Category: "Summer Academy 2017"
So Long, Princess! Chaos Calls!
Quiet Saturday morning. The time has come to tie the last knot in this online quipu, a reminder of the 2017 Summer Academy in Salzburg. After six intense weeks, I have met a lot of new people and many of the conversations I’ve had are still trapped in… more »
26/08/17 11:45 Summer Academy 2017
The Class of Paulina Olowska Exploded with Color
“How did it go?”, was the first question I asked Paulina catching her briefly between cleaning up the class and prepping for a sudden departure. “Great!”, she responded sincerely, adding that the structure of her course was more instinctive than strict.… more »
25/08/17 09:48 Summer Academy 2017
Miniature is More Than a Technique - I Talked with Aisha Khalid
Topping off the Fortress structure during the final days of the Summer Academy, there is a quiet classroom of mostly women sitting on floor cushions, painting on their knees. This is the miniature painting class of Aisha Khalid, a renowned artist from… more »
24/08/17 12:38 Summer Academy 2017
The Value of Gesture in a Magazine
The Value of Gesture was one of the opening courses at the Summer Academy, taught by Melissa Gordon and co-taught by Ines Hochgerner. As Melissa shared with me in our talk earlier in July, one of the goals of this three-week class was to make a joint… more »
23/08/17 13:32 Summer Academy 2017
Filmmaking is a Complex Thing. I Watched Distruktur and Their Students
Over the two final weeks of the Summer Academy, a group of fifteen people is exploring the art of filmmaking. In a course run by Melissa Dullius and Gustavo Jahn, aka DISTRUKTUR, they will learn about both technical and conceptual ways of film creation,… more »
22/08/17 19:00 Summer Academy 2017
