22–28 August
Nida Art Colony of the Vilnius Academy of Arts
E. A. Jonušo g. 3
Nida LT-93127
Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA) and Aalto University School of Arts hosted the second Nida Doctoral School session, which took place at Nida Art Colony on 22nd-28th August, 2016. The one-week courses featured nine lecturers, academics and selected doctoral students who reflected on the value of artist placements in non-arts organisations such as business, political and science bodies.
The idea of the “CO-ACTION” 2016 summer course was to examine the value of artists’ placements in non-arts organisations, such as business, political and science bodies. This idea rests on the assumption that representatives of creative professions (such as artists, curators, architects, designers) are no longer romantic lonely creators. In order to design a viable way to organise such placements where artists would work in non-arts fields, this course aims to discuss and research various contemporary art practices that have been engaged in similar activity. “CO-ACTION” was mainly inspired by the British artists’ collective Artist Placement Group (APG), founded by Barbara Steveni and John Latham. APG claimed that the role of the artists in 1970’s society was limited to aesthetic problems, and APG’s purpose was to expand this role.
We wanted to ask: what might follow if we as artists and researchers take up the role of the ‘social visionary’, as suggested by Olinde Rodrigues in 1825¹. Such roles are often used in financial and management consultancy services to perform creatively and successfully, so might it also be a way for the arts to adapt themselves to the current system of production? What are the dangers and motives of resistance within such systems? What are the methods used by social visionaries and how do they overlap with the modes of production in creative industries?
Participants
Bastian Beyer – Royal College of Art, London, ArcInTex ETN
Marina Castan Cabrero – Royal College of Art, London, ArcInTex ETN
Carla Castiajo – Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Dovile Dagiene – Vilnius Academy of Arts
Adomas Danusevičius – Vilnius Academy of Arts
Heta Kaisto – Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Eleni Kamma – Leiden University Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague
Jyoti Kapur – University of Borås
Agnieszka Karasch – Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Kati Kärki – University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art
Svenja Keune – University of Borås, ArcInTex ETN
Sara Lundberg – Vilnius Academy of Arts, ArcInTex ETN
Monika Mačiulienė – Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius
Juste Peciulyte – Vilnius Academy of Arts, ArcInTex ETN
Jukka Purma – Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Mindaugas Reklaitis – Vilnius Academy of Arts
Daniel Suarez – Berlin University of the Arts, ArcInTex ETN
Julia Valle Noronha – Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Lecturers & Academics
Ulrike Jordan
Dr. Skaidra Trilupaitytė
Dr. Laima Kreivytė
Dr. Nina Möntmann
Dr. Sofia Pantouvaki
Dr. Teemu Leinonen
Ariane Koek
Barbara Steveni
Robertas Narkus
¹Olinde Rodrigues, “L’Artiste, la savante et L’industriel:Dialogue”, 1825, quoted in Matei Calinescu, Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1987).
Organisers
The programme is organised by the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania, and Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Partners
ArcInTex European Training Network (ETN) is a network for early stage researchers to explore the expressions of sustainable forms of future living in the intersection of Architecture, Fashion Design and Interaction Design. With EU funding through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action European Training Network, the Vilnius Academy of Arts is now one of a consortium of academic institutions and companies able to offer funded studentships to early stage researchers. Together, the researchers will belong to a new generation of designers, who build their work practice on new ideas of material and design thinking with an emphasis on sensitive design for reflective living.