2023

The Agosto Foundation was founded in 2013 and has been dedicated to the support and realization of many projects and programs. After a decade, since 2023, our presence on the Czech cultural scene will remain, albeit mainly through the rich legacy of our online Mediateka, as we mull the current realities of the cultural climate and assess the availability of resources.

We invite you to browse our extensive media collections in the Mediateka, which include:

… among many other media collections.

2022

2021

2020

2019

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3. Etáž

  • In Service to the Place Where I am From
he last particles, 2018 mixed-media installation (HD video 8 min. 45 sec., photography, sand, aluminium structures, microscope, lab cabinet, etc.), variable dimensions. Copyright: Frac des Pays de la Loire, photo credits: Fanny Trichet-Anca_Benera_the-last-particles_2.jpg

Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán Simona Gottierová

  • Artist Presentations
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  • Ida Hiršenfelder
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Art in the Elsewhere: On Cemeteries, Orchards and Virtual Reality

  • Jan Freiberg
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Martin Howse

  • Artist in Residence
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Andrea Ermke / Burkhard Beins / Matěj Šenkyřík

  • 22 October 2019, 8 PM
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International Colloquium

  • Artworks from the Digital Era in Galleries and Museums
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Murmurans Mundus Sonic Ecology and Beyond

  • International Interdisciplinary Conference
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Ondřej Smeykal Wood/Metal/Breath

  • Presentation of “Flies and Birds Above”
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Prague Improvisation Orchestra Featuring Burkhard Beins

  • 10 October 2019, 8 PM
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Acoustemology

  • Sound as an Inexhaustible Source of Knowledge
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Symbiont

  • A Series of Screenings and Discusions on
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Flies and Birds Above

  • A Convergence in Benedikt
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I Think Humanity is Going to Die

  • Newton Harrison and Force Majeure
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El Mar La Mar

  • A film by Joshua Bonnetta and J.P. Sniadecki
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Thinking Like a Mountain

  • A film by Alexander Hick
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Politically Engaged Films Against Colonialism

  • Windjarrameru, The Stealing C*nt$
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Roundtable with Christine Hill

  • 23 July 6 PM
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Art in the Anthropocene

  • Report from the international conference
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Results of the Agosto Foundation’s Perpedes Grant Program 2019

  • Press Release
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Francisco López: Live Sound Performance

  • With guest: Lloyd Dunn ( nula.cc )
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Towards the Unsecure Horizon Acoustic Ecology: Landscape​/​Collapse​/​Art

  • Panel Discussion and Presentations
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What Goes on at the Old School

  • Stará škola (Old School)
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Expodum sponzorsky rozšířil naši pódiovou techniku

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Aki Onda Cassette Memories

  • 8 October 2019, 7 PM
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Roi Vaara: Grounding

  • 24 September 2019, 6–8 PM
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Ror-bu & LuFi Luboš Fidler/Veronika Svobodová

  • 17 September 2019, 7 PM
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Nicolas Collins: !Trumpet Petr Válek: Noise

  • Guest: George Cremaschi – double bass
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Sonic Circuits

  • Accompanying program to the exhibition Sounds / Codes / Images: Audio Experimentation in Visual Arts
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Becoming Animal

  • A film by Emma Davie and Peter Mettler
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Arcadia

  • A film by Paul Wright
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Jitka and Květa Válová Receive Title

  • Dames of Czech Culture
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Call for Nominations 2019

  • Perpedes Grant Program
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Lee Patterson: Terrain

  • Alchemy of Physics
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Krčkovna, the Villa Fiala

  • Local Landmark Faces an Uncertain Future
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Curupira: Creature of the Woods / Fevers

  • Films by Félix Blume and Adrien Lecouturier
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Félix Blume

  • Artist Residency
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Taste of Cement

  • A film by Ziad Kalthoum

2018

CESSE - Conference in Budapest

The Founding Conference of CENSE

  • Central European Network for Sonic Ecologies
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Extinction Rebellion

  • On Environmental Collapse and the “Creative Rebellion”
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Sokolowsko’s Sanatorium of Sound

  • Sound Art and Experimental Music Make for a Surprising Boom in the Forest
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Results of the Agosto Foundation’s Perpedes Grant Program 2018

  • Press Release
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Saša Spačal (Transversal) & Jiří Suchánek (Atomtón)

  • Sound Performances
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The Most Beautiful Catastrophe

  • Art and Ecology in V4 and Beyond
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Agosto Residency Program 2019

  • Supported Artists
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Anca Benera and Arnold Estefan

  • Artist Residency
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Burkhard Beins

  • Artist Residency
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Anamaria Pravicencu

  • Artist Residency
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Chris Hill

  • Artist Residency
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Sophisticated Spectacularity

  • Interview with Julien Maire
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The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

  • A film by Ben Rivers
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Saving a “Pearl of Functionalism”

  • Living Villa Society and the Kral Villa
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Saša Spačal

  • Artist Residency
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Tonic Train at Sanatorium Dźwięku festival

  • 17-19 August, 2018
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Romani Culture in the Spotlight

  • An Interview with Gwendolyn Albert
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Picnic with Tonic Train

  • 26 July, 2018, 5 PM
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MUHÚ – Microfestival of Art, Mountains and Valleys

  • 30 July – 4 August, 2018
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Call for Nominations 2018

  • Perpedes Grant Program
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How Forests Think

