Dissertation "Myths of the Czech Music Alternative in the 1980s" presents an anthropological view of the phenomenon of a parallel culture in a limiting situation. On the basis of biographical narratives, additional interviews and data gained from other types of sources, "myths" are constructed for seven major figures of the Czech alternative scene. This is an insider's ethnomusicological interpretation, based on Mircea Eliade's and Bronislaw Malinowski's concepts of myth as recurrent and exemplary models of behavior. The described personalities, Jazz Section (Prometheus), Miroslav Wanek ("hero's journey") Karel Babuljak ("search for paradise lost"), Pavel Zajíček (Odysseus), Mikoláš Chadima ("Rebel"), Oldřich Janota (Hermes), and Marka Míková (Psyche), represent some of the main trends in creative processes of the Czech music alternative scene with myth being used as a metaphor. The metaphor is understood here in the terms of Timothy Rice, i.e. as an organization principle of our thinking, as well as an illuminating image.

The doctoral thesis is concerned diachronically with the term "visual poetry". The focus is on its progress during the period after the Second World War in the context of the extensively advanced movement, as substantially defined in international expert discussion. The use of the term, which is supported by the arguments of many theoreticians and artists of the period, is studied in the thesis from the viewpoint of the inspirational sources and specific contacts between art and literature. The focus is on the specific positions and strategies of visual perception. Visual poetry is studied - considering the different contexts of the European avant-garde movements and through the analysis of contemporaneous theories which defined three main lines of thought - as an incoherent art stream manifesting itself in the eclectic use of artistic media. In conclusion, the thesis looks at the project of Czech author poetics typology which grew from purely Czech examples based on formal language of the visual poetry works. The thesis seeks to point out the original aspects of the internal discussion of visual poetry, and to place it in the international context.

in English This work focuses on the Czech afterwar avant-garde and its fiction in the wider European context. The main goal of our writing was diversifying literary historical field by integrating genre of short story and its authors into the interpretive frame of the prepoetistic avant-garde. We could intrude a canonic picture of the Czech avant-garde by enriching the interpretive frame of the new genre (short story) and new, often hardly known or forgotten, writers. Last but not least by doing so we were able to questioned and problematized basic oppositions such as expressionism × avant-garde, and mainly individualism × collectivism. We introduce the principal opposition individualism × collectivism, which in our opinion, organizes afterwar literary discourse, as a main connecting line between Czech avant-garde art and European art (collective and one of its manifestation - crowd, as one of the main themes of modernism and avant-garde). We interpretate beyond this scope the fictions of French unanimism as the main inspiration of the Czech afterwar avan-garde and its (collective) fiction as well.

This thesis studies the impact of the work of Elena Jordi during the first Spanish avant-garde period (1890-1920) and the relationship between the myth of Thaïs and her homonymous film released in 1918. Here I track the trajectory of her career from its beginnings to culmination, when she directed Thaïs while leading an innovative vaudeville theatre company. The first chapter discusses the activity of Jordi as a Catalan actress, and woman entrepreneur in vaudeville. It analyzes the effect of the introduction of foreign vaudevilles on the reception of her work by critics through the theorization of Herni Gidel´s on vaudeville as genre. The second chapter reviews the cinematographic work of Jordi and situates it within the context of Catalan cinema´s early development as Spain´s first woman film director. After reflecting about the possible cultural influences that informed Jordi’s Thaïs, I explore the literary origins of the Legend of the Saint, an hagiography of Greek origins, and review relevant literary, operatic, and cinematic productions that incorporated this myth during the early Spanish avant-garde period. My conclusion highlights the original and similar features of Elena Jordi and Thaïs in their respective fields and different manifestations, simultaneously placing Jordi’s Thaïs in dialogue with the myth´s resurrection and its impact on the avant-garde feminist milieu. This demonstrates the formative influence of both Jordi as a pioneering artist and the enduring cultural influence of the myth of Thais on twentieth-century cultural production.

Dissertation "Myths of the Czech Music Alternative in the 1980s" presents an anthropological view of the phenomenon of a parallel culture in a limiting situation. On the basis of biographical narratives, additional interviews and data gained from other types of sources, "myths" are constructed for seven major figures of the Czech alternative scene. This is an insider's ethnomusicological interpretation, based on Mircea Eliade's and Bronislaw Malinowski's concepts of myth as recurrent and exemplary models of behavior. The described personalities, Jazz Section (Prometheus), Miroslav Wanek ("hero's journey") Karel Babuljak ("search for paradise lost"), Pavel Zajíček (Odysseus), Mikoláš Chadima ("Rebel"), Oldřich Janota (Hermes), and Marka Míková (Psyche), represent some of the main trends in creative processes of the Czech music alternative scene with myth being used as a metaphor. The metaphor is understood here in the terms of Timothy Rice, i.e. as an organization principle of our thinking, as well as an illuminating image.

