We invite you to the first lecture in the series New Media Art Today, which will take place at Vašulka Kitchen Brno and will feature topics, critical perspectives, and intermedia intersections from the field of contemporary artistic and cultural discourse, and explore redefinitions of the concept of new media.

The lecture series will be kicked off by Ondřej Trhoň with a lecture titled Game-Art Speculations. 

How are the formal characteristics of video games related to contemporary art and thought? Where and how do they intersect, how do they enrich one another, and how do they relate to the sociopolitical situation in which we live and create? The lecture will take a critical look at examples from contemporary video game and “geek” art and offer a way to interpret them in the context of contemporary critical theory. 

Ondřej Trhoň moves between journalism and art; he works in the gaming industry (Charles Games) and publishes the independent interdisciplinary magazine Dýpt. He has published in magazines such as Fotograf magazine and A2, and regularly writes for Cinepur and ČT art, primarily video game reviews. He is the creator of the program Otevřené hlavy on Radio Wave ČRo, for which he conducts interviews with leading international intellectuals. He has published the book One More Level (2024) on the interpretation of video games. 

The lecture series New Media Art Today explores the current discourse and forms of audiovisual, digital, and online art that were previously referred to as “new media art.” This lecture series, featuring invited guests, will explore possible transformations of the concept of “new media” and its critical reflections at Vašulka Kitchen Brno, while also addressing topics that are currently resonating in this field and across disciplines.

The lecture will be held in Czech language.