The two-day conference explores the notion of space in the context of experimental art and architecture education. Considering space both as a learning environment and a teaching tool, the seminar gathers postwar and contemporary examples of pedagogical practices that question and reshape established sites and modes of creative education. Deriving from different contexts and time, those practices share their interest in space as a means to provoke changes. The conference includes talks and discussions by Eva Díaz, Mark Wasiuta, Oscar Andrade Castro, Anna Molska, Tor Lindstrand, Jens Evaldsson, Sam Thorne, Kuba Szreder, and workshop presentations with students from KKH, Konstfack, and Art Academy Aarhus. Organized in collaboration with Aleksandra Kędziorek, Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, supported by the Polish Institute in Stockholm in the context of the Polish Presidency in the Council of Baltic Sea States, and the Royal Institute of Art, Architecture.
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Conference: Pedagogies of Space, 25–26 February 2016
Exhibition: Autobiography, 26 January–6 March 2016
Autobiography Events Program
Two screenings present film works by participating artists from our current exhibition “Autobiography”. “My Best Thing” by Frances Stark (Wed 10 Feb, 19:00, Zita Biografen, in collaboration with Film i Samtidskonsten) is a feature-length animation based on chat room protocols from dating websites. The second screening shows two films by German artist Loretta Fahrenholz: “Ditch Plains” and “My Throat, My Air” (Sat 20 Feb, 15:00, Index)More |
An autobiography is, in difference to a formal description, a narrative account of one’s own life. The exhibition Autobiography presents works and texts by international artists and writers that offer different approaches to the complexities and politics of subjectivity. Artists include Loretta Fahrenholz, Jennifer Kabat, Chris Kraus, Beth Laurin, Amy Sillman, Frances Stark, Martine Syms, Sergei Tcherepnin, Riet Wijnen, Martha Wilson, and Felicia von Zweigbergk.More |
As part of a new collaboration with the Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Index is offering free guided tours with artists on Saturdays, 2pm. Join a guided tour for insights and a discussion around themes and ideas of our current exhibitions. The tours are free, duration: 30 mins. Organized in collaboration with Donatella Bernardi, artist and professor at Kungl. Konsthögskolan.More |
The exhibition “Autobiography” is accompanied by a workshop series and reading groups. Taking the exhibition as its starting point, the series invites participants to experiment with writing, using daily experiences, gossip, and things overheard. Reading events provide opportunities to discuss and explore together texts by Judith Butler and Chris Kraus. More |