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Peu connus de l'histoire de l'art, les rapports entre l'art et la mode se manifestent au moment où prennent forme les avant-gardes historiques. Parmi les liens les plus marquants : le Fauvisme (Paul Poiret et Raoul Dufy), le Bauhaus (Chanel), le Simultanéisme (Sonia Delaunay), le Futurisme italien, le Construstivisme russe, le Surréalisme et le Pop Art (Andy Warhol). Après ces nombreuses collaborations innovatrices, les artistes et créateurs de mode tendent dorénavant à favoriser des approches multidimensionnelles et interdisciplinaires, dont le prolongement se reconnaît dans la mode «post-moderne». Guy Scarpetta, Achille Bonito-Oliva, Germano Celant, Gilles Lipovetsky, etc, poursuivent cette réflexion théorique. Chez Jean Paul Gaultier, cette mode plurielle et éclectique s'exprime à travers une revision burlesque de la tradition vestimentaire. / Montréal Trigonix inc. 2018

[ES] El aburrimiento es una sensación desagradable y los seres humanos lo experimentan en la vida cotidiana, en el trabajo, en el entretenimiento, o en la educación y la cultura. En dicha investigación, pretendemos explorar la poética del aburrimiento en el arte contemporáneo a través de la indagación en el formalismo y en el conceptualismo, rastreando cómo el aburrimiento afecta a la producción artística, conformándose como una estrategia del arte e influyendo en el espectador. Para realizar este trabajo, iniciamos el estudio de los recursos filosóficos, sociológicos y literarios relacionados con el aburrimiento, con el fin de configurar su rostro y valor. Después, a través de este entendimiento del aburrimiento, rastreamos su manifestación en el arte. Descubrimos que, en efecto, tradicionalmente la impresión establecida del arte ha sido una simulación de ilusión, creando un mundo asombroso en medio de la representación ilusionista de la realidad y la imaginación. Sin embargo, desde las vanguardias, el arte ha roto este lenguaje de la representación ilusionista y ha propuesto otro lenguaje basado en el conceptualismo y en la experiencia pura visual abstracta. Tales rupturas y conflictos con el arte convencional también llevan consigo la posibilidad del aburrimiento en el arte, donde el arte a primera vista ya no es visualmente comprensible y tampoco se basa plenamente en la representación visual. Además, hallamos este vínculo significativo del aburrimiento concretamente en el "Manifiesto Dadá", en el que declara la intención de derrotar el aburrimiento del arte convencional. Sin embargo y paradójicamente el dadaísmo introdujo aquel lenguaje del aburrimiento en el arte, influyendo posteriormente en el arte contemporáneo. Es así que, con el análisis de diversos artistas y estrategias estéticas que utilizan el aburrimiento, revelamos la poética del aburrimiento en el arte contemporáneo. / [CA] L'avorriment és una sensació desagradable i els éssers humans l'experimenten en la vida quotidiana, en el treball, l'entreteniment, o l'educació i la cultura. En aquesta investigació, pretenem explorar la poètica de l'avorriment en l'art contemporani a través de la indagació en el formalisme i en el conceptualisme, rastrejant com l'avorriment afecta a la producció artística, conformant-se com una estratègia de l'art i influint en l'espectador. Per a fer aquest treball, iniciem l'estudi dels recursos filosòfics, sociològics i literaris relacionats amb l'avorriment, amb la finalitat de configurar el seu rostre i valor. Després, a través d'aquest enteniment de l'avorriment, rastregem la seua manifestació en l'art. Descobrim que, en efecte, tradicionalment la impressió establida de l'art ha sigut una simulació d'il·lusió, creant un món sorprenent enmig de la representació il·lusionista de la realitat i la imaginació. No obstant això, des de les avantguardes, l'art ha trencat aquest llenguatge de la representació il·lusionista i ha proposat un altre llenguatge basat en el conceptualisme i en l'experiència pura visual abstracta. Tals ruptures i conflictes amb l'art convencional també porten amb si la possibilitat de l'avorriment en l'art, on l'art a primera vista ja no és visualment comprensible i tampoc es basa plenament en la representació visual. A més, trobem aquest vincle significatiu de l'avorriment concretament en el "Manifest Dadà", en el qual declara la intenció de derrotar l'avorriment de l'art convencional. No obstant això i paradoxalment el dadaisme va introduir aquell llenguatge de l'avorriment en l'art, influint posteriorment en l'art contemporani. És així que, amb l'anàlisi de diversos artistes i estratègies estètiques que utilitzen l'avorriment, revelem la poètica de l'avorriment en l'art contemporani. / [EN] Boredom is an unpleasant feeling that is experienced by human beings in everyday life, in work, entertainment, education, and culture. In this research, we intend to explore the poetics of boredom in contemporary art through the investigation of formalism and conceptualism, tracing how boredom affects artistic production, turns into an art strategy, and affects the viewer. To carry out this work, we began with the study of philosophical, sociological, and literary resources related to boredom in order to configure its features and value. Later, through this understanding of boredom, we traced its manifestation in art. We discovered that, indeed, traditionally the established impression of art has been a simulation of illusion, creating an amazing world between the illusionistic representation of reality and imagination. However, since the avant-gardes, art has broken this language of illusionist representation and has proposed another language based on conceptualism and pure abstract visual experience. Such ruptures and conflicts with conventional art also bring with them the possibility of boredom in art, where art at first sight is no longer visually understandable and also does not completely depend on visual representation. In addition, we find this significant link between boredom and art specifically in the "Dada Manifesto," which declares the aim of defeating boredom in conventional art. However, paradoxically, Dadaism introduced strategies of boredom into art, which subsequently became influential in contemporary art. Thus, with the analysis of various artists and aesthetic strategies involved with boredom, we have revealed the poetics of boredom in contemporary art. / Lee, CY. (2023). Una aproximación a la retórica del aburrimiento en el arte contemporáneo [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/192761

