Jan Hus Educational Foundation Collection

The Jan Hus Educational Foundation's collection presents an extraordinary set of materials documenting a work of a British organization focusing on supporting of cultural opposition in Czechoslovakia, mainly through underground university, scholarships, and the publication and translation of forbidden or unaccessable books.

Ort:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1980
Besondere Beispiele:
- Travel reports of the Foundation´s lecturers and members about their visits of Czechoslovakia

Jan Patočka Archives

The Jan Patočka Archives (AJP) studies and interprets the philosophical heritage of the Czech philosopher and dissident Jan Patočka (1907-1977). AJP is led by Patočkaʼs pupils and is a unique institute working with Patočkaʼs original texts and also with the attendees of his lectures.

Ort:
- Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1990
Besondere Beispiele:
- Jan Patočka and Max van der Stoel - audio recording of meeting 1.3.1977, Hotel InterContinental
- Jan Patočka. Does History Have a Meaning?, 1975. Typescript

János Dobri Collection of the Reformed Congregation of Cluj–Dâmbul Rotund

The János Dobri Collection of the Reformed Congregation of Cluj–Dâmbul Rotund contains materials covering the confessional life and activity of the eponymous pastor, which alongside proofs of his individual stand and sacrifice, in the course of the official and private correspondence with the Romanian authorities and private individuals, and beyond the struggle for survival of the Reformed church, also provides an insight into the details of the fight for minority and human rights in the twentieth century.

Ort:
- Cluj-Napoca Strada Corneliu Coposu 72, Romania 400000
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1969
Besondere Beispiele:
- The Church Building Permit from the Year 1977
- The Deed of Gift from the Gustav-Adolf-Werk (West) of the Evangelical Church in Germany

Kowalnia Archive at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

“Kowalnia” is the popular name of professor Grzegorz Kowalski's Studio of Audiovisual Space at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Kowalski, a creator of installations and performer, has been its leader since 1984, drawing from the modernist tradition in which he was educated, and the communal, countercultural experiences of his own artistic activity. The studio gained popularity in the 1990s as a forge of the stars of the art world and of some of the most controversial figures in Polish “critical art”. The archive, maintained by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, includes photo and video documentation of the studio's activity, as well as its manifestos, exhibition catalogues and issues of a zine published by students.

Ort:
- Warszawa Pańska 3, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1980

KwieKulik Archive

KwieKulik is the name of an artistic duo formed by Zofia Kulik and Przemysław Kwiek. For twenty years they created performance, conceptual and process art, with politically engaged and critical undertones.
Simultaneously, since the late 1960s, they regularly documented the artistic life of Poland, focusing on ephemeral phenomena. Currently the KwieKulik Archive is an enormous set of visual and film materials, publications, and works of art. By Zofia Kulik’s effort it was converted into an archive-piece, a collection which itself became a work of art.

Ort:
- Łomianki Pionierów 22, Poland 05-092
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1972
Besondere Beispiele:
- Activities on the Head, performance, 1978
- Activities with Dobromierz, photo series, 1972-1974