Anna Moreno: public lesson 'Performative Research'

Thursday 5 November 2015, 10-17 hrs
(general public welcome: 12-17 hrs
Location: Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Language spoken: English
Reservations not needed

Artist Anna Moreno will move her classroom in the KABK for one day to the exhibition SHOW MORE where she will teach students Artistic Research (and visitors who are interested).

SCHEDULE OF THE DAY
12:00 - 14:00 hrs
Lecture by Anna Moreno + Lunch (provided by Anna & the students)

14:00 - 17:00 hrs
Presentations of videos and live performances by students + discussion with Nikola Knežević (one of the artists of SHOW MORE)

17:00 hrs
Round-up and drinks

Anna Moreno:
"Artistic research has become a buzzword of those claiming for art the same level of competitiveness as any other academic specialization. Stepping from this paradigm of institutional fight for agency, the main purpose of my class at the KABK is to propose strategies for artists to regain their voice and lead the conversation around research not only within academia, but within art production in general.

In my program, I invite the students to reflect on their own sociopolitical context: Knowledge economies, creative industries, the figure of the entrepreneur, etc.  I am concerned on how this seemingly never-ending and utterly self-referential debate could be beneficial for the student's own practice, as I believe only artists can critically re-organize the fields of knowledge and practice, not giving for granted the academic world as the only refuge against instrumentalisation.

During the class at Stroom Den Haag, we will depart from notions around artistic labor that we discussed in former lessons to frame our participation in SHOW MORE. We will be present at the exhibition space during a full working day, from 10 until 17 hrs. We will combine practice with a lecture-discussion in which I will introduce the notion of performative research as a critical and discursive stance. From 12 until 17 hrs, the class will be open to the public."

Part of Culture of Control and SHOW MORE.

Thursday 05 Nov '15 10-17 hrs (12-17 hrs open to the general public)
Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Entrance: free