[rohrpost] Symposium Degrees of Freedom, Art Programs at Universities (16.-18.11.)

[Andreas Broeckmann]

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Leuphana Arts Program

Freiheitsgrade - Kunstprogramme an Universitaeten

Symposium

mit u.a. Jens Hauser (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum), 
Irène Hediger (Swiss Artists-in-Labs, ZhdK 
Zuerich), Sarat Maharaj (Lund University), Pierre 
Guillet de Monthoux (Copenhagen Business School), 
Sally-Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for the 
Creative Arts, University of Sussex), Susanne 
Maertens (HBK Braunschweig), Claus Pias, Beate 
Soentgen, Martin Warnke, Ulf Wuggenig (alle 
Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg), Moderation: 
Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana Arts Program)


16. - 18. November 2011

Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg, 
Scharnhorststraße 1, Campus Gebaeude 10, Raum 
225, D-21335 Lueneburg

Veranstaltung in englischer Sprache


Universitaeten sind Orte der Forschung und Lehre. 
Und manchmal sind sie auch Orte kuenstlerischer 
Praxis. Das Symposium »Degrees of Freedom. Art 
Programs at Universities« erforscht, welche Rolle 
und welches Potenzial Kunstprogramme an 
Universitaeten sowohl fuer Kuenstler/innen als 
auch fuer die Universitaeten selbst haben.

Expert/innen aus verschiedenen Bereichen und 
Kontexten diskutieren Beispiele bereits 
existierender Programme und die Erfahrungen, die 
daraus in den verschiedenen Laendern gewonnen 
werden konnten. Ein besonderer Fokus wird dabei 
auf den unterschiedlichen Weisen liegen, mit 
denen die kuenstlerische Praxis in universitaere 
Strukturen integriert ist. Das Symposium fragt, 
wie Universitaeten kuenstlerische Arbeit foerdern 
und wie Kuenstler/innen vom universitaeren Umfeld 
profitieren koennen. Außerdem wird diskutiert 
werden, welche Rolle kuenstlerische Praxis in den 
Universitaeten einnimmt. Zudem soll das 
Potenzial, das fuer Forschungs- und 
Lehreinrichtungen in der Kunst liegt, erforscht 
werden.

Das Symposium »Degrees of Freedom« ist der 
Startschuss fuer das neue »Leuphana Arts Program« 
(LAP), durch das die Leuphana Universitaet 
Lueneburg in den naechsten Jahren Kuenstler/innen 
in die Universitaet bringen wird.


Programm

Mittwoch, 16. November 2011

17:00-21:00 Get Together, Begrueßungsempfang

Donnerstag, 17. November 2011

9:00-13:00 Symposium (Statements und Diskussion)
Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana Arts Program): Introduction - Art at Universities
Irène Hediger (Swiss Artists-in-Labs, ZhdK Zurich): Think Art - Act Science
Ulf Wuggenig (Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg): 
Interaction of Art and (Social) Science
Sally-Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for the 
Creative Arts, University of Sussex): Values and 
Traffics

15:00-18:00 Symposium (Statements und Diskussion)
Jens Hauser (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum): 
Epistemological Biomedia - Epistemic Art
Martin Warnke (Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg): 
Artistic research and researching artworks: What 
could a pictorial turn mean to research on art?

19:00-20:30 Podiumsdiskussion mit Sarat Maharaj 
(Lund University): Between or Beyond the 
Disciplines

im Anschluss LAP Eroeffnungsfeier

Freitag, 18. November 2011

9:00-13:00 Symposium (Statements und Diskussion)
Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Copenhagen Business 
School): Cities Foundations Studios. Spaces of 
Art and Management Encounters
Susanne Maertens (HBK Braunschweig): Art and the 
Production of Knowledge - Perspectives for Art 
Academies


Programmaenderungen vorbehalten, Updates auf 
<http://www.leuphana.de/lap>http://www.leuphana.de/lap

Teilnahme ist frei, Anmeldung erbeten: 
lap at leuphana.de (Kontakt auch fuer allgemeine und 
Informationen zur Unterkunft)

In Kooperation mit dem Kunstraum der Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg

Gefoerdert vom Niedersaechsischen Ministerium 
fuer Wissenschaft und Kultur, Hannover

Kontakt
Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg
Leuphana Arts Program
Scharnhorststraße 1, Campus Gebaeude 5, Raum 225
21335 Lueneburg
+49 4131 677 2280
<mailto:lap at leuphana.de>lap at leuphana.de
<http://www.leuphana.de/lap>www.leuphana.de/lap

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ENGLISH VERSION

Leuphana Arts Program

Degrees of Freedom. Art Programs at Universities

Symposium

Participants include: Jens Hauser (Ruhr 
Universitaet Bochum), Irène Hediger (Swiss 
Artists-in-Labs, ZhdK Zurich), Sarat Maharaj 
(Lund University), Pierre Guillet de Monthoux 
(Copenhagen Business School), Sally-Jane Norman 
(Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, 
University of Sussex), Susanne Maertens (HBK 
Braunschweig), Claus Pias, Beate Soentgen, Martin 
Warnke, Ulf Wuggenig (all Leuphana University of 
Lueneburg), a.o. Moderation: Andreas Broeckmann 
(Leuphana Arts Program)


16 - 18 November 2011

Leuphana University of Lueneburg, 
Scharnhorststrasse 1, Campus Building 10, Room 
225, D-21335 Lueneburg

Symposium will be held in english.