Jia Zhang-ke est un cinéaste chinois. Il est généralement considéré comme une figure de la Sixième génération. De son premier court-métrage Xiao Shan Going Home (1995) jusqu’à I Wish I Knew, de son premier films trilogie Xiao Wu, artisan pickpocket (1997), Platform (2000), Plaisirs Inconnus (2002) qui est considéré comme des films underground, à la sortie en Chine de Still Life en face du film blockbuster La cité interdite de Zhang Yi-mou, Jia Zhang-ke reste fidèle à son attitude de cinéaste de films d’auteur. Il ne change jamais. Il est un authentique paradigme de la société chinoise. Il est comme un écrivain qui enregistre la mutation de la société chinoise des années 1980 et 1990 jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Il cherche la vérité, avec sincérité, soucieux de ne jamais simplifier la réalité, dans le respect de l’homme et de la complexité de sa vie quotidienne. Ce que je crois avoir bien dégagé dans ma thèse, c’est la fertilité des oppositions symétriques : arrière-garde et avant-garde, ancien et nouveau, tradition et modernité, culture réservée à une certaine élite et culture de masse. Parce que Jia Zhang-ke est toujours un entre-deux : Oriental et Occidental, procédure de fiction et procédure documentaire. / Jia Zhang-ke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the Sixth Generation mouvement of Chinese cinema. From his first short Xiao Shan Going Home (1995) to the last film I Wish I Knew (2010), from his early films trilogy Xiao Wu (1997), Platform (2000), Unknown Pleasures (2002), which are considered underground film, to the film Still Life in front of the blockbuster film Curse of the Golden Flower by Zhang Yi-mou, Jia Zhang-ke remains faithful to his attitude film d'auteur. He never changes. He is a true paradigm of Chinese society. He is as a writer who records the transformation of Chinese society in the 1980s and 1990s until today. He seeks the truth with sincerity, careful, not to simplify the reality, within the respect of man and the complexity of everyday life. What I think I have identified in my work, is the fertility oppositions symmetrical: avant garde and rear garde, old and new, traditional and modernity, cultural elite and mass culture. Because Jia Zhang-ke is always an in-between: Oriental and Occidental, process documentary and fiction process. / 贾樟柯是一位中国导演.他被公认为是第六代电影导演的代表人物.从他的第一部短片小山回家,（1995年），直到海上传奇（2010年），从他的第一个故乡三部曲，小武（1997年），站台（2000年），任逍遥（2002）, 他的地下电影时期，到三峡好人, 和张艺谋的大制作满城尽带黄金甲同日公映,贾樟柯始终保持他作者导演的态度。他从来没有改变. 他是一个真正的中国社会的范式。他像是一个作家，记录了中国社会在20世纪80年代和90年代直到今天的社会转型。他用真诚寻求真理，小心的从来不简化现实, 尊重人和日常生活的复杂性。在我的论文中,我坚持用对比：后卫和先锋，旧的和新的，传统与现代，精英文化和大众文化。因为贾樟柯总是跨界：东方和西方，剧情

