Events/Openings

Speakers include: Jennifer Allen, Kirsty Bell, Ariane Beyn, Dominic van den Boogerd, AA Bronson, Angela Bulloch, Els van Odijk, Willem de Rooij, Karin Sander, and others.

Participation only by registration in advance at: register@kw-berlin.de

EDUCATING ARTISTS? is a two-day symposium organized by Gnyp Art and dealing with recent developments in artist education. Addressing different educational models, the relationship between artist, tutor & student, between theory and skills, while approaching the subject from an 'outside' and 'inside' perspective, the symposium attempts to reach for new and alternative methods in artist education.

The question about a new art academy in Berlin has caused a vigorous debate this year. In Amsterdam, the two leading secondary artist training institutions, the Rijksakademie and De Ateliers, have faced dramatic subsidy cuts. Meanwhile the residency programs DAAD and De Ateliers both celebrate their 50th birthday this year and new educational models like Autocenter's Summer Academy and UdK's Institut für Raumexperimente are offering alternative programs. In light of the growing discussion, Gnyp Art offers a creative platform to reflect upon these current educational developments.

The symposium is divided into four panels spread over two days, each day concluded with a specifically arranged performance.

Questions that will be addressed are:
- In what way do structural hierarchies in education systems influence the relation between tutor and student?
- How do educational institutions respond to the increased professionalization of the job of the artist?
- How is the quest for alternative models symptomatic for broader transformations in education/culture?
- How do theory and practice come together in artist education?
- In which way does the academy or the post-academic institution partake in the contemporary art world?

In an attempt to offer an alternative perspective on the topic of artist education, Feiko Beckers (born in 1983, NL) and Rory Pilgrim (born in 1988, UK) were asked to respond to this subject through their artistic practice and experience. Their performances will take place respectively on Friday and Saturday.

For more information on the speakers and the symposium program please visit www.martagnyp.com.