BIENNIAL AS SCHOOL AT THE COOPER UNION
Organized by the School of Art at The Cooper Union in cooperation with the Department 2 of Manifesta 6 School
April 28, 2006
6:30 to 8:30 pm
The Cooper Union, Hewitt Building (Room 207), 41 Cooper Square
Free and Open to the Public
SPACE IS LIMITED. Please RSVP to Margaret Wray (212) 353-4268 or [email protected]
The Cooper Union School of Art will host a Symposium on April 28th to discuss some of the reasons that motivated the curators of the Manifesta 6, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, to propose an Art School for the biennale in Nicosia, Cyprus. What are the conceptions of art, schools, and art schools that informed this proposal? And how do the three proposed models complement and challenge each other?
The panel consists both of organizers of the Biennial as of participants to the workshops in Cyprus in the fall of 2006. Being artists and theorists in their own right, the members of the panel will undoubtedly also highlight their personal views and areas of expertise. The panel will include:
Liam Gillick, artist, Critic of Sculpture at Columbia University
Boris Groys, Professor of Philosophy and Media Theory at the Academy for Design in Karlsruhe and Global Distinguished Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies at NYU
Nikolaus Hirsch, architect and Unit Master at the Architectural Association in London
Walid Raad The Atlas Group, artist, Professor of the School of Art, The Cooper Union
Martha Rosler, artist, Professor at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
Jalal Toufic, artist, writer, film theorist, based in Beirut
Anton Vidokle, artist, co-curator, Manifesta 6
Introduction: Saskia Bos, curator, Dean of the School of Art, The Cooper Union
Free and Open to the Public
SPACE IS LIMITED. Please RSVP to Margaret Wray (212) 353-4268 or [email protected]
