2018 Antwerp
Belgium
Every design and image needs a context in which it can be shared with others. At St Lucas School of Arts Antwerp we focus on the ways in which images and concepts can gain meaning in a fast-operating information society. There is no other possible way, and that is why we propose relational commitment first.
Training young artists and designers means coaching them through an individual process that leads to an independent artistic position and simultaneously to a critical position. Anything can be a subject, starting from the corpus of visual arts and design. The overall history of images and ideas, positions and actions is our domain.
Art invents concepts that are of interest beyond the art sector. Artists and designers are the ones who compose compelling pictures and installations. They are fully dedicated to the power of the image. Throughout history, a huge variety of disciplines has developed upon those supports.
Homo ludens, homo faber, homo economicus. Artists and designers are always trying to bring their creations to places where they can acquire meaning. These places include economic and entrepreneurial contexts, creating new opportunities to give meaning to the existence of others.