Universities are sites of research and of 
teaching. They are sometimes also home to 
artistic practice. The symposium »Degrees of 
Freedom. Art Programs at Universities« explores 
the roles and potentials of art programs at 
universities, both for artists and for the 
universities themselves.

Experts from different fields and institutional 
contexts discuss historical examples of specific 
programs, experiences and incidents from 
different countries. A particular focus will be 
placed on the different ways in which artistic 
practice is integrated into university 
structures. Firstly, the symposium asks how 
universities can foster and support artistic work 
and how artists can best benefit from the 
university setting. Secondly, we will discuss the 
role of artistic practice in the university and 
explore the potential of art practice for a 
research and teaching institution. Thirdly, we 
will be looking at concepts like agency, 
knowledge, creativity, etc., and debate how their 
different connotations in art, science, research 
and teaching can be brought into a fruitful 
dialogue.

The symposium »Degrees of Freedom« will prepare 
and inaugurate the new »Leuphana Arts Program« 
(LAP) through which Leuphana University will, in 
the coming years, bring artists into the 
university. The work of artists is based on forms 
of querying, searching and exploring, which are 
comparable to scientific research, even if they 
don't subscribe to the same expectations about 
objectivity and truth. Artistic research is aimed 
at strategically broadening and deepening 
knowledge that is not ancillary to an individual 
project, but that forms an integral part of an 
artistic practice. In dialogue with scientific 
partners, artistic research can spark important 
innovative impulses for the sciences by 
systematically questioning their thematic, 
methodological and epistemological preconceptions.
The relationship between art, science, and the 
humanities is not new, but has been evolving, in 
its modern Western form, ever since the 
Renaissance. However, the conditions under which 
the dialogue between these different fields takes 
place have changed dramatically over the past 
century. It is therefore timely to investigate 
how new feedback mechanisms might be constructed 
through which emerging forms of knowledge and 
creativity in the arts or in the sciences can be 
brought to bear on each other. At the same time, 
the changes that we can observe may make it 
necessary for institutions - like universities 
and art schools - to transform and reinvent 
themselves.
The Leuphana Arts Program serves to integrate art 
into the university as a practice, as a form of 
knowledge and a form of discourse. It focuses on 
the development of artistic projects and supports 
them in the interdisciplinary environment of the 
university. The impulses for the evolving 
interdisciplinary dialogues come from the artists 
who are regarded not as mere »innovative 
disruptors«, but as researchers and developers in 
their own right.
LAP seeks to create friction and energy between 
the different areas of artistic, scientific, and 
social practice. It is a laboratory, a site for 
people working in the crossover zones of artistic 
production. Its work is oriented towards open 
processes rather than towards finished products. 
The symposium will address the university as a 
context for artistic exploration.


Schedule

Wednesday 16 November 2011

17:00-21:00 Get Together, Introduction of Participants, Opening Reception

Thursday 17 November 2011

09:00-13:00 Symposium (Statements and Discussion)
Andreas Broeckmann (Leuphana Arts Program): Introduction - Art at Universities
Irène Hediger (Swiss Artists-in-Labs, ZhdK Zurich): Think Art - Act Science
Ulf Wuggenig (Leuphana University Lueneburg): 
Interaction of Art and (Social) Science
Sally-Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for the 
Creative Arts, University of Sussex): title to 
follow

15:00-18:00 Symposium (Statements and Discussion)
Jens Hauser (Ruhr Universitaet Bochum): 
Epistemological Biomedia - Epistemic Art
Martin Warnke (Leuphana University Lueneburg): 
Artistic Research and Researching Artworks: What 
Could a Pictorial Turn Mean to Research on Art?

19:00-20:30 Panel Discussion with Sarat Maharaj 
(Lund University): Between or Beyond the 
Disciplines

followed by LAP Inaugural Reception

Friday 18 November 2011

09:00-13:00 Symposium  (Statements and Discussion)
Pierre Guillet de Monthoux (Copenhagen Business 
School): Cities Foundations Studios. Spaces of 
Art and Management Encounters
Susanne Maertens (HBK Braunschweig): Art and the 
Production of Knowledge - Perspectives for Art 
Academies

Schedule may be subject to change, please check 
http://www.leuphana.de/lap for latest updates.

Participation is free, reservation requested: 
lap at leuphana.de (also contact for general and 
accommodation inquiries)

In cooperation with Kunstraum of Leuphana University of Lueneburg

Supported by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Hannover


Contact
Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg
Leuphana Arts Program
Scharnhorststrasse 1, Campus Building 5, Room 225
21335 Lueneburg
+49 4131 677 2280
<mailto:lap at leuphana.de>lap at leuphana.de
<http://www.leuphana.de/lap>www.leuphana.de/lap