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Phd septEMBER session

Saturday 28 Sept 2024

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Sunday 29 sept 2024

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phd workshop
attunement
With zeerak ahmed

So often the body presents symptoms of dissonance, disorder, even discordance. What if we consider this body as another instrument that yearns to be tuned? What are the sonic experiences we can use to align, harmonize or compose the body? What are the tones, tempos, textures and arrangements of sound—silence and noise—that it craves?

In this workshop artists from all backgrounds are invited to explore deep listening and attunement practices. Together we will examine the therapeutic and political aspects of radical listening; ways of orienting, relating, connecting, remembering and composing can be a transformative process for the body and shared environment. Listening exercises, tuning prompts and group discussions will be based on selected texts and examples from experimental music, sound art, new-media and performance art. This will include works by Pauline Oliveros, La Monte Young, Eliane Radigue, Walter Thompson, Lucia Farinati and Claudia Firth among others

Please note this a two-part workshop. Second session will be held in fall as part of the residency at Figure 8 Recording studio in Brooklyn, NY.

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phd workshop
the collage and surrealist research as method and process
With marc herbst and ali schwartz

This workshop is oriented around discussing research-based art practices and research methods. It draws from the differing strengths of both workshop leaders, one an artist-theorist, the other a performer-therapist. Both recently collaborated on a project researching into queer, jew and goy Surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore; this collaboration centers their workshop proposal. At its core, this workshop investigates how the concept of and process for collage opens up several directions for arts-based research.

Collage can be understood as a method for speculative research or as a method to directly explore psychological relations. Besides a discussion of method and research practice and also discussion around of surrealism (through psychological, art historical and political lenses), course participants will collaborate on collages using free online photo-editing software in order to more deeply explore several streams of the workshop’s conceptual directions.

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talk
A Digital Community Memory about the Societal Impact of Climate Change: The case of AquaGranda
with Carlo Romano Marcello Alessandro Santagiustina, Costanza Sartoris, and Giulia Saya

Understanding socio-natural events requires a multidisciplinary approach that captures the intricate relationships between human societies and natural phenomena. The AquaGranda project, launched in 2020, exemplifies this by integrating science, art, and community engagement to document the impact of climate change, particularly rising sea levels, on Venice and its lagoon.

During the talk, students will engage in a dialogue with Costanza Sartoris, one of the curators of AquaGranda, and Carlo Santagiustina, a researcher and artist who leads AquaGranda’s R&D efforts. Together with the students, they will explore participatory and web-based approaches for collecting and valorizing digital memories, transforming them into artworks and exhibitions that transition between physical and digital spaces. The case of AquaGranda will demonstrate how digital memory can be a powerful tool for understanding and addressing the societal challenges of our time caused by climate change and rising sea levels, promoting a constructive dialogue on the future of Venice and other coastal areas.

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