Radek Pilař

Radek Pilař (1931 - 1993) was a Czech video artist, illustrator, graphic artist, painter, filmmaker, director. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1950-1956, Prof. Vlastimil Rada). From 1963 he created film experiments influenced by pop art. In 1983 he acquired a video camera and VCR, and started producing first video experiments. In 1985 he founded the Animation Department at Prague's Film Academy (FAMU) in collaboration with B Pojar, J Jaroš and J Kubíček. In 1987 he initiated the Video Section of the Union of Czechoslovak Artists, later called the Association of Video and Inter-Media Art, that he directed until his death. From 1988 he organised several video art exhibitions.

Works

• Flare Up, 1991, 4 min.
• Yes No Yes, 1992, 10 min.

See also

• Czech_Republic#Video_art