  • Martyna Poznańska and Peter Cusack
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Exploring New Musical Horizons in Bali

  • Martin Lauer
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Martyna Poznańska and Vendula Guhová

  • Concert at Petrohradská kolektiv
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Nyepi: The Ritual of Silence in Bali

  • Martin Lauer
Lea Vene - lecture

Industrial Heritage in the Sphere of Cultural Production

  • Case study: Croatia
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Our Daily Bread

  • A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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Romano ďives

  • Romani Day in Zákolany
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Unveiling of a Memorial Plaque at the House of the Válová Sisters

  • Tentative Operation of Jitka Válová Studio
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The Válová Sisters

  • From Obscurity to Rediscovery
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Martyna Poznańska

  • Artist residency
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Lea Vene

  • Curatorial Residency
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Change is Possible

  • An Interview with Dalibor Knapp
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Dawson City: Frozen Time

  • A film by Bill Morrison
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Alive and Well

  • Kavárny Naživo Brings Art to the Cafés of Europe
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Romafuturismo Library

  • Library Opening and Reading Marathon
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Elena Veljanovska

  • Curatorial Residency
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Naturally DIY

  • Uutěrky
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Nedotýkejte se toho, prosím / Let’s entropy

  • Multichannel video installation by Veronika Romhány
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Reality, Virtuality and Dark Energy

  • Interview with Veronika Romhány

2017

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Renovation Opens New Horizons for Pilsen Space

  • Moving Station / Johan Society
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Results of the Inaugural Perpedes Grant Program 2017

  • Press Release
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Wild Plants

  • A film by Nicolas Humbert
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Thick skin

  • Presentation by Veronika Romhány
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Working together for a More Vibrant Liberec

  • KultiVAR Shared Work Space
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Miloš Šejn: Image-Body-Sound (debut) + David Helán: Časopysk

  • 27 November 2017, 18h
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The Bioacoustics of Ants

  • Kuai Shen
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For Libkovice

  • Martin Zet
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New Life for an Abandoned Church

  • Soulkostel
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Bart Society Enlivens the Local Scene

  • Úterý
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Post-improvisation at the 21st Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • 25 and 27 October, Kostel sv. Ducha in Jihlava
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Veronika Romhány

  • Artist Residency
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(Post)Land Art and the Anthropocene

  • “Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art”
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Mobile Soundscapes

  • Workshop: An introduction to live streaming with open microphones
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Třešť activates its Cultural Scene

  • Potřeby and Dederova kola
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Dead Plants and Living Objects

  • Pierre Berthet and Rie Nakajima
Zauhlovačka. Celkový pohled

Zauhlovačka

  • The story of a water tower in Vratislavice nad Nisou
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Peter Sinclair

  • Artist Residency
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Farmstudio

  • Vysoká 26, Kokořínsko
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Futurist Week

  • 22 – 30 November 2017
JSD

The Peerless Brotherhood of the Holy Nurture

  • Universal Psychiatric Church and the Holy Scrap Units
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An Interview with Christine Abdelnour

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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Experience the City Anew

  • 16 September, 11 AM to 8 PM
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New Music from a Respirium

  • Miroslav Tóth / Zdeněk Závodný / Milan Guštar
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Chomutov, For the Better

  • Kuprospěchu group
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Soundworms Ecology Gathering

  • 22 — 24 September 2017
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Planet Chaos

  • Střítež by Polička in Eastern Bohemia
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An Interview with Lê Quan Ninh

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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Making Your City Your Own

  • Let’s Revive Strakonice
Viral Ecologies

Kuai Shen

  • Artist Residency
Praed (Raed Yassin and Paed Conca)

An Interview with Praed

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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Call for Artists and Researchers

  • Agosto Foundation Artist-In-Residence Program
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Camouflage and Photographic Surveillance

  • Hide-and-Seek in Science, Art, and War
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An Interview with Hans van Koolwijk

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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The Skins of Things

  • A Screening of Films by Hanna Rose Shell
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Soundworms Ecology Gathering

  • A Call for Participation
Muzeum Alternatywnych Historii Społecznych

Jakub Gawkowski

  • Artalk.cz Guest Art Critic
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A Gallery for the Taking

  • The Stolen Gallery
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An Interview with Sarah Washington

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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Katalin Vera Benedek

  • Artalk.cz Guest Art Historian
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Hanna Rose Shell

  • Artist Residency
Christof Kurzmann

An Interview with Christof Kurzmann

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
Kohoutův dům

Zastávka194

  • An Open Community Space in Chotěboř
Liminal spaces

Liminal Spaces

  • Genot Centre and the Silent_Night concert series
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Oxymoron

  • Bram (Joost Verhey)
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Ada Muntean

  • Artalk.cz Guest Curator in Prague
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Getting Lost on Purpose

  • Paul Williams on Tony Conrad and Burning Bridges
Phil Minton

An Interview with Phil Minton

  • vs. Interpretation 2016
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Early Minimalism

  • Vibrating and Drone Music
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Through the Other Lens

  • The Post‐Photographic and the Neo‐Archeological
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Staying Incognito and Making Noise

  • Yury Bulka
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Stop Tracking Me

  • How to regain your privacy and autonomy online
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A Practice within a Vision

  • Sam83 and Aradecor
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Yury Bulka at Wakushoppu

  • 7 February, 2017, 7:30 PM at Café V lese
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Tony Conrad

  • Completely in the Present

2016

2015