The Research Group AGI (Art, Globalization, Interculturality) presents the sixth edition of the training seminar ON MEDIATION, a theoretical and practical study program on curatorship, which is addressed to artists, curators, critics, students, researchers, art historians and other collectives interested in the exhibition-making processes beyond disciplines.

Given the growing professionalism of the figure of the curator, we believe that it is necessary to deepen the analysis of contemporary curatorial practices understood as a mechanism of mediation, thinking beyond the specialized role and generating debate about the cultural space of this mediation (Lars Bang Larsen & amp; Soren Andresen, 2006). The ON MEDIATION initiative responds to the need to offer a comprehensive training program that provides tools for the creation of an exhibition comprising the phases of production, mediation, and communication.

The ON MEDIATION / 6 program is articulated in two interconnected stages: first, the theoretical phase, given by curators of recognized international experience, where different perspectives that identify different ways of doing that impel the curatorial practice towards a postdisciplinary scenario will be addressed. Starting from the theoretical sessions and the work materials provided, the participants will make the proposal of an exhibition project that will be later evaluated.

The training program corresponding to the practical phase consists in the formation of a collective, which will have the opportunity to develop the ideas worked on in the theoretical phase in the materialization of a curated tutorial project, which will be presented in June 2019 in one of the spaces of the artistic ecosystem of the city (to be confirmed). The work sessions will enhance the interweaving of knowledge and will enable work and common decision making. All registered participants will receive a certificate of attendance, online work material, personalized tutoring and specific monitoring of projects.

Theoretical Phase’s teaching load: 24 hours
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
Practical Phase’s supervision: 14 hours (distributed along december 2018 and june 2019. 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

Sessions 2 and 3:
Paul O’Neill

Paul O’Neill, Artistic Director of Checkpoint Helsinki, a new non-profit art organization with a focus on the emerging contemporary art.
Moderator: Julia Ramírez

Session 4:
Frederic Montornès

Frederic Montornès, art critic and an independent curator. He has a degree of Art History in the UB and he studied in the National Institution of Contemporary Art of Grenoble.
Moderator: Olga Sureda

Session 5:
Annie Fletcher

Annie Fletcher, Chief Curator at the Van Abbemuseum, a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Moderator: Pablo Santa Olalla

Session 6:
Annie Fletcher

Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Art critic and Exhibition Curator, Director of Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, an Historical monastery-turned-museum featuring contemporary artwork, plus workshops and; concerts.
Moderator: Anna María Guasch

Session 7.
Self-managed Curatorial Practices:
Metáfora, Ideograma, Anna Pahissa

Round Table. Moderators: Pablo Santa Olalla, Olga Sureda