July 4–July 29, 2016
Application deadline: April 25, 11:59am
Import Projects
Keithstraße 10
10787 Berlin
Germany
saasfeesummerinstituteofart.com
The Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art is a roving art academy that was initiated in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, 2015. This summer it will take place in Berlin, Germany in association with Import Projects and the Kunstverein Rosa-Luxembourg Platz. It will concern Art and the Politics of Individuation and utilize the writings of Gabriele Tarde and Gilbert Simondon as its foundation to explore such topics as the politics of affect, the gendered brain, the cognitive turn in cognitive capitalism, the multiple body and the effect of metadata.
Inquisitive students and professionals hailing from artistic discourses such as painting, drawing, film making, sculpture, performance, sound studies and installation as well as those associated with the aligned fields of poetry, cultural studies, gender and queer studies, architecture, philosophy of mind, neuroscience, sociology and politics, are encouraged to apply. Lectures, discussions and workshops with outstanding artists and thinkers will be accompanied by an exhibition produced by participants in the last days of the course.
Directors: Warren Neidich and Barry Schwabsky
Esteemed faculty & visiting lecturers: Marie-Luise Angerer, Julieta Aranda, Archive Kabinett, Armen Avanessian, Elena Bajo, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Michael Birchall, Nicolas Bourriaud, Peter Brugger, Federica Bueti, Federico Campagna, Juli Carson, Jeremiah Day, Joshua Decter, Johannes Göransson, Catherine Hug, Yuk Hui, Anelis Kaiser, Sharon Kivland, Scott Lash, Isabell Lorey, Geert Lovink, Joyelle McSweeney, Matteo Pasquinelli, Ana Pinto, Susanne Prinz, Dorothee Richter, Nadim Samman, Tomas Saraceno, Aaron Schuster, Starship Magazine, Hito Steyerl, Tom Vandeputte, Marion von Osten, Bruce Wexler, Michaela Wünsch, Octavio Zaya, and more.
30 students will be selected to attend the school.
Applications including a letter of intent and work sample will be assessed by members of the faculty.
Limited scholarships will be available for students with financial needs.
Application submission
Please go to the website for details.
For more information please contact SAAS-FEE Summer Institute of Art coordinator: [email protected].