Art School Alternatives
A Corridor8 symposium on alternative models of learning, at the Johnson Foundation Auditorium, Art & Design Academy, 2 Duckinfield Street, Liverpool L3 5RD
on 7th October 2010, 10am – 6pm.
Admittance is free but please email lm@corridor8.co.uk to book a place
Is school a place, an institution, a set of facilities, a situation, a circumstance, an attitude, or a constellation of relationships of the transfer of acquired, invented, and accumulated knowledge…?
Raqs Media Collective, Art School: Propositions for the 21st Century, MIT Press (2009)
The search for new directions in art education by educators, students and artists alike has become an increasingly discussed topic, and in the present climate of austerity cutbacks, new and possibly radical ideas need to be aired. It is something that is close to our own hearts, as can be seen in our inaugural (and still current) issue of Corridor8 published last July, when the ball was set rolling for us by Derek Horton.
In his article ‘Sitting on a Log: Imagining the SuperCity Art School’, Derek provided an outline for a radicalised educational model, which he has since developed in his essay ‘Unmitigated’, published this year in Volume 3 of A Latento magazine. In Issue 2 of Corridor8, due for publication this October, he takes the discourse further in an article that simultaneously looks back at the Free School movement and forward to the ideas of contemporary artist-led initiatives.
The symposium brings together a range of practitioners whose work looks to the communal, collaborative and participatory, to explore new methods of learning and ideas of schooling.
The day will be split between a morning of presentations followed by an afternoon of seminars and workshops, facilitating greater discussion and debate. We hope to see you.
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