The Moving Image Collection was founded in 2019. Until then, there had been no such collection of this type of visual art in the whole Czech Republic. The term moving image covers various interdisciplinary approaches, such as experimental film, videoart, video installation, diapositive installations, film essays or performance recordings. The collection has examples of development of this type of visual art, spanning from 1960s experimental tendencies to the present. Its purpose is to provide a more meaningful understanding of the transformations and thinking about the moving image within a broader frame of thought and an evaluation of its context within the environment of Central and Eastern Europe, as the history of the moving image in Czechia cannot be viewed in isolation. At the same time, it seeks to monitor the development and mutual influence of the different media defined above, i.e. older and newer technologies of the moving image.
Key parts of the collection include works by Czech and Slovak artists, followed by works by artists who come from Hungary, Poland, Baltic, and Balkan countries. Some of the artists and their works of note are as follows: Miloš Šejn – Psychological Drama, Present, Gorge, G/SOL; Martin Zet – Cheap Statues; Marek Ther – Kim, Pick and Wedgie; Zbyněk Baladrán – Models of Space; Daniel Pitín – Dinner with Kazimir Malevich; Filip Cenek – Wonky Cinema; Michal Kindernay – Heavy Heaven, Ječná, Žitná, Staropramenná, Národní, Myslíkova; Marie Lukáčová – Skuzomeetzach, Moraine Rex, Siren)
The collection also stores original physical media, complete files, and installations, which are later digitalized to create a database with previews of individual works for study and research. When the collection was founded, a separate GMU exhibition space called the Black Cube was also set up to showcase the acquisitions.
Zbyněk Baladrán, MODELS OF SPACE, 2009
Daniel Pitín, DINNER WITH KAZIMIR MALEVICH, 2010
Marie Lukáčová, MORAINE REX, 2019
Miloš Šejn, GORGE, 1979
Marie Lukáčová, SKUZOMEETZACH, 2019
Michal Kindernay, HEAVY HEAVEN, 2019
Vasil Artamonov (*1980), Alexey Klyuykov (*1983), GARAGE, 2006
Adéla Babánová, ZURICH, 2008
Adéla Babánová, SEMI-DIVINE BEINGS, 2009
Adéla Babánová, I CHOSE MYSELF FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR, 2009
Michael Bielický, FOUR SEASONS, 1984
Michael Bielický, CIRCULUS VICIOSUS, 1985
Michael Bielický, PAIK (NO, I AM AN EXPERIMENTALIST), 1987
Michael Bielický, CIRCULUS VICIOSUS, 1985
Filip Cenek, AFTER THE ASSASSINATION (3 FRAGMENTS), 1998
Jiří Černický, THE MAKEUP OF FATA MORGANA, 1992
Milan Guštar, ABACUS (2002) 1/1, ABACUS AV (2013) 1/1, ABACUS CD (2002) 1/50
Lumír Hladík, SEA IN THE MIRROR, 1980
Milan Knížák, STONE CEREMONY (KAMENNÝ OBŘAD), 1972
Milan Knížák, KILL YOURSELF AND FLY, 1982
Milan Kohout, TRACING SHADOWS, 1987
Václav Magid, CAMERA, 2005
Michaela Maupicová, ICE FLOES, 2007
MINA – Milan Mikuláštík (*1975) and Jan Nálevka (*1976), MINA: TRADITION OF VERTICALITY IN BRITTANY, 1999
Rudolf Němec, MANIPULATION, undated
Michal Pěchouček, THE MAGIC OF SYMPATHY, 2001
Tomáš Ruller, SELF-PORTRAIT, 1984
Tomáš Ruller, FALLING, 1985
Jan Ságl, A TRIBUTE TO FAFEJT, 1972
Erik Sikora, INVENTION OF NAVIGATION, 2007
Matěj Smetana, LAST PAINTERS ON EARTH, 2012–2017
Sláva Sobotovičová, SEARCHING FOR 1234, 2005
František Stárek, SOLO ON DRUMS, 1974–1977
Tomáš Svoboda, A STORY, 2011
Miloš Šejn, AT THE TOP OF ZEBÍN, 1986
Mark Ther, KIM, 2002
Mark Ther, Pick a Wedgie, 2004
Tereza Velíková, GRANDMA 01, 02, 03, 2009
Vít Soukup, SONG OF THE COLTS, 1993
Martin Zet, CHEAP STATUES, 1999
Erik Sikora, THE HOMELESS, 2006
Erik Sikora, THE ENDLESS EXHIBITION, 2007
Guma guar, TRILOGY, 2003-2005
Jan Ságl, TRIBUTE TO FAFFEIT, 1972
Jan Ságl, SAMIZDAT, 1972
Jan Ságl, UNDERGROUND, 1972
Lumír Hladík, A BOUNDARY, QUESTION WITHOUT AN ANSWER, 1977
MY PERSONAL ·INFINITE· VECTOR, 1977
Lumír Hladík, UNKNOWN REMAINS UNKNOWN, 1977
Lumír Hladík, THE RITUAL MURDER OF THE STUPID SMILE, 1976
Lumír Hladík, NOT THIS BOULDER NOW OR EVER AGAIN, 1978
Lumír Hladík, I REDUCED THE DIAMETER OF THE EARTH, 1977
Matěj Smetana, ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 2012
Michal Baumbruck, UNTITLED, 1980
Michal Baumbruck, THE LONG ONE, 1979
Milan Guštar, LINES, 1984· 2021
Milan Knížák, GINGER ISLAND, 1969
Milan Knížák, MATERIAL EVENTS, 1977
Milan Knížák, NEW YORK 1, 1969
Milan Knížák, NEW YORK 2, 1969
Milan Knížák, KILL YOURSELF AND FLY, 1982
Milan Kohout, WEDDING GIFT, 1983
Peter Rónai, ABC, 1988
Peter Rónai, DADA METRONOME, 1988
Peter Rónai, IN-FORMATION (RE-MAKE), 1998
Peter Rónai, IN-FORMATION, 1998
Peter Rónai, YEAH YEAH YEAH, 1988
Peter Rónai, OBJEKT SUBJEKT, 1988
Peter Rónai, OBJECT ACTION, 1989
Peter Rónai, POCKET ART, 1989
Peter Rónai, PRINCIPLES OF MODERN ART, 1988
Rudolf Němec, USA, 1980
Rudolf Němec, TRANSFORMATIONS, 1980
Rudolf Němec, SUNDIAL AND PUPATION, 1970
Rudolf Němec, SHADOWS, 1980
Vít Soukup, ENGINEER VANČO “POSTMODERN KRAKATIT” ABOUT THE INVENTOR OF VIRTUAL REALITY, 1995
Vít Soukup, CLARA FROM THE VILLAGE (VILLAGE BALLAD), 1993
Vít Soukup, CLEOPHAS’S STOVE, 1996
Vít Soukup, SONG OF THE COLTS, 1993
Vít Soukup, OLD FELLOWS – SECOND PART OF THE SERIES, 1993
Vít Soukup, OLD FELLOWS – FIRST PART OF THE SERIES, 1993
