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Cultures of the Curatorial - Master of Arts Program at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.

  • Jan 31 2023

Application Deadline: April 30, 2023 (until midnight)

Start of the Program: October 2023


Cultures of the Curatorial
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
Germany


www.hgb-leipzig.de (link: https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/teaching/culturesofthecuratorial)
Instagram (link: https://www.instagram.com/cultures_of_the_curatorial/)

The Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is welcoming applications for the MA Program Cultures
of the Curatorial.

Cultures of the Curatorial is a graduate program which combines practice-based research
and theoretical reflection. It addresses people from a variety of disciplinary or professional
backgrounds: the arts i.e. visual arts, dance, theatre, film, architecture, design or music as
well as cultural mediation, the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences — who
have a shared interest in a dedicated practice in the cultural field and in a concentrated,
academically grounded acquisition of additional qualifications for their future professional
practice in the curatorial field.

Tightly interweaving theory and practice the program addresses in seminars, workshops,
lectures and field trips the historical and current relations, conditions and potentials the
curatorial has developed as an independent cultural practice. In two curatorial projects the
participants will develop their own positions in relation to the current challenges and
possibilities of the curatorial.

What is the relevance of the curatorial within the cultural field under the conditions of
globalisation? How do processes, strategies and methods of the curatorial relate to those
of art and science? Where could common grounds or perspectives of reciprocal exchange
be located? What kind of specificities does the curatorial adopt in the different arts and
which forms does it assume in different cultures? And which functions does the curatorial
take on in the respective aesthetic, social or economic contexts?

The seminar sessions usually take place in four to five blocks per semester. This offers the
opportunity to continue an occupational activity and follow one’s own projects parallel to
the study program.

Teaching Team: Beatrice von Bismarck, Benjamin Meyer-Krahmer, Julia Kurz

Guest Speakers: In addition to the teaching team the following guests gave input into the
study program since 2009, a.o.: Heba Amin, Gabriele Brandstetter, Binna Choi, Zasha
Colah, Pip Day, Clémentine Deliss, Rike Frank, Anselm Franke, Sigrid Gareis, Fehras
Publishing Practices, Adrian Heathfield, Maria Hlavajova, Hannah Hurtzig, Maria Lind,
Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Doreen Mende, Matthias Michalka, Matthias Mühling,
Vanessa Joan Müller, Marion von Osten, Sarah Pierce, Raqs Media Collective, Marcelo
Rezende, Willem de Rooij, Irit Rogoff, ruangrupa (Indra Ameng, farid rakun), Eran Schaerf,
Avinoam Shalem, Simon Sheik, Slavs and Tatars, Nanette Snoep, Kerstin Stakemeier,
Lucy Steeds, Barbara Steiner, Nora Sternfeld, Hito Steyerl, Magda Tyżlik-Carver, Anton
Vidokle, Danh Vo, Eyal Weizman, Jun Yang, Tirdad Zolghadr

Cooperations: Goethe Institutes New Delhi, Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Beirut, Haus der
Kulturen der Welt Berlin (HKW), Dresden State Art Collections (SKD), Museum of
Contemporary Art Leipzig (GfZK), American University Beirut, a.o.

Please note: German language skills are required for the enrolment into the program.
Additional information about the conditions of admission, application procedure and dates
can be found on our website (link: https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/en/teaching/
culturesofthecuratorial/application/)

All application materials must be uploaded between March 1st to April 30, 2023 to the
HGB online platform (link: https://campus.hgb-leipzig.de/). Applications which have not been
received by April 30, 2023 at midnight cannot be considered.

For more information please visit the Cultures of the Curatorial website (https://www.hgb-
leipzig.de/en/teaching/culturesofthecuratorial) or write to kdk@hgb-leipzig.de

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  • IMAGE CREDITS
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    Fermentation: Perspectives on »Osten«, Exhibition curated by the
    participants of the master's program Cultures of the Curatorial at
    GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig. Exhibition period: December,
    2022 - April, 2023. Foto: Maximilian Koppernock.

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