PUBLIC SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP: ART AND RESEARCH – DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, NEW ZEALAND

12 APRIL, 12:00-1:00PM, P152, DUNEDIN SCHOOL OF ART, RIEGO ST, (off Albany Street)

Understanding – Art and Research – Gerald Bast, Cornelia Bast, Konrad Strutz and Anna Vasof

Artistic Research is one of the core activities at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Die Angewandte). In view of the Angewandte’s exhibition Understanding Art and Research which will be opened on 12 April in the Dunedin School of Art Gallery, the seminar will provide an overview into the Angewandte’s approach regarding art and research activities respectively, including the exchange of personal insights via specific case scenarios. Colleagues participating in the exhibition will be present. President Gerald Bast opens with “Surviving in the Digital Age: Why humans need art-based approaches for not to getting lost in transition”. Afterwards colleagues will present individual approaches to their art and research activities including aspects regarding collaborative projects: Cornelia Bast: “Art, Dementia and Empathy”, Konrad Strutz: “The Entanglement between Gesture, Media and Politics” and Anna Vasof, with first hand insight into the University’s PhD in Art Programme based on the development of her project “Non-Stop Stop-Motion”.

Gerald Bast, Cornelia Bast, Konrad Strutz, and Anna Vasof are colleagues, visiting Dunedin School of Art as exchange partners from Die Angewandte (University of Applied Arts) in Vienna, Austria.

12 April afternoon workshop from 2.30pm

Colleagues from the Angewandte’s in Vienna will present a video by Anna Vasof with first hand insight into the University’s PhD in Art Programme based on the development of Anna’s project “Non-Stop Stop-Motion”.

https://www.op.ac.nz/about-us/news-and-events/item/2589