies at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University and dramaturgy at DAMU in Prague. Today, he works as a theatre dramaturge and director of radio-art projects, mostly for the Czech Radio.
Robert Piotrowicz is one of the most prolific artists on the Polish experimental and improvised music scene. In addition to developing his own solo projects, he also collaborates with the world's leading sound artists and musicians.
Jiří Suchánek (*1979 in Brno) studied video art with Keiko Sei and professor Peter Ronai at Brno's Faculty of Visual Arts (1999-2006).
Kindernay is interested in the possibilities offered by the interactive combination of sound, image, and natural atmospheric processes. His work with visual programming applications includes video performances, interactive installations, intermedia and documentary projects, and musical compositions. He also creates instruments and software solutions that can be used for audiovisual production or during performances.
Jaromír Typlt (*1973) hails from Nová Paka. He studied philosophy and Bohemian Studies at Charles University's Philosophical Faculty. In 1997, he settled in Liberec, where he originally worked with the mentally ill. Later, in 2000-08 he prepared exhibitions of contemporary art and photography at the local Small Exhibition Hall.
Born in Prague. After completing primary and secondary school, Dufek went on to become a certified film director with a degree from the Písek film school. In subsequent years, he continued his education by attending the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague, where he further developed his obsession with manipulating sound and image in all respectable and less respectable forms.
*1962 Prague
drawing and piano (Public Art School), Secondary School of Graphic Art in Prague (Applied Photography)
percussion (Jaromír Rychetský)
until 1990, Kořán worked primarily as a photographer, later as a musician and a graphic artist
since 1983, he has participated in group and individual exhibitions and presentations
Skokanová was born in 1982 in Český Těšín. After four years of studying piano with Xenia Hranická, she began studying dramaturgy and directing under Professor Václav Cejpek at the JAMU theater faculty in Brno.
Italian electronic music composer and audio artist Antonio Della Marina was born in 1969. In recent years, Della Marina has focused on working with sinus tones. He is strongly influenced by the 1960s and '70 minimalist East Coast avant-garde, and focuses on the physical nature of sound and its relationship to human aural perception.
KENNETH ATCHLEY (b. 1954, Lebanon, TN) is a San Francisco Bay Area sound, video, and installation artist who fashions and performs works ranging from pure-tone and noise hymns to distortion-studded, electro-acoustic devotionals. Much of his work from 1997 to 2005 included the use of fountains, and his current presentations continue to be informed by that work and study.
Srnka was born in 1975 in Prague, where he studied musicology at Charles University's philosophical faculty (1993 - 1999) and composition at AMU's Music Faculty (1998 - 2003).
Black is a musician, performer and scholar in the field of contemporary audio art. He gained international recognition in 2003 after winning the prestigious Prix Italia in the "best radio composition" category for his extensive composition 'The Ears Outside My Listening Room'.
In the past 15 years, acoustic forms of art and soundscape study have shaped Andrea Dancer work across genres.
Born: 15 April 1955 in Prague
Studies: Charles University Philosophical Faculty (1974-80), aesthetics and art history.
Academic, critic, pedagogue, publisher (electronic media, music and communications systems).
George Cremaschi was born in New York City, where he studied music and composition. He has played with and composed for dancers, rock bands, installation artists, improvisers, poets, film, folk musicians, theater groups, orchestras, and pop divas. He has worked with a long list of fantastic artists: Greg Goodman, Saadet Türköz, Matthew Ostrowski, Nicolas Collins, Evan Parker, Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Liz Allbee, Burkhard Stangl, Mats Gustafsson, Kai Fagaschinski, Lê Quan Ninh, Gino Robair, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Frédéric Blondy, Christof Kurzmann, Nels Cline, Andrea Parkins, Paul Lovens, Marshall Allen, Han Bennink, Butch Morris, and many others.
