UNIDEE - University of Ideas is an educational programme investigating the relationship between art and the public sphere and combining theory with practice. Through a new programme based on a weekly research and project laboratory under the guidance of a mentor and the active participation of a guest, the residency modules developed for 2016 focus on three new macro topics wich are: research, gift and alteration. Full programme UNIDEE – University of Ideas 2016 available here: http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activities.html

23 May / 27 May, 2016
Girotondo
Mentor: Cesare Pietroiusti
Guest: Aldo Spinelli

How is it possible to enter into and to observe an unknown and abandoned space without automatically thinking of a specific function and destination for it? How is it possible to read (or to listen to) a certain text without immediately trying to catch its meaning?
The idea of moving in a circle around something (either a problem, a place, or a concept) is commonly associated to a condition of fruitlessness but, in the development of a workshop, especially in an artistic context, the metaphor can help to frame and give meaning not only to a condition where work is shared in a non-hierarchical way, but also to an approach that does not face a problem only to find a solution, but rather look at it from different points of view, to find its abnormalities, its nuances, its ambiguities.
The discussion that will follow such sessions will try to ‘move around’ the concept themselves of judging, projecting, understanding. And it will try to do so by using methods of exchange of ideas based on circularity.

TOPICS/TAGS
Research, group behaviour, participation, temporality, circularity, creation of situations, art experiences, interactions, relational systems, alteration.

Fees and support
570,00 € Including accomodation and half-board

Application information
For complete module outline, schedule and to submit applications: http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activity.html?id=71