“Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen, …”
The installation “Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen, …” emerged as a group work from the multi-day seminar “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen” (2022), which I developed and implemented as part of the collective Eine Krise bekommen. This interactive installation responds to the rejection letters sent out each year, denying thousands of applicants access to art universities. While the reasons for rejection are usually opaque—forming an invisible wall of exclusion mechanisms and discrimination—here, answers are gathered collectively. Together with the seminar, the installation was reflected upon by us as the collective Eine Krise bekommen in an article of the same title, published on the Art.School.Differences Blog of ZHdK (2023).
What exclusions and discriminations are already in place before students are admitted to the impressive walls of art schools? What expectations are naturally placed on students and who can actually fulfill them? How do universities present themselves to the outside world and how do we experience reality? How diverse is the student body and who is excluded before and during their studies?
Concept & Implementation: Seminar group of “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen”
Format: Interactive Installation
Location: University of the Arts Berlin (DE)
Year: 2022
“Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen, …”
The installation “Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen, …” emerged as a group work from the multi-day seminar “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen” (2022), which I developed and implemented as part of the collective Eine Krise bekommen. This interactive installation responds to the rejection letters sent out each year, denying thousands of applicants access to art universities. While the reasons for rejection are usually opaque—forming an invisible wall of exclusion mechanisms and discrimination—here, answers are gathered collectively. Together with the seminar, the installation was reflected upon by us as the collective Eine Krise bekommen in an article of the same title, published on the Art.School.Differences Blog of ZHdK (2023).
What exclusions and discriminations are already in place before students are admitted to the impressive walls of art schools? What expectations are naturally placed on students and who can actually fulfill them? How do universities present themselves to the outside world and how do we experience reality? How diverse is the student body and who is excluded before and during their studies?