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Art, politics, food
Workshop/Seminar by Arne Skaug Olsen
The workshop is a collective investigation of the relation between art, politics and food. We will try to answer a few basic questions: What is political art? What makes art political? What is difference between politics and the political? What is the relation between politics and art?
Why food? Food is an all-encompassing aspect of everyday life for all human beings. Its diversity makes it the most complex expression of cultural identity; at the same time it is the most basic expression of human dependency. Without food, we cannot live. In art, food has been linked to the social aspect of relational art, but to a lesser degree to its role as cultural signifier, as commodity or as nutrition. Food has an enormous political and societal importance, and we will try to link this to a notion of politics and art.
We will try to find the answer to these questions by:
- reading and discussing some key texts (se reading list)
- looking at artist case studies
- looking at the next Berlin Biennale
Arbeidsform:
Format
The seminar will follow several lines of investigation that all include some form of active participation. I will encourage you to give presentation to the group, and you will all have to speak. You will also have to write a short text during the three-week period. We will not always be in the seminar room, we will be in a kitchen, a gallery, the cinema or somewhere else.
FAQ
Is this a theory seminar?
- No. But it will require some reading and writing.
Is this a practical workshop then?
- No. But it will be hands on, and we will make food.
Assignment/homework
All must write a short text for the final days of the workshop. No topic, no restrictions.
Schedule:
Week 1:
Mon-tue: lectures, readings, discussions, films etc.
Wed: Tutorials
Thur-fri: lectures, readings, discussions, films etc.
Week 2: Mon-fri: tutorials
Week3:
Mon-tue: Lectures, readings, discussions, films etc.
Wed: Tutorials
Thur-fri: Collective reading of student texts
Must read:
Jaqcues Ranicière, Estetiken som politik
David Harvey, The Art of Rent
The Invisible Committee: The Coming Insurrection
Everything on the website of the Berlin Biennale:
http://www.berlinbiennale.de/blog/en/
This list will grow.
Suggested reading:
Giorgio Agamben, Homo Sacer
George Bataille, The Accursed Share, vol. I
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Adventures in Diet
Gary Taubes, The (Political) Science of Salt
Harold McGhee, On Food and Cooking
Nathan Myhrvold, Modernist Cuisine
This list will grow.
All Must read texts will be made available in advance as pdf.
If you don’t already have an account at http://aaaaarg.org/ just get one right away, you will find the most of these texts there.
Krav til forkunnskaper:
Språk/Language: Norsk, English – depending on the group
Kurset starter 13.02.2012 / Uke 07, og varer til 02.03.2012 / Uke 09
Sted: V8 and other locations at KHiB Campus
Tilbyder: Foto
MÃ¥lgruppe: Akademiet
Foto
Grafikk
Keramikk
Tekstil
MA Kunst
Ã…rstrinn: Bachelor 1
Bachelor 2
Bachelor 3
Master 1
Master 2
Alle årstrinn
Antall plasser: 12
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