Die Dissertation untersucht einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Rezeption der historischen Avantgarde in (medien-)künstlerischen Projekten der 1980er und 1990er Jahre in Ex-Jugoslawien und Russland. Dieser Paradigmenwechsel liegt im veränderten Verhältnis zum Begriff der (politischen wie künstlerischen) Utopie begründet. In den 1980er Jahren zeichnet sich die Rezeption sowohl im sogenannten sowjetischen Postutopismus (Il’ja Kabakov, Ėrik Bulatov, Oleg Vasil’ev, Komar & Melamid, Kollektive Aktionen) als auch in der jugoslawischen Retroavantgarde (NSK, Mladen Stilinović, Malevič aus Belgrad etc.) durch ein ‚diskursarchäologisches’ Interesse an potentiell totalitären Elementen der Avantgarde aus. Seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre lässt sich eine signifikant veränderte Rezeption der historischen künstlerischen Avantgarde in Projekten junger KünstlerInnen aus dem östlichen Europa festellen (Neoutopismus, Retroutopismus). Die Utopien der Avantgarde werden im sogenannten Retroutopismus (Marko Peljhan, Vadim Fishkin) nicht mehr primär mit totalitären Tendenzen gleichgesetzt, sondern sie werden jetzt vor allem auf ihre medientechnologischen Projektionen und Entwürfe durchgesehen. Diese wurden nicht nur von einzelnen Avantgarde-Künstlern und –Theoretikern (Velimir Chlebnikov, Bertolt Brecht), sondern auch von Wissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren (Nikola Tesla, Herman Potočnik Noordung) am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entwickelt. In den 1990er Jahren wird in künstlerischen Projekten somit ein verstärktes medienarchäologisches Interesse für frühe utopische Technologiephantasien der Avantgarde wahrnehmbar, das symptomatisch für ein signifikant verändertes Verhältnis zur Utopie bzw. zum Utopischen ist: Das Utopische löst sich von seinem eindeutig negativen, da politisch-totalitären Beigeschmack (verstanden als ‚Utopismus’) und wird wieder verstärkt positiv politisch konnotiert, d.h. als emanzipatives oder auch visionär-gespinsthaftes Potenzial verstanden (‚Utopizität’). / The dissertation researches a paradigmatic shift in the way artists reflect the historical avant-garde in visual and media art projects of the 1980s and 1990s in (ex-)Yugoslavia and Russia. The reasons for this paradigm shift can be found in the changing relationship to the notion of utopia, both in its political and its artistic connotation. In the 1980s, the reception both in so-called Soviet postutopianism (Il’ja Kabakov, Ėrik Bulatov, Oleg Vasil’ev, Komar & Melamid, Kollektive Aktionen) and in the Yugoslav retro-avant-garde (NSK, Mladen Stilinović, Malevič from Belgrads etc.) is characterized by a ‘discourse archeological’ interest in the potentially totalitarian elements of the avant-garde. Yet this point of view changes fundamentally during the 1990s in a younger generation of artists (neoutopianism and retroutopianism). Retroutopianism (Marko Peljhan, Vadim Fishkin) no longer primarily equates the utopianism of the avant-garde with totalitarian tendencies, but is reexamined with regard to its media-technological projections and designs, which were not only developed by individual avant-garde artists and theoreticians (Velimir Khlebnikov, Bertolt Brecht) but also by scientists and engineers during the early 20th century (Nikola Tesla, Herman Potočnik Noordung). Artistic projects of the time reveal an increasing ‘media-archeological’ fascination for the avant-garde's early utopian fantasies of technology. This fascination, in turn, is symptomatic for a significant change in the relationship to utopia and utopian thinking on the whole: utopian thinking per se separates from its unambiguously negative, political-totalitarian aftertaste (understood as 'utopianism') and takes on a new positive political connotation. It is now understood as an emancipatory or visionary-spectral potentiality ('utopicity').