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1985 – 1990
Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava (Aesthetics, Musicology)
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1988 – 1998
member of Slovak alternative rock groups Teória Odrazu (Theory of Reflection, 1988 – 1993), Potopa (Flood, 1993 – 1995) and Otras (Concussion, 1995 – 1998)
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1995 – 2001
participation in transmedial events of artistic association Skleněná louka (Glass Meadow) in Brno: in projects of Zdeněk Plachý (eg. Těžké doby bez taktu / Hart Beats Without a Bar, 1997; Doprovodní soubor / Accompanying Group, 1998), projects of Dutch group Palinckx (In Residence, 2000) and alternative rock trio Zloději uší / Ear Thieves (1999 – 2001)
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1996 – 2007
scientific researcher of the Institute of Literary and Artistic Communication at Faculty of Philosophy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
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1999 – 2007
dramaturge and organizer of international concert cycle of contemporary unconventional music Hermovo ucho / Hermes' Ear in Nitra
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2000 – 2008
co-founder and the chairman of the civic Association of Intermedia Art in the Periphery 2000 – Animartis
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2000 – 2010
founder and head of the music group of improvised music tEóRia OtraSu (The Theory of Concussion)
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2001 – 2009
initiator and curator of the exhibition cycle Homo Mirandus (of the artists V. Madajová, R. Dička, L. Wojciechowski and P. Šimanský)
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2004
awarded the title PhD., dissertation thesis: Creativity of Music Perception (Faculty of Philosophy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra)
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2005
artistic and scientific stay in Los Angeles
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2007
initiator and organizational guarantee of the first international symposium on existential semiotics in Slovakia Convergences and Divergences of Existential Semiotics in Nitra
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2007
awarded the title Associate Professor, for which he qualified by professional work Slovak Musical Alternatives in the field of Esthetics (Faculty of Philosophy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra)
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since 2007
works at the Department of Cultural Studies of Faculty of Philosophy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
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since 2009
organizer and co-guarantor of the international series of lectures "Interdisciplinary Dialogues" at the Faculty of Arts, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
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2011
co-founder of chamber trio NE:BO:DAJ with Jana Ambrózová and Andrej Pleštinský
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since 2013
initiator and co-guarantor of the departmental series of lectures "Culturologos" of the Department of Culturology, Faculty of Arts, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
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2014
the inaugural lecture in the field of Aesthetics on the topic: Alternative Semiotic Models of Musical and Artistic Semiosis (Faculty of Philosophy of Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra)
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2014
Full Professor in the field of Aesthetics
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2014 – 2018
member of the scientific board of the journal P-e-r-f-o-r-m-a-n-c-e (Esthétique de la performance et des arts du spectacle, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne)
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2016 – 2020
chairman of the Departmental Committee of the Doctoral Study of Culturology at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
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2018
renewal of an alternative rock band called Otras
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since 2019
member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
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since 2020
member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
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since 2020
member of the editorial board of the ARS Journal of the Institute of Art History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava
Július Fujak is a Slovak music aesthete and semiotician, composer of unconventional music, musician, university lecturer, and organizer of musical events. He also researches independent culture and postmodern art. He was a member of the International Semiotic Society (ISSS) based in Vienna, served on the jury of the Czech Radio Bohemia Prix 2010 – Radio Art section in Poděbrady, and participated in the editorial team of Ex‑tempore on Radio Devín (2005–2009). Since 2005, he has been on the editorial board of Vlna, a magazine on contemporary art and culture.
Július has lectured at the California Institute of the Arts and at the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has presented at ICMS world congresses in Imatra (Finland), Rome (Italy), Kraków (Poland), Louvain (Belgium); at the 8th World Semiotic Congress in Lyon (France); at the Institut für Slawistik in Graz (Austria); at GWZO Universität Leipzig (Germany); at the Academy of Music in Kraków; at HTF AMU in Prague and HF JAMU in Brno (Czech Republic); and in Slovakia at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Comenius University in Bratislava, and Ján Albrecht Music and Art Academy in Banská Štiavnica.
He has performed widely across Europe and the United States. Collaborations include work with The California EAR Unit (USA), Palinckx (NL/UK), Zloději Uší (CZ), Žena s blchou (SK), and artists such as Jon Rose (AUS), Veryan Weston (UK), Franz Hautzinger (A), Zsolt Sőrés (H), Ludivine Allegue (F), and Slovak musicians including Vladimír Merta, Jana Lewitová, Jan Kavan, Mikoláš Chadima, David Šubík (CZ), Marián Varga, Zuzana Homolová, J. B. Kladivo, Braňo Jobus, Peter Katina, and Jozef Lupták. His discography spans over 20 titles on domestic labels (Hevhetia, Vlna, Animartis, Azyl) and international labels (Kunstradio Wien, Globus International, His Voice Praha).
In addition to composing across genres, he develops “comprovized” music—live-composed performances alongside film. His soundtrack improv to Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922) with tEóRia OtraSu premiered at festivals such as Alternativa (Prague, 2003), Bratislava’s New Music Evenings (2003), and Skleněná louka (Brno, 2004). Since 2004, he has collaborated with Vladimír Merta, Jana Lewitová, and tEóRia OtraSu on provarational music for Slovakia’s first silent film Jánošík (J. Siakeľ, 1921), shown at festivals such as Expozice nové hudby (Brno, 2005), Leipzig film clubs (2009), and London’s Barbican (2013). His work has been broadcast on radio stations including FRS Stuttgart, Helsinki, Madrid, Amsterdam, and Vienna.
He has participated in cross-media projects: 1995–2001 with Brno’s Skleněná louka collective on projects by Zdeněk Plachý (e.g. Těžké doby bez taktu, 1997; Doprovodní soubor, 1998), and the Dutch group Palinckx (In Residence, 2000), as well as with rock trio Zloději Uší (1999–2001). In 2008, he collaborated with Ludivine Allegue on the intermedia project Wordless (Slovak Institute in Rome; Synagogue in Nitra). In 2009 he began working with Mikoláš Chadima on the XAFOO project, performed at festivals including Genius Loci (Levoča, 2009), Alternative (Prague, 2009, 2012), and Art’s Birthday (Prague, 2014). From 2014 to 2016, he worked with Ján Boleslav Kladivo on the experimental project “Klesajúce klenby”.