Lecturers

Lecturer: Ismael de Anda III, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. & La Estación Arte Contemporáneo, Chihuahua, Mexico
March 31, 2025

Ismael de Anda III presented his new project Hinges of the Western Hemisphere at Altán Klamovka, created in collaboration with Eugene Ahn. In his lecture, he introduced interactive video installations and artistic interventions that merge analogue and digital technologies. These included site-specific aerial footage and augmented reality, expanding the role of the viewer into that of an active participant. 

De Anda also shared insights from his international collaborations with the Durden and Ray Gallery collective in Los Angeles as well as from his curatorial projects linked to the Torrance Art Museum.

Lecturer: Helena Cox (University of York, UK)
April 2025

Curator Helena Cox introduced the sculpture collection of the University of York, with a focus on the campus sculpture trail. These artworks form an integral part of the university grounds and serve as reminders of its history, values, and ethos.

Lecturer: Prof. Tuiji Hautala-Hirvioja, University of Lapland
March 6, 2025

Prof. Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja’s lecture explored Sámi visual arts in Finland from both an art historical and theoretical perspective. She focused on the development of Sámi art from the late 1970s to the present, through three generations of artists born in the post-war era. Societal shifts, evolving attitudes towards the Sámi people, and the rise of Sámi institutions have shaped both cultural identity and artistic expression. Viewing Sámi artists through generational groupings offers a natural and insightful framework for understanding this development.

Lecturers: Debbie Millman, Penny Macbeth (The Glasgow School of Art), Madoku Nishi (IDEA Magazine)
November 2024

Debbie Millman, a renowned designer and expert in branding and visual communication, shared her own design approaches in a lecture shaped by her extensive theoretical contributions to the field.
Penny Macbeth and Madoku Nishi spoke about the esteemed institutions they represented:
The Glasgow School of Art — one of the most important institutions of its kind worldwide,
and the renowned Japanese periodical IDEA Magazine.

Laureates and JTIS guests:
Joanna Concejo (Poland), Petr Sís (Czech Republic / USA), Uberto di Remigio (Italy), Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond (Austria), Eitan Eloa and Orna Granot (Israel), Mykyta Lyskov (Ukraine), Martina Pavlikánová (Slovakia), Yuichi Ito (Japan)
October 2024

The symposium offered a wide range of perspectives on illustration and animation, from historical approaches to contemporary practice. The central theme of freedom was reflected in the Lecturers’ artistic work and linked to current challenges facing the field.

Lecturer: Zachi Diner (Head of Visual Communication Department, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel)
May 2024

Zachi Diner offered a reflection on the development of AI and its tools, which he explores and uses in his practice and teaching. He emphasised that these tools are now an integral part of the creative process, opening up new pathways and possibilities for artists and designers. At the same time, he stressed the importance of maintaining balance — not losing sight of what makes us human: creativity, passion, and courage.

Lecturers: Michael Bielicky (Germany), Denisa Reshef Kera (Israel), Martin Kollár (Slovakia / UK), Thomas Kuijpers (Netherlands), Nika Kupyrova (Ukraine / Austria), Felice Moramarco (Italy), Sami Siva (currently based in France), Elejan van der Velde (Netherlands)
November 2023

The symposium explored the theme of travel in all its forms and meanings. The lectures reflected on this enduring and relevant topic in contemporary art — travel as a bridge between the known and the unknown, the present and the absent, routine and adventure, safety and threat.

Lecturers: Magdalena Jetelová (Czech Republic / Germany), Leonhard Grond (University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria), Max Schumann (Printed Matter, Inc., USA)
November 2023

Internationally acclaimed artist Magdalena Jetelová presented projects at the intersection of conceptual art, land art, architecture, sculpture, and light projection.
Other contributions focused on two distinguished institutions: a Vienna-based university with historical roots, and the non-profit organisation Printed Matter, which promotes artists' books as a unique artistic medium.

Lecturers: Thomas Greenough (Scotland), Michael Mersinis (Greece / Scotland), Peter Pflügler (Austria / Netherlands), Mariia Ralemska (Ukraine), Ross Sawyers (USA), Stefan Vanthuyne (Belgium), Oxiea Villamonte (USA / Netherlands)
December 2022

The symposium brought together lectures and an art exhibition examining the relationship between autobiography and fiction in visual storytelling. Participants explored boundaries between identity and alter ego, reality and staging, memory and its reconstruction, stories and meta-stories. The theme was approached both through visual practice and theoretical reflection, with an emphasis on process, time, and the construction of narrative.

Lecturers: Stuart Haygarth (UK), Jens Lutz (ZKM Karlsruhe), Andreas Muehlenberend (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
November 2022

British artist Stuart Haygarth presented his practice centred around waste, recycling, and environmental themes.
The other two Lecturers focused on the past and present roles of the institutions they represented: a modern art school drawing on the legacy of its pioneering founder, and a renowned centre for research, projects, and education in the field of digital art.

Laureates of the Jiří Trnka Award and JTIS guests:
Iku Dekune (Japan), André Letria (Portugal), Viera Anoškinová (BIB), Emese Révész (Hungary), Fanuel Hanán Díaz (Colombia)
October 2022

The symposium focused on the fairy tale as a cultural and aesthetic phenomenon, particularly in relation to Jiří Trnka’s artistic legacy. The Lecturers explored the interplay between folklore, imagination, and narrative archetypes within the genre of fairy tales.