The aim of this seminar is to LARP the reality of creating an artwork when elements of the agency are taken out of your hands and are mediated by an institution, budget and timescale. Students will be asked to make an artwork in response to a fictitious curator‘s proposal for an exhibition. They will be given details of why the curator has picked them and the themes the curator is working with, along with a time scale and budget. I will guide them through the process of responding to the curator’s emails along with making their work at the same time as keeping the curators concept and intentions in their head.
The course is conceived in line with the Menzel-Dach’s mission of advancing the study of art history and our understanding of art by way of an active engagement with artistic practice. The course therefore offers students of art history and related disciplines the rare opportunity of assuming the perspective of the artist. Complementing this approach, students will also be offered the alternative option of taking on the role of curator.
- Kursverantwortliche/r: Jakob Schillinger