Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen
As part of the collective Eine Krise bekommen, I developed and implemented the multi-day seminar “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen”, which examined the barriers and selection processes faced by those wanting to study at art universities, as well as the experiences of students once admitted, asking who is included or excluded, what expectations are placed on students and who can meet them, and how universities present themselves versus how students actually experience reality.
The seminar brought together theoretical and practical approaches, engaging with the research of Sophie Vögele, a scholar of art education and co-author of the research project Art.School.Differences (ZHdK, 2014–2016), examining power abuse and discrimination in entrance exams, and providing a safer space for participants to share their own experiences. We also reflected on which artistic practices are valued as ‘good’ at art schools and how these judgments shape students’ paths, while learning about student initiatives at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), including #exitracismudk, the Critical Diversity Blog, and AG Critical Diversity, and exchanging ideas with Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz, then UdK’s new diversity officer.
Taking place at the Floating University, outside the UdK to which the seminar was affiliated, the program fostered collaboration, shared meals, and active engagement, and also inspired the group installation “Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen …”, presented during the annual UdK student exhibition in July 2022. Responding to thousands of annual rejection letters, the installation made visible the often-hidden mechanisms of exclusion and discrimination. As the collective Eine Krise bekommen, we reflected on both the seminar and the installation in an article under the same title, published on the Art.School.Differences Blog of ZHdK.
Concept & Implementation: Eine Krise bekommen (Destina Atasayar, Katharina Brenner, Lu Herbst & Lucie Jo Knilli)
Format: Multi-day Seminar, Studium Generale, University of the Arts Berlin
Location: Floating University, Berlin (DE)
Language: German & English
Year: 2022
Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen
As part of the collective Eine Krise bekommen, I developed and implemented the multi-day seminar “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen”, which examined the barriers and selection processes faced by those wanting to study at art universities, as well as the experiences of students once admitted, asking who is included or excluded, what expectations are placed on students and who can meet them, and how universities present themselves versus how students actually experience reality.
The seminar brought together theoretical and practical approaches, engaging with the research of Sophie Vögele, a scholar of art education and co-author of the research project Art.School.Differences (ZHdK, 2014–2016), examining power abuse and discrimination in entrance exams, and providing a safer space for participants to share their own experiences. We also reflected on which artistic practices are valued as ‘good’ at art schools and how these judgments shape students’ paths, while learning about student initiatives at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), including #exitracismudk, the Critical Diversity Blog, and AG Critical Diversity, and exchanging ideas with Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz, then UdK’s new diversity officer.
Taking place at the Floating University, outside the UdK to which the seminar was affiliated, the program fostered collaboration, shared meals, and active engagement, and also inspired the group installation “Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen …”, presented during the annual UdK student exhibition in July 2022. Responding to thousands of annual rejection letters, the installation made visible the often-hidden mechanisms of exclusion and discrimination. As the collective Eine Krise bekommen, we reflected on both the seminar and the installation in an article under the same title, published on the Art.School.Differences Blog of ZHdK.