Footnotes: Annotating the Present Condition of Arts Education
Welcome to the Footnotes gathering of 2045!
For more than twenty two years now, we have used the Footnotes function on this platform to discuss and organize around issues of arts education and beyond. Over time, many different conversations and threads have emerged ‘in between the lines’ and some have inspired the formation of working groups and in-person meetings. School of Commons is thrilled to host the physical gathering of 2045. This year with the participation of seven working groups, each exploring their own unique theme:
Carving out new pathways for arts education and zones to nurture common bodies of knowledge builds on the efforts of many generations. Therefore some of the working groups will be annotating video lectures from future archives of the past, others have invited remote speakers to speak from their preset local experience and give insights into their ways of working. During the conference the working groups will engage in translocal exchange and deepen the understanding of their own situated practices.
During the workshops, the groups will deepen the understanding of their research and practices, situating them both within their local environments and wider global developments. Carving out new pathways for arts education and zones to nurture common bodies of knowledge builds on the efforts of many generations. Therefore some of the working groups will be annotating video lectures from future archives of the past. Others have invited remote speakers to share experiences, provocations and reflections from their own contexts and conditions. The different streams of thought and reflection will be synthesized during the conference, where the working groups will engage in translocal exchange with each other and invited speakers.
For all friends who want to join from afar, please also join our shared knowledge base, the Footnotes Wiki, for a real-time transmission of workshop proceedings, background information, lectures and readings. You will be remotely embodied by the Footnotes avatar, who will pass on your questions and comments to everyone on-site. Find the avatar’s workshop visitation schedule below. Once the workshops conclude, the stream will switch to transmit the conference.
Workshop Visitation Schedule
August 29, 2045
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August 30, 2045
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Conference Schedule
August 31, 2045
15:30 - 16:00 Arrival Time and Drinks
16:00 - 16:10 Welcome Note
16:10 - 16:40 Footnotes: The Prologue
16:40 - 17:40 ORGANOLOGY: Art School and Society with School of Intrusions
17:40 - 18:10 BREAK
18:10 - 19:10 DIS/CONTINUITIES: Digital Cultures of Education with Baruch Gottlieb
19:10 - 19:40 Footnotes: Intermission, Outro
19:40 - 20:40 Apèro
September 1, 2045
09:00 - 10:00 Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:30 Footnotes: Intermission, Intro
10:30 - 11:30 PLASTICITY: Institutional vs. Non-Institutional Education with Will Fredo Furtado, Contemporary And
11:30 - 12:30 CHAOS/MOSIS: Within and Beyond the Discipline with Thea Reifler & Philipp Bergman, Shedhalle
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 - 15:00 RE/PROGRAMMING: Institutional Structures and Strategies with Lina Dokuzović
15:00 - 16:00 SYMBIOSIS: Ecological and Social Sustainability with Klasse Klima
16:00 - 16:45 BREAK
16:45 - 17:45 COMMONALITIES: Learning from the Commons with Brandy Butler
17:45 - 18:15 Footnotes: The Epilogue
18:15 -19:00 Drinks
19:00 - 21:00 Debrief Dinner
