Opening of Studium Generale 16 November in the Gym at 14.00

Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Studium Generale 2011–2012
Lectures, screenings and seminars

WE ARE THE TIME
Art Lives in the Age of Global Transition

01Watching Revolution Through A Hole In The Wall

Wednesday November 16, 2011
at the Gym, Rietveld Academie
2–4 PM

LAUNCH OF THE STUDIUM GENERALE PROGRAM 2011-2012 : WE ARE THE TIME

– screening of The Role of a Lifetime (2003), a work by artist and filmmaker Deimantas Narkevičius
On loan from the VanAbbemuseum, with the very kind permission of the artist

– an introduction to the lay-out of WE ARE THE TIME by curator Gabriëlle Schleijpen,
head of the Studium Generale Rietveld Academie

– an introduction to the communication plan for WE ARE THE TIME
by Jakub Straka & Daiva Tubutyte

– Dreaming Collectively: Life Experience and Political Imagination
will introduce central ideas in the work of Walter Benjamin and connect them
to Giorgio Agamben, two philosophers with huge impact on the art world.
A spoken column by Alena Alexandrova, theorist and co – curator of WE ARE THE TIME.

– Watching Revolution Through A Hole In The Wall
Foundland, a young multi-disciplinary art and design practice based in Amsterdam
presents an entirely fictional narrative of perseverance and protest, based on a personally
selected archive of Internet evidence related to the present situation in Syria.

– a glass of wine for all

Warm wishes from the SG team,

WE ARE THE TIME
Wednesdays at the Gym, Rietveld Academie, 2–4 PM, free entrance

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November 23 December 7 January 25 February 8 February 22

Conference–festival week WE ARE THE TIME, 12–16 March 2012