The Standuino project began in May 2011 at the Multiplace festival with a workshop that took place at 4AM - forum for architecture and media. Since then, several musical instruments such as fraAngelico or frauAngelico have been developed, the team has contributed to exhibitions and most notably done around 20 workshops in 6 countries in Europe. Standuino put on its first solo exhibition at the REMAKE international festival, curated by Barbora Šedivá at 4AM. The Standuino team now consists of Ondřej Merta, Václav Peloušek, Martin Baar (software) and Ondřej Homola (design).
Václav Peloušek is artist, musician and inventor born in Brno. He is now finishing his MA at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in the art and science department. Before that, he studied in the multimedia department of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, multimedia composition at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno and new media at the Winchester School of Arts. He is one of the founders of the Standuino project (started in 2011) and a member of the bands Hugo & Zoe, CaveArt and Standuino Orchestra. He is member of 4AM mediaLab and Grau Kllktv.
Ondřej Merta is artist, musician, actor, DJ and filmmaker born in Brno. He is now studying for his MA at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in the art & science department. Before that he studied multimedia and video at Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, film theory, aesthetics at Masaryk University in Brno. He is one of the founders of the Standuino project (started in 2011) and a member of the bands Hugo & Zoe, CaveArt and Standuino Orchestra. He is member of 4AM mediaLab and is curator of independent art spaces around Grau Kllktv and composes music for the National Theatre in Brno.
