RESEARCH
I am a PhD candidate in the Digital Culture and Creative Industries with background in art and media theory. During the spring semester 2022, I am at Oslo Metropolitan University as a resident research fellow, involved mainly with project Future of Living Technologies. The PhD research focuses on approaches to working with and for the non-human actors from perspectives of posthumanism and flat ontology.
posthumanism - object-oriented ontology - feminism - critical posthumanities - interdisciplinarity - artistic interventions - contemporary art production - bio art - synthetic biology
The PhD research explores artistic interventions in the field of synthetic biology or synthetic ecology. More specifically, it draws on thinking about the categories of technology and nature and their interconnection such as posthumanism, as well as approaches to the redefinition of humanity and the status of non-human entities, including flat ontology. Two of the main answers this research is aiming to provide are on (1) ways of working with and for the non-human actors, (2) how to better describe the “horizontal” relations between human and non-human actors.
EDUCATION
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PhD, 2020-2024
Digital Culture and Creative Industries, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
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MA, 2016-2018
Management in Culture, Faculty of Economics and Administration and Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
Theory of Interactive Media, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
RESEARCH STAYS, SUMMER/WINTER SCHOOLS
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2022/08: The Posthuman Life of Methods. Summer School director: Rosi Braidotti. Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities, Netherlands.
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2022/01/21 – 2022/05/31: Resident Research Fellow at FeLT Project, supervision: prof. Kristin Bergaust. Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Funded by Freemover.
RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES
AND OUTCOMES
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Časová komplexita a umění: Post-současné umění jako reakce na nedostatečnost. Brno: Fakulta výtvarných umění VUT, 2022. s. 85-94. ISBN 978-80-214-6042-3.
GUEST LECTURES
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Plochá ontologie, posthumanismus, ne-lidští aktéři a můj uměnovědný výzkum. FSS MUNI. 2022.
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Workshop Seminar FeLT: Presentation of the ongoing PhD Project on Artistic Interventions in the Field of Synthetic Biology and Synthetic Ecology. OsloMet. 2022.
CONFERENCE TALKS
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Being Horizontal: On Human and Non-Human Relations within the Critical Posthumanities. In Gatheting in Biosemiotics. 2022.
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Artistic Interventions In The Field Of Synthetic Biology As A Space For The Redefinition Of Technology And Nature. In Speaking Digital. 2021.
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Redesigning Ecosystems: Synthetic Biology, Art and the Non-Human. In OF 2021 PostSensorium Conference. 2021.
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Bylo nebylo. In Co můžeme dělat? Konference o uměleckém vzdělávání. 2017.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Non-human Actorship: An Interdisciplinary Debate on Methods in the Form of a Conference and Associated Workshop.
Funded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and Faculty of Arts, MUNI.
Man investigator at MU: Veronika Sellner, 2022. -
Digitální kultura a kreativní průmysly: úvodní workshop studentů a pedagogů nad výzkumnými projekty.
Funded by Masaryk University.
Main investigator at MU: Mgr. Veronika Sellner, 2021. -
Umění – design – média. Výzkum a zprostředkování kreativní produkce v lokálním a mezinárodním kontextu.
Funded by Masaryk University.
Main investigator at MU: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D., 2021.
MEMBER
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Member of the Academic Senate Research Committee at Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. Since 2022.
CO-ORGANIZED CONFERENCES
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ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Laďka, Roman NOVOTNÝ, Klára PELOUŠKOVÁ and Veronika SELLNER. Transition - Design - Education. 2022.
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MATĚJOVÁ, Alina, Roman NOVOTNÝ and Veronika SELLNER. Humain: o designu, humanitních vědách, umění a umělé inteligenci. 2021.
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SELLNEROVÁ, Veronika, Eva ČIVRNÁ, Michaela ŘEPOVÁ, Jana BUJDÁKOVÁ and Lucia MORAVANSKÁ. Studentská genderová interdisciplinární konference MeziMeze. 2018.
CO-ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS
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KVAK, Daniel, Veronika SELLNER, Martin KAŠČÁK, Markéta POLÁŠKOVÁ a Tereza HABARTOVÁ. Speaking Digital 02: On Digital Culture and Methodologies. 2022.
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SELLNER, Veronika, Roman NOVOTNÝ, Jana HORÁKOVÁ and Filip JOHÁNEK. Speaking Digital: On Digital Culture and Methodologies. 2021.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Posun od post-internetu ke spekulacím: mapování vývoje české umělecké scény. JOINME: Journal of Interactive Media. Brno: Teorie interaktivních médií, Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2018, vol. 1, No 2018, 8 pp. ISSN 2570-8066.
SUPERVISOR
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The Concept of Proletarianization in the Work of Bernard Stiegler. Bachelor's thesis.
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The Transformation of Journalistic Photography in the Post-Digital Era. Bachelor's thesis.
POPULARIZING TEXTS AND ACTIVITIES
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talk: Towards Mutual Support and Interdisciplinarity: Reflection and Takeaways of the OsloMet Residency. Oslo, 2022.
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Bloumání epizodickým vyprávěním. Artalk, 2020. ISSN 1805-6989.
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SELLNEROVÁ, Veronika and Ondřej TRHOŇ. DÝPT IV. 2020.
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SELLNEROVÁ, Veronika and Ondřej TRHOŇ. Pokus o dialog: Struktury péče, ale co dělat, když musím ráno do práce? Dýpt, 2020. Dýpt.
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Portrét obyčejného dospívání. Revue Prostor, 2020.
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Devět zastávek, deset vernisáží. Praha: A2 o.s., 2019.
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Krása mimoděk. Artalk, 2019.
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Sally Rooney a láska po finanční krizi. Praha: Sdružení pro vydávání Revue Prostor, 2019.
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O čem mluvíme, když mluvíme o odcizení. Artalk, 2018.
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Spekulativní topologie. Nadace Prague Bienale, 2018.
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Jiné vize ve zpětném zrcátku. Praha: A2, 2016.
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Tam, kde odkazy nefungují, ale hashtagy vládnou dál. Olomouc, 2016.