The AGI research group (Art, Globalization, Interculturality) presents the seventh edition (2019-2020) of the ON MEDIATION training seminar, a theoretical-practical study program on curatorship aimed at artists, curators, critics, students, researchers, historians of art and other groups interested in the process of creating exhibitions beyond the disciplinary field. Given the increasing professionalization of the figure of the curator, we believe it is necessary to deepen both the analysis and the experimentation with curatorial practices understood as a mediation mechanism, thinking beyond the specialized role and generating debate about the cultural space of this mediation (Lars Bang Larsen & Soren Andreasen, 2006). The ON MEDIATION initiative responds to the need to offer a comprehensive training program that provides tools for the creation of a curatorial project from research, including the production, mediation and communication phases.

The ON MEDIATION / 7 program is articulated in two interconnected stages: first, the theoretical phase, taught by curators of recognized international experience, where different perspectives that identify different ways of doing in promoting curatorial practice towards a postdisciplinary scenario will be addressed. Starting from the theoretical sessions and the work materials provided, the participants will prepare a proposal for a tutored exhibition project that will later be evaluated.

In the practical phase a group will be formed that will have the opportunity to materialize a curated curatorial project, which will be presented in a space of the artistic ecosystem of the city of Barcelona in June 2020. The work sessions will enhance the cross-linking of knowledge and enable Work and common decision making. All enrolled participants will receive a certificate of attendance, online work material, personalized tutorials and specific project monitoring.

Theoretical Phase’s teaching load: 27 hours

Theoretical Phase’s tuition: 300 € students / 350 € general
Languages: Spanish, English
Theoretical Phase’s tuition: 275 euros students / 325 euros non-students. Formalize registration through this form, and send a summarized CV to [email protected]
Theoretical Phase’s places: 30

Practical Phase’s tuition: 100 euros
Practical Phase’s places: 7
Registration: As of December 2019
Practical Phase’s supervision: 14 hours (distributed along december 2019 and june 2020. You may add no less than 40 hours for collective work in order to carry out the project)

Session 1.
Introduction

Introductory session by Anna Maria Guasch and Martí Peran, directors of the ON MEDIATION project. Presentation of the structure of the seminar by the coordinators and presentation of the participants.
Introducción: Anna Maria Guasch, Martí Peran

Session 2:
Nadim Samman

Nadim Samman, Independent Commissioner, Berlin.
Moderator: TBA

Session 3:
Manuel Oliveira

Manuel Oliveira, Director of MUSAC, Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León
Moderator: TBA

Session 4:
David Armengol

David Armengol , Independent Commissioner, Barcelona.
Moderator: TBA

Session 5:
Elena Filipovic

Elena Filipovic, Director of the dynamic, experimental, rigorous, open-minded, and accessible, Kunsthalle Basel – a place for audacious art and exhibitions by emerging artists.
Moderator: TBA

Session 6:
Rick Dolphijn

Rick Dolphijn, Associate Professor based at Humanities, Utrecht University
Moderator: TBA

Session 7:
Christian Alonso

Christian Alonso, Universitat de Barcelona.
Moderator: TBA

Session 8:
Self-Managed Curatorial Practices

Round Table: La Infinita, La Cera 13, and Espronceda Center for Art & Culture.
Moderator: TBA

Session 9:
Final Presentation

Presentation of the projects by the students (optional) before an evaluation committee. End of course invitation.