Online Courses
What is contemporary art and curating?
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dorothee Richter
Course dates: 12 + 19 October 2024, 2–6pm (CEST)
Maximum participants: 20
⮕ Enrol here until 30 September 2024
Fee: EUR 250
How can we define “contemporary art” today? What processes of concretion are at work to distinguish “good art” from “non-art”? What does it mean that even individual artistic works often consist of a conglomeration of media, artefacts and explanations? What constitutes the art institution and how and in what way can art influence society? And what different discourses exist side by side in art? In the second part of the workshop, we will look at curating. In what way is it a creative construction of meaning? How is curating involved in specific contexts, and how can we develop criteria to analyse curatorial practice? The workshop will include practical and theoretical parts.
Prof. Dr. Dorothee Richter is a curator, author, filmmaker and art historian based in Berlin. She is the founder and director of the OnCurating Academy Berlin, Head of the PhD in Practice in Curating at the University of Reading and Executive editor and Editor-in-Chief of the web journal OnCurating.org.
Image: Kathrin Böhm, »A Haystack for Zürich«, in “What’s Cooking?”, curated by Tanja Trampe & Anne Koskiluoma, 2014 (© the artists, curators and OnCurating)
Preparation for the course:
To ensure a smooth experience, please use a headset (or headphones) and choose a quiet place with a stable internet connection. You will receive access to the required reading materials after booking the course; please review them in advance.
Procedure
This intensive, two-part live course will be conducted via Zoom on two consecutive Saturdays from 2:00 to 6:00 PM CEST. Please prepare a brief introduction of yourself and your projects (3-5 minutes). The first session will focus on an in-depth introduction to the topic and workshop research. Assignments for the second session will be provided at the end of the first session. In the second session, you will receive feedback and evaluations. Upon successful completion, you will be awarded a certificate worth 1 ECTS credit.
Technical instructions
Download the Zoom application. You will find a detailed installation guide here. Zoom can also be accessed through a browser on Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, Android tablet, or Android phone. You will receive a Zoom invitation with a link to join the workshop.