The AA Visiting School Zurich invites students and practitioners to re-imagine architecture exhibitions, its media, methods, and agents. It draws on the rich academic and cultural landscape of Zurich, fostering exchange with experts from museums and institutions such as Kunsthalle Zurich, the ETH and gta Exhibitions as well as artist-run space Longtang among others.
The workshop “Exhibiting Architecture” unpacks various media, ranging from models, drawings, photography to oral histories, performances, and installations moving beyond an object-focused discourse. Each day of the workshop is devoted to one specific medium and the different curatorial methods deployed. This is explored in depth by the participants in reading sessions and group discussions. Invited agents – curators, theorists, artists, and architects – give lectures, engage the participants in conversations, guide them through online exhibitions, and host digital studio visits.
During the ten-day-long Visiting School that spreads over two weeks, the conditions, possibilities, and limitations of platforms and digital formats will be actively explored. How can exhibition making and curatorial approaches to architecture adapt to a radically changing world in the light of global pandemics and long-term developments like climate change?
PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE WORKSHOP/ SKILLS DEVELOPED
– You will get to know diverse curatorial methods and approaches to exhibition making.
– You will experiment with the different media and displays strategies crucial for the presentation of architecture.
– You will develop and practice skills crucial to exhibition making: critical evaluation of research, leading discussions and conversations, conducting interviews, writing proposals and reviews.
– You will meet and discuss with agents from the fields of art and architecture.
– You will be able to discuss and present your own curatorial interests and research to the group and invited experts
The workshop will be taught over the course of 2 x 5 days with a break on the weekend (August 22 / 23).
Each day lectures, conversations, and seminar sessions will take place in the later afternoon CET time. Including assignment presentations, group work (with consultancy) and individual reading time the daily hourly commitment will be around 4 - 5 hours.
APPLICATIONS
1) You can make an application by completing the online application found on this webpage. If you are not able to make an online application, please contact the Visiting School Office for instructions to pay by bank transfer or by telephone.
2) Once you complete the online application and make a full payment, you are registered onto the programme. Please note that a deposit payment holds your place on the course but does not confirm it. A CV or a portfolio is not required
The deadline for applications is: 02 August 2020
ELIGIBILITY
The workshop is open to current students in the fields of architecture, design, curating, art history and related subjects in the humanities, phd candidates and young professionals
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AA Visiting School Zurich: Exhibiting Architecture – Media, Methods, Agents (Online Edition)Type
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August 17, 2020 02:00 PMUntil
August 28, 2020 08:00 PMVenue
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