Artistic Research Wanted Event

Symposium | 05.06.2008 - 06.06.2008

Symposium organisiert vom Forschungslabor für Film und Fernsehen an der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Konzept: Bettina Henkel
Organisation: Alan Cicmak, Friedemann Derschmidt, Richard Reisenberger

The Research Lab for Film & Television at the Academy of fine Arts Vienna is mainly devoted to Artistic Research with close alliance to research-connected education. The Academy therefore installed a newly and technically well equipped High-Tech-Video Studio with the potential to produce in High Definition (HDCAM, HDV and forthcoming formats). It is endued with a large number of video facilities, with an abounding space on offer and good conditions for postproduction.

For fathoming and advancing the artistic research – interlocked with theory and practice in the field of the new media – on an ultimate artistic and technical level, the Academy and the Research Lab assign annually one project including full access to all technical resources of the media lab.

Therefore the concept was developed to invite six curators, who were chosen by the advisory board of the Research Lab, to recommend an artist or and artist group for this project. The recommended persons present their work and propose a project on June, 5th to 6th in the Academy. One of the presented projects will be chosen by the advisory board to be realized in the context of the research lab.

„Artistic Research - Example Given # 1“

This is a series of lecture-presentations of artistic research projects. Accompanying the three level research structure of distinguished, advanced and junior researchers and research projects, we set up a public monitoring organized by the Research Lab for Film & Television. All projects have a system of nomination through the advisory board of the Research Lab, or a delegation system, like the described curator nominations. For the junior researchers students of the Academy of fine Arts will be nominated by professors. Out of these the external member of the advisory board chose seven students as junior researchers. They will present their work the same way like the advanced researchers.

For the first distinguished artistic research project Mark Lewis, a Canadian London based artist was chosen by the advisory board. His project and the artistic research progress dealing with rear-projection in HDCAM video format will be presented. A short view how research-connected education is practised in this case will be shown.

Timetable

Artistic Research Wanted

10:00 h Amar Kanwar / live presentation online
11:30 h Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri