Tomáš Dvořák

Born:
26 May 1975, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Professional Affiliation:
Academic Research Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (since 2008)
Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (since 2001)

Studies:
Philosophy, Sociology, and Art History at Charles University and City University of New York
Ph.D. granted in 2005 (Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague)

Grants:
Recycling (in) Art, Czech Ministry of Culture (2008)
Archaeology of Virtual Reality: What is New About New Media, Czech Science
Foundation (2006–08)
Fulbright Commission in the Czech Republic (stipend for 2002–03)

Publications/monograph:
Sbìrné suroviny. Texty, obrazy a zvuky nedávné minulosti [Raw Materials: Texts,
Images, and Sounds of Recent History]. Prague: Filosofia 2009.

Publications/scholarly articles (selection):
• Vìk obrazù svìta [The Age of the World Pictures]. Dìjiny, teorie, kritika/History, Theory, Criticism, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2009 (forthcoming).
• Sociologická technoimaginace [Sociological Technoimagination]. Teorie
vìdy/Theory of Science, Vol. 30, No. 3–4, 2008, s. 81–112.
• Antologické ètení [Anthological Reading]. In: Ševèík, J. –Mitášová, M. – Zervan, M. (eds.), (A)symetrické historie – zamlèené rámce a vytìsnìné problémy. Praha: VVP AVU 2008, pp. 37-50.
• Pýthagorùv závoj [Pythagoras’s Veil]. Iluminace, Vol. 19, 2007, No. 3, pp. 163-176.
• Album/atlas/archiv: o obrazech a jejich uspoøádání [Album/Atlas Archive: On Images and their Arrangements]. Iluminace, Vol. 16, 2004, No. 3, pp. 121-137.
• Sex appeal neorganického aneb jak malíø moderního života k postmoderní auøe pøišel [The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic, Or, How the Painter of Modern Life Acquired His Postmodern Aura]. Sociologický èasopis – Czech Sociological Review, Vol. 40, 2004, No. 1/2, pp. 141-155.
• Rozptýlení jako pøedpoklad soustøedìní: poznámky k pojetí recepce u Waltera Benjamina [Distraction as a Precondition of Concentration: Remarks on the Problem of Reception in Benjamin]. Iluminace, Vol. 15, 2003, No. 4, pp. 67-84.
• A Charming Impasse: Czech Cubist Architecture. www.artmargins.com (10 Nov. 2002).
• Elektronická mystika Marshalla McLuhana [Marshall McLuhan’s Electronic Mysticism]. Vìda, technika, spoleènost, Vol. 23, 2001, No. 4, pp. 67-76.
• Hry povrchù v architektuøe [Surface Games in Architecture]. Architekt, Vol. , 2000, pp
• Na hranici obrazových kódù [On the Borders of Image Codes]. In: INSEA 2000: Média a obraznost. Prague: Èeská sekce INSEA, 2000, pp. 62-70.
• The Body and Visual Technology. In: Tìlo a fotografie/Body and Photography. Praha: PHP, 1998, pp. 114-128.

Publications/journal editions:
Theory of Science: Journal for Theory of Science, Technology, and Communication.
• Theory of Science – Scientific Visualizations, Vol. 30, 2008, No. 2.
• Theory of Science – Electrical Imagination, Vol. 28, 2006, No. 2.
• Theory of Science – Remediation, Vol. 27, 2005, No. 2.
• Theory of Science – Archeology of Interactivity, Vol.26, 2004, No 2
• Theory of Science – Media and Method, Vol. 25, 2003, No. 2.
• Theory of Science – New Media, Vol. 24, 2002, No. 2.
Fotograf: Magazine for Photography and Visual Culture.
• Fotograf – The Recycled Image, Vol. 3, 2005, No. 6.
• Fotograf – Collective Authorship, Vol. 1, 2003, No. 2.
• 2002 founding member of editorial board; member till 2003