This book presents the results of the Octopus Programme,
an innovative fellowship in the field of artistic research. This international network of eleven institutions included selected
participants from Europe, the Mediterranean, and Africa, and generated numerous events, workshops, and exhibitions.
By promoting international collaboration, new critical perspectives were developed to investigate the diversity of artistic
research and practice in different contexts – academic as well as nonacademic – inside and outside institutions, or in relation
to resources. This brings into focus not only different curatorial models, but also different modes of knowledge production.
- Artistic research and collaboration between academies, art institutions, students, and experts
- Curatorial
forms of presentation, research and documentation, progressive educational methodology
- Contributions by Ruth Anderwald
/ Leonhard Grond, Jonatan Habib Engqvist, Maria Lantz, Barbara Putz-Plecko, Johan Thom, and others
Basak
Senova, Institute of Studies of Art and Art Education, University of Applied Arts Vienna
BOOK
PRESENTATIONS
The Octopus was presented to the public on March 21, 2024 at AIL – Angewandte
Interdisciplinary Lab, University of Applied Arts Vienna, on September 11, 2024, at the University of Pretoria, South Africa,
as well as on October 23, 2024, in Helsinki, Finland.
Find our upcoming book presentations here