Unland: social interventions with René Francisco Rodriguez, 2013, Germany
Unland: social interventions with René Francisco Rodriguez, 2013, Germany
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by René Francisco Rodriguez (Author), Andrea Zaumseil (Author), Bianka Mieskes (Author)

English / Deutsch
UNLAND
engl. wasteland
In the summer term of 2013 Professor Ren Francisco Rodriquez from our partner university Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana (ISA) was our guest in Halle, offering a workshop to students of both the art and design faculty. We had met Ren Francisco a year earlier in Havanna on a wasteland close to the city, were he was constructing a 'temporary city' with his students for the Havana Biennial. We had already heard of his teaching method 'Desde Una Pedagog a Pragmatica', or short DUPP, in which he intently explores and searches for the relationship between art and life, or design and everyday necessities, with a fixed group of students over a longer period of time. The students investigate their desires, develop visions and ideas and then implement them collectively in temporary or permanent artistic works. They often do this in collaboration with the residents of Havana. In a country shaped by shortage and poverty, working artistically poses a challenge. It requires fantasy and the ability to improvise and associate freely, not to mention an organizational talent, social skills and strategic thinking when it comes to mastering bureaucratic obstacles or acquiring materials. Thus, Ren Francisco's teaching does not only focus on artistic design and form as such, but encompasses an innovative and holistic method for implementing artistic interventions in the urban and social context. The workshop in Halle took place under less precarious signs, and-due to the shortness of time and the fact that the event took place alongside all other study obligations-could not be performed with such consistency. Nonetheless, it tied in directly with many of the discussions and questions we have here in Halle with our students and that have gained importance in the public art discourse of the last years: How do we want to live? How can our actions have a lasting effect? How can we engage in and actively shape societal reality? What could a societal sculpture look like? During the workshop, the students developed a series of performances, interventions, and installations in the public space. This collection of works documents all individual and joint projects and insight gained during the workshop.

PROF. ANDREA ZAUMSEIL

UNLAND
Im Sommersemester 2013 leitete Ren Francisco Rodriguez, Professor an unserer Partnerhochschule Instituto Superior de Arte in Havanna (ISA), bei uns an der Hochschule einen Workshop, an dem Studierende aus verschiedenen Klassen beider Fachbereiche teilnahmen. Kennen gelernt hatten wir Ren Francisco ein Jahr zuvor in Havanna, auf einer Baustelle auf einer Brache, wo er mit einer Gruppe von Studierenden des ISA eine "tempor re Stadt" f r die Biennale von Havanna baute. Wir hatten bereits von seinem p dagogischen Ansatz geh rt, DESDE UNA PEDAGOG A PRAGMATICA, kurz DUPP genannt, demzufolge er mit einer jeweils festen Gruppe Studierender ber einen l ngeren Zeitraum hinweg konsequent die Verbindung von Kunst und Leben, die Verkn pfung von Gestaltung und allt glichen Notwendigkeiten sucht. Die Studierenden erforschen, zum Teil zusammen mit den Bewohnerinnen und Bewohnern der Stadt, W nsche, entwickeln Visionen und realisieren gemeinsam tempor re oder auch dauerhafte k nstlerische Transformationen. In einem Land wie Kuba, das auch von Mangel und Armut gepr gt ist, ist dies eine besondere Herausforderung. Phantasie, Assoziations- und Improvisationsverm gen, Planungsf higkeit, soziale Kompetenz und strategisches Denken in Bezug auf b rokratische H rden und Materialbeschaffung sind nur einige der Anforderungen, die an seine Studenten gestellt werden. Seine Lehre bezieht sich demzufolge nicht nur auf das Gestalten an sich, sondern umfasst eine innovative und ganzheitliche Methode zur Umsetzung k nstlerischer Interventionen im st dtischen und sozialen Raum (...) Performances, Interventionen und Installati

Number of Pages: 70
Dimensions: 0.18 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: May 06, 2019
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