Master Symposium: On Nature, Race and Gender

On Nature, Race and Gender

The politics of the contemporary debates around art, culture and research.

This symposium will introduce some critical perspectives on the current political, economical and scientific situations. From the Trump election, to the new interest on activism and nature, we will go through current debates in the arts in order to provide students with a "state-of-the-question". We will have several local, national and international voices in order to provide us with an idea of the questions artists are involved in, on the politics that define what is possible to do as an artists but also as a citizen and on the possibilities to address current antagonism agains religion or race issues.

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We will also dedicate time in this seminar to introduce The Current, a project dedicated to produce artistic research on the life of the seas oriented towards the production of research and exhibitions of a newly created Oceans Pavillion at the Venice Biennale. This is of importance since the Institut Kunst will become as for January 17 active partner on it giving students the possibility of applying to fellowships.