Not-teaching means providing the conditions for unlearning. But what does unlearning entail? Certainly, not just forgetting something. Certainly, not just imitating something. And certainly, not just replacing one set of skills or one set of… more »
A while ago I realized that I am not the only blogger at the academy. I was surprised at first. Who would have the time and make the effort to do this, while taking or giving a class? But everybody creates their very own documentation of the academy:… more »
The list of curious excursions continues. Nora Schultz’ class on sculptural practice has created an outpost at the local scrapyard. It turns out that the trash of Salzburg is weirdly clean and neat. It is so neat that the class termed it ‘sugar… more »
Yesterday, the darkrooms were inaugurated. The analogue film class by Cinéma Copains developed their first 16mm films. At same time the printing class by Elisabeth Schmirl built an improvised darkroom to work with cyanotype to create blueprints.
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“Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” (Wernher von Braun)
Three lines, a hundred times. This was the first instruction that Adriana Czernin gave the students in her drawing class. They had two days to create 100… more »