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Feinart – The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art

Description of the project:
FEINART is an extensive collaboration between degree-awarding research-centres in political philosophy, art theory/practice and curatorial studies/cultural management, and the independent European art sector, as the basis for the first interdisciplinary and holistic investigation of the democratic role and function of socially engaged art in Europe. In this it will train 11 Early-Stage Researchers in order to provide the relevant academic and non-academic skills to engage with the challenges of this new artistic and cultural landscape. The 11 ESRs will be spread across four academic Beneficiaries (University of Wolverhampton University of Iceland, University of Edinburgh, Zeppelin University, Germany) and 7 Partner Organizations (Tensta Konstall, Sweden; BAK, Netherlands; State of Concept, Greece; W-Est, Italy; Tranzit.ro, Romania; Teatr Scena Prezentacje (Biennale Warsawa), Poland; and Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Iceland). The selected POs represent an exemplary cross section of small-scale and larger independent spaces - projects spaces, cultural centres, art labs/research hubs - working under different demands and expectations, yet all providing invaluable support and resources for artists working in the area of socially engaged practice. The training programme, as such, will provide invaluable data about the distribution, impact, and role of socially engaged art, as a future contribution to funding policy recommendations on state support of art beyond the museum’s traditional functions, and debates on art and public culture.

contact person: Karen van den Berg
Email: karen.vandenberg@zu.de
Runtime:
Start of project: 01.03.2020
End of project: 28.02.2024
Project Management:
Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
Prof. John Roberts, University Wolverhampton (Coordinator);, Prof. Dr. phil. Karen van den Berg (chairwoman of the supervisory board / coordinator of the training program), Prof. Björn Thorsteinsson, University of Island, Dr. Angela Dimitrakaki, University Edinburgh
Lehrstuhl für Kunsttheorie & inszenatorische Praxis (eingerichtet 09/2003)

Am Seemooser Horn
88045 Friedrichshafen
Germany

Phone: +49 7541 6009-1303
Fax: +49 7541 6009-1399
Email: karen.vandenberg@zu.de
www.zu.de/vandenberg
Actual Research Report
Financing:
  • EU, Horizon 2020 - Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks, EU
Keywords:
    Socially engaged Art, Art institution, curating