ABA

Monday, 12 December 2022, 5–7:30 pm | WORKSHOP

How can art and academia inform each other without arranging themselves in a hierarchical structure? And what forms can research-creation take in the particular context of experimental film and trans* studies?

Thinking beyond the separation of the fields of fine arts and academic study, this workshop will provide a succint overview of a few emerging methods and practices comprised under the term of research-creation. While definitions of research-creation are disputed, it can be loosely described as an engagement with the ontological and epistemological questions of what constitutes research, focusing on the materialities and processes of research-outcomes.

Artists, researchers, students, and tinkerers of all kinds are warmly welcomed to participate. Text materials will be distributed to the participants in advance but are not mandatory. Participants are invited to join a conversation on what they have learned through their own entanglements with theory and creative practice and experiment with prototyping a research-creation [removed];

Participation in the workshop is limited.

Raphaëlle Bessette-Viens works at the intersections of trans studies, critical disability studies, and experimental filmmaking. For the workshop, they will provide examples of projects illustrative of key concepts of research-creation and present their work-in-progress, exploring the parallels and entanglements of trans studies and experimental [removed];

This workshop is co-organized by Neige Sanchez, artist-researcher and curator currently in residence at ABA. Since 2017, they have been developing a curatorial practice by inviting artists and academics to join their exhibits as a means of collective, transdisciplinary and experimental thinking, highlighting critical and feminist perspectives.

about the space: diffrakt | center for theoretical periphery is a collectively organized space that hosts and promotes a range of discursive formats. diffrakt aims to further exchange between current positions from art, science, society, and philosophy and to offer a place for theoretical, artistic, and activist practice. Founded in 2017, diffrakt is a non-profit association that inhabits the former space of Merve Verlag in Berlin-Schöneberg.

diffrakt currently is: Caroline Adler, Elisa Barth, Georg Dickmann, Onur Erdur, Moritz Gansen, Max Grünberg, Kim_young Kim, Sara Morais dos Santos Bruss, Morten Paul, Gala Rexer, Tim Schmidt, Wladimir Velminski, and Hannah Wallenfels.

Air Berlin Residency:

Neige Sanchez from September 2022–Feb 2023, Switzerland
Matheline Marmy from September 2022–Feb 2023, Switzerland
Machiel van Stokkum from September–December 2022, Netherlands