The editorial board of intercurricular programmes of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie presents a series of 5 lectures to discuss a number of educational questions relevant to the academy for art and design, and in anticipation of Future Practices.
Date: Friday 13 March
Time: 16:15 - 18:00
Location: Large Audutorium, FedLev building
Date: Friday 14 February
Time: 16.15 - 18.00
Location: Large Auditorium, Fedlev Building
Date: 17 January 2020
Time: 16.15-18.00 hrs
Location: Theory Stairs of the Fedlev Building, Fred. Roeskestraat 96
Joram Kraaijeveld
Jurgen Bey
Ea Polman
Jorinde Seijdel
Tessa Verheul
Ben Zegers
Panel talks, open lectures, open calls, information platform, structural support of intercurricular activities and experimental learning formats
2019
Date: Friday 13 March
Time: 16:15 - 18:00
Location: Large Audutorium, FedLev building
Lecture by Charles Esche, director of Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; professor of contemporary art and curating at Central Saint Martins, London and co-director of Afterall Journal and
Books.
Judgement and quality are still at the heart of art and art education. Teachers assess the work of young artists, critics are required to formulate their opinion publicly and curators are expected to determine the quality and cultural value of a work for an exhibition or collection. In many western European art schools, such as the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, quality is used as the basis for assessing, and is associated with what is desirable and good in terms that are seen as both subjective and universal. In the light of the world in 2020, they might seem outdated and need to be adjusted or even abandoned.
The lecture will recount some of Esche’s and others’ experience with quality and judgement in the museum and education field over the past 20 years, will look at where the limitations of what is seen as sound judgement and good quality may lie and what kind of judgement and quality might be useful for art education today.
