The Collection of Other Media (OM) is the youngest and least extensive SNG collection (approx. 650 works). Since it is probably most closely bound to contemporary art trends, it is also the collection with the greatest acquisition potential.
It was founded after 1989
within the framework of the new concept of the Gallery of Contemporary
Art. The fragment of the famous teamwork of a trio of artists: Filko -
Laky - Zavarský White Space (IM 001) is its first acquisition. In the
second half of the 1990s, OM acquisitions were partially frozen, but
they resumed based on the initiative of Zora Rusinová after 2000.
In
terms of the collection concept, we can talk about three lines. One is
constituted by the historical reconstruction of the art of "other
creativity," as this art has been developing in Slovakia from the
beginning of the 1960s in various positions and non-classical media
outputs, predominantly within the framework of the underground -
unofficial art scene. The aim of the acquisitions is to record, collect,
protect and provide access to works that are the best and most
important in terms of concept, action or other non-classical art
(environment, body art, etc.) either through artefacts or, in the case
of ephemera, through intermediating photographic documentation.
The
collection's second line is connected with the art of new media
(experimental film and video art, or video installation) and the third
relates to "contemporary" installations or site-specific art. Therefore,
in terms of media, the collection maps all non-classical positions and
forms of art; its aim is to intermediate the experimental trace of
contemporary art within the framework of its possibilities.
The
estate-archive of conceptual artist Július Koller, donated by his
partner Květoslava Fulierová, is also part of the OM collection since
2010.
