Julius Koller. U.F.O.-naut J.K. | Reading and Media Lounge

Július Koller (1939 Piešťany, now SK – 2007 Bratislava, SK) was one of the most important figures in the dissident Slovak art scene of the 1960s. Influenced by the ideas of Situationism, he carried out ephemeral actions—so-called anti-happenings—in both public and private spaces. From the 1970s onward, he began using the variable acronym “U.F.O.” (including meanings such as Universal-Cultural Futurological Operations) to signal resistance to the general atmosphere of resignation during the period of Communist "Normalization" (1972–1989) in Czechoslovakia.

The exhibition in the Study Center presents a selection of key works by Július Koller from the Generali Foundation Collection, including his legendary piece U.F.O.-naut J.K. (U.F.O.), for which he created a symbolically condensed self-portrait every year over a span of more than 35 years.

In parallel, the Study Center features a reading and media lounge offering selected literature from the libraries of Museum der Moderne Salzburg related to current exhibitions, as well as access to the Generali Foundation’s media library, which includes around 500 films and videos from the collection.