Pavel Mrkus (1970)
Audiovisual artist, teacher
- at the J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem he established the Time Based Media studio, and at the school he also worked as dean
- graduated from the Glass Studio at UMPRUM, he also studied religious studies
- he devotes himself to working with video and sound in the contemporary art environment
- he is the chief curator of the Signal Festival
- for 4 years he taught at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in Japan, he also worked as a teacher in the USA - in 2003 he exhibited as part of the main competition of the Venice Biennale
Chapters
0:51 What interests me most is personality
2:10 The path from light to time
3:19 I guide students, but only carefully
4:25 Together or separately?
5:23 Critique of new media? A big topic for students
6:24 Nature and technology can be friends
7:39 Signal Festival inspires
How to recognise talent, how to support and develop it? How to guide students meaningfully? When does a pupil become an artist?
Questions concerning passion, obsession, motivation, inspiration and feedback are answered by prominent figures of the Czech art scene who, in their role as mentors in MenART, help talented students and their teachers find their own path.
Thus the MenART Impulse project was born – a ten-minute story with the ambition to move forward all those who are interested in art, work with art or study it. Desire is contagious!
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