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Visiting Artist Lecture: James Dyer, Graphic Events: Journeying in Bohemia

PCU, Bishop's Court Studios Biskupsky dvĹŻr 1147/6, Prague, Czech Republic

Dr James Dyer is senior lecturer of Graphic Design at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. He writes, often cynically, about visual culture. For his Visiting Artist Lecture he will be presenting on the origins of his collaborative book publication Graphic Events: A Realist Account of Graphic Design, which he co-authored and edited […]

Master Speaker Series: Scott MacMillan, The Science of ending Global Poverty

PCU, City Centre Campus Hybernská 1009/24, Prague, Czech Republic

Scott MacMillan is the author of Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty A former journalist, Scott served as the speechwriter of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC. The story of Fazle Hasan and the organisation that he set up is remarkable. BRAC is responsible for 100,000 […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: MarkĂ©ta Magidová, Children’s Imagination

PCU, Bishop's Court Studios Biskupsky dvĹŻr 1147/6, Prague, Czech Republic

MarkĂ©ta Magidová is a Czech visual artist and a director. In her intermedia and feminist-oriented practice she seeks fragments, traces and catalysts of imagination across diverse minds, cultures and times. Images come to human minds in different ways. Through historical and visual representations they capture social stereotypes, expectations and codes as a cultural footprint. In […]

Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Julie Dítětová, AI-Generated Patterns

PCU, Bishop's Court Studios Biskupsky dvĹŻr 1147/6, Prague, Czech Republic

Machine learning: Programming Patterns PCU students, lecturers and the general public are invited to attend a VALS lecture by Julie DĂ­tÄ›tová, a graphic designer, nominated for the Czech Grand Design awards for her current project Machine learning: Programming Patterns. Programming Patterns is an experiment that uses the StyleGAN 2 neural network to generate visual data […]

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Vistiting Artist Lecture Series: Radim Labuda, Punctum, a post-artistic practice

PCU, Bishop's Court Studios Biskupsky dvĹŻr 1147/6, Prague, Czech Republic

Radim Labuda graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU) and completed a doctoral thesis at the University of Fine Arts and Design.
Radim's talk will focus on topics of collaborative practice, curating and what comes after one no longer feels the need to identify as an artist.

Master Speaker Series: Hana Lešenarová, Meeting the Real Victims of Corruption and Bribery

PCU, City Centre Campus Hybernská 1009/24, Prague, Czech Republic

Hana’s lecture will be a not-to-be-missed opportunity to learn first-hand about financial crimes explaining to students the social impact of corruption and bribery through relevant cases.
The problem of corruption is not only at the country level where it can be faced globally, but also at the individual level where single actions can play a role to prevent and counter corruption to develop higher resilience and foster integrity at all levels of society.

Graphic Events: Wandering Encounters

PCU, Bishop's Court Studios Biskupsky dvĹŻr 1147/6, Prague, Czech Republic

In February 2023, James Dyer spoke at PCU as part of the Visiting Artists Lecture Series (VALS). Dyer’s lecture was followed by a workshop. Students were instructed to photograph everyday graphic events in Prague. Exhibited here are their wandering encounters.

Visiting Artist & Lecture Series – Plato Ostrava

Plato Ostrava Porážková 26, Ostrava, Czech Republic

For a first VALS of this semester, students of MA Future Design and MA Fine Art will travel to Ostrava, to visit City Gallery of Contemporary Art PLATO.