The think tank project (or: curriculum) focuses on the connection between art, architecture and society and wants to explore those relationships together with students. More specifically, it wants to examine the relevance of art in the public space, what it can do for society, and its educational value.
The project is primarily based on experiencing art and architecture (and its interactions) in the public space in real life (in situ), rather than through an image. With the underlying idea that by experiencing art and architecture, exchanges take place that are only possible in situ. This approach is in line with what architecture critic Juhani Pallasmaa argues in his introduction “The Eyes of the Skin.” According to him, multiple senses are needed to experience architecture and sculpture which cannot be achieved by viewing an image.
For this reason, we will move outside with the students and organise classes close to specific key works in public spaces. Here we will also brainstorm about art in public space and whether it is possible to measure “whether art in public space can contribute to educational well-being.” The above concepts will be addressed together with students as well as teachers, sociologists, residents, architects and artists.
photograph: (c) Michiel Devijver
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devitrine #6
The architecture-sculpture network/
André Bloc and his journals
“(…) a few sculptors proposed collaborating directly in designing living architecture. Some architects even behave like real sculptors and their work includes original inspiration worthy of our epoch.” -Espaces Sculptés – Espaces Architecturés, Aujourd’hui Art et Architecture, no. 53 (May–June 1966), III
The writer, architect and artist André Bloc (1896–1966) was also the editor, and founder, of several important journals: L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui (1930–present), and its spin offs Art d’Aujourd’hui (1949–1954) and Aujourd’hui Art et Architecture (1955–1967). Through these magazines Bloc aimed at creating a network bringing together architects and sculptors.
Drawing from the holdings of the Faculty Library Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University, devitrine #6 shows some results of research in this endeavour. For the exhibition, we selected approximately 60 articles from L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui and Aujourd’hui Art et Architecture from the library’s extensive journal collections. (…)
devitrine #6: Curated by Angelique Campens
from 24 November 2022 until 24 January 2023
opening: Wednesday 23rd, 2022, 6 PM invitation
