ARTPOOL ART RESEARCH CENTER
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTION AND ITS OPERATION (2012)

ARTPOOL ART RESEARCH CENTER’S STAFF IN 2012
artistic director: György Galántai
director / managing director: Júlia Klaniczay
archivist: Dóra Halasi
part time archive assistants: Kata Benedek, Eszter Greskovics, Viktor Kótun
web editing: Márton Kristóf

ARTPOOL’s STAFF AND SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 1979–2012
Founding members
György Galántai (artistic director) – art projects, publications, exhibitions, Artpool website (from 1979) Júlia Klaniczay (director) – management, archive, international contacts, publications, database, Artpool website (from 1979)

Co-workers
professional work (archivist, archive assistant, exhibition assistance, photo–video documenting, webpages, text and image processing, sound and video digitizing, etc.):
Katalin Aknai (1993), Annamária Bálint (1996–2000), Zsófia Beke (1995–1996), Beáta Bencsics (2003– 2004), Kata Benedek (2012–), Csilla Bényi (1999–2003), Pál Bial (2001–2005), Judit Bodor (1999–2000, 2002–2004), Viktória Boros (1999–2000), Livia Cases (1999), Krisztina Dékei (1992–1993), Ibolya Erdős (1995–1996), Judit Fischer (2006, 2007), József Fülöp (2003–2004), Júlia Gergely (1996), Xénia Golub (2001), Eszter Greskovics (2010–), Zsolt Hájos (2001–2003), Dóra Halasi (2005–), Dóra Hegyi (1993), Beáta Horváth (1993–1994), Marianna Ivanics (1992–1993), Katalin Izinger (2001), Tímea Junghaus (1994), Viktória Kassai (1997–1998), Tamás Kaszás (2000–2007), Zsuzsanna Kiss (2004–2007), Krisztián Kolozsvári (1998– 1999), Bálint Komenczi (1999), Márton Kristóf (2006–), Viktor Kótun (2008–), Helga László (1991–1992), Eszter Lázár (1994–1996), Fruzsina Lengyel (2008), Enikő Melegh (2009), Edit Molnár (1994–1996), Annamária Németh (2009–2011), Dóra Pelczer (2010), Tünde Pintér (1998), Bernadett Piskolti (2000), Fatime Plótár (1996–1998), Márta Rácz (2004–2006), Emese Rajsli (1993–1995), Anna Sebő (2002–2004), Emese Süvecz (1994–1996), Dóra Gabriella Sós (2012), Ágnes Szikra (1999–2001), Szilvia Szabó (2003, 2006), Tekla Szabó (2001), Andrea Tarczali (2001), Katalin Timár (1987, 1993), László Tölgyes (1995–1996, 2008– 2009), Koppány Varga (1992–1993)

informatics (database, system administration): Róbert Balázs P. (1993, occasionally till 2000), Csaba Tornyossy (2004–), László Tölgyes (1995–2004)

administration, finance assistants: Márta Antal (2005–2006), Ágnes Sali (2006–2011), Emil Tóth (2011–)

Internship / Professional training
from Hungary (mostly students in Art History or Communication at the Eötvös Loránd University and the Pázmány Péter Catholic University): Katalin Aknai (1993), Eszter Balogh (2008), Beáta Bencsics (2003), Kata Benedek (2012), Csilla Bényi (1999), Andrea Berei (2011), Pál Bial (2000), Lóránt Bódi (2008), Judit Bodor (1999), Rebeka Erdei (2010), Barbara Follárd (1999), Ágnes Galántai (2004), Xénia Golub (2001), Eszter Greskovics (2010), Lilla Habók (2009), Dóra Halasi (2005), Orsolya Hangyel (2002–2003), Dóra Hegyi (1993), Zita Heim (2007), Veronika Hermann (2009), Viktória Horváth (2003), Eszter Hörcher (2007), Andrea Illés (2012), Katalin Izinger (2001), Linda Katona (2008), Zsuzsanna Kiss (2004), Orsolya Kolozsi (2005), Viktor Kótun (2008), Eszter Lázár (1994), Fruzsina Lengyel (2007), Anna Lukácsi (2000), Enikő Melegh (2009), Edit Molnár (1994), Annamária Nagy (2010), Annamária Németh (2009), Eszter Neuberger (2011), András Gergely Pálffy (2007), Dóra Pelczer (2010), Marianna Péntek (2007), Nóra Petrovics (2001), Bernadett Piskolti (2000), Viktória Popovich (2009), László Ruszty (2010), Éva Schulze (2000), Anna Sebő (2001), Dóra Sitku (1995), Dóra Gabriella Sós (2009, 2011–2012), Szilvia Szabó (2002–2003), Tekla Szabó (2001), Viktória Szabó (2009), János Szoboszlai (1993), Andrea Tarczali (2001), Katalin Timár (1986), Tünde Török (2008), Éva Tüzes (2002), Anna Unyatinszki (2008)

from abroad: Alessandro Carrieri, Italy (2011); Irish Pearl Del Rosario, University of California, Los Angeles (2008); Krisztina Miller, Universität Siegen, Visual Studies and Art History Department (2005); May-Ella Reid- Marr, Education Abroad Program of University of California and Wisconsin (2004–2005); Michelle N. Sawyer, Education Abroad Program of University of California and Wisconsin (2007); Jessica A. Schoen, University of California, Santa Barbara (2009); Alison Vance, Education Abroad Program of University of California and Wisconsin (2004); Christina Erin Wallace, Education Abroad Program of University of California and Wisconsin (2005–2006)

Project grants
István Antal (Gergely Molnár’s writings), Csilla Bényi (The history and index of AL / Artpool Letter; Photo documentation of the 1970s and 1980s), Pál Bial (Mail art in Hungary, 1971–1987), Judit Bodor (Archiving contemporary art / Contemporary art archives), András Bohár (Documentation of István Haraszty), Sabine Fazekas (Robert Filliou), József Havasréti (Esthetics and /medial/ archeology of Artpool Letter), Beáta Hock (Research on performance art in Hungary), András Kapitány (Miklós Erdély CD-Rom), Júlia Katona (Research on performance art in Hungary), Mária Katona (World Art Post documentation), Klára Kiss-Pál (Correspondence art of Ray Johnson), Hajnalka Kovács (Cataloging the artistamps at Artpool), Viktor Kótun (Fluxus videos), Eszter Lázár (Artists’ publications), Edit Sasvári (The Chapel Studio in Balatonboglár; art samizdats), Zoltán Sebők (Memetics, cultural viruses), Zsolt Sőrés (Avant-garde film), Bálint Szombathy (Szombathy Art 1969–1999)

Occasional contributors
(for the participants of art projects, see the chronology)
preparing, organizing, curating exhibitions or art events: Ágnes Bárdos Deák, Kata Bodor, Judit Geskó, György Jovánovics, Dóra Maurer, Eszter Radák, Endre Szkárosi, István Szigeti, Erzsébet Tatai
exhibition assistants: Levente Bálványos, Péter Tamás Halász, Ádám Kokesch, Géza Nyíry, Anna Szigethy
publications
(photo, video, DTP, etc.): Imre Arany, Balázs Czeizel, László Lugosi Lugó, György Makky, Attila Pácser (translation, editing): Eszter Babarczy, Gabriella Bartha, László Beke, Judit Borus, Katalin Cseh, Klára Csűrös, Orsolya Dézsán, Péter Fuchs, Adrian Hart, Beáta Hock, Attila Horányi, Ágnes Ivacs, Péter Klaniczay, Márton Koppány, Ágnes Madarász, József Maleczki, Éva Pálmai, Annamária Róna, Tamás Sajó, Krisztina Sarkady–Hart, Edit Sasvári, György Somogyi, János Sugár, Andrea Szekeres, Ágnes Szikra, Endre Szkárosi, Annamária Szőke, Jasmina Tumbas, Gábor Thurza