The secret is that there is no secret: Workshop and participation in the curatorial project

Deadline: Monday, Nov 11, 2024, 11:00am

The secret is that there is no secret refers to the relationship between power, politics, and curatorial action. It seeks to find ways to make visible what normally remains hidden.

The aim of this call is to form a group of students who are interested in participating in the curatorial project The secret is that there is no secret in various formats. Various courses, workshops, 1:1 mentoring, and excursions are planned over the course of two years. Ultimately, the concepts developed will lead to public presentations, performances, and exhibitions with works by the participating students.

The topics to be worked on include:

• Critical examination of the perception of curating inherited from the 1990s.
• Discovering paradoxes between the inside and outside of an art institution, how they manifest themselves in practice, and what should be done about them.
• Addressing the blind spot of Vienna's historical border condition.
• Focusing on Vienna's institutions and their interrelations with artistic practices from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
• Exploring relatively unknown levels of exhibition practice and analyzing their political implications

Participation requirements

All regular Academy of Fine Arts Vienna students are eligible to participate.

Dates

The first course in the winter semester 2024/25 will be held in English on the following dates:

• 18 November 2024
• 19 November 2024
• 20 November 2024

Further dates will be offered in the following semesters. Information will be published in due time. Participation in the workshop during the winter semester 2024/25 does not automatically oblige you to continue with the entire project for the full two years or to take part in further courses related to the project.

Submission

Required documents

• Confirmation of enrollment from winter semester 2024/25
• Short letter of motivation reflecting your interest in the course
• Current portfolio
• The contributions can include a work of art or a sketch for such a work, a text, or a poem.Text contributions should not exceed 2 A4 pages, and video/sound material should be up to 10 minutes.

The lecturers, Ivet Ćurlin and Nataša Ilić, will review your application documents after the submission deadline and then decide whether you will be included in the course.

The number of participants is limited to 15.

For further information please contact Vizerektorat Kunst | Lehre (akademiestipendien@akbild.ac.at)

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