Anonymous Comrade writes:

Call for Applicants

Faculty for Radical Aesthetics

In the context of two research projects starting in autumn 2005 the eipcp
will organize a transnational pilot course for Radical Aesthetics. The
components of this one-year course will take place in different European
cities (Barcelona, Linz, Lüneburg, Napoli, Paris, Vienna). Aimed at
fostering the transnational exchange and discourse on art and activism,
they will reflect on concrete activist and critical projects, accompanying
them with discursive events and theoretical workshops.Activists, artists and students are invited to send their applications to
contact@eipcp.net by July 27th.

Cooperating institutions: eipcp, MACBA Barcelona, Universität Lüneburg,
Kunstuniversität Linz, Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Napoli

Format of the seminar weeks (three per semester)

Three seminar weeks will be organized each semester around public
conferences in the framework of the eipcp-projects TRANSFORM (follow up of
www.republicart.net) and translate (about the political aspects of
cultural translation).

These weeks will consist of

I. internal workshops with eipcp experts (1-2 days)

II. public conferences and workshops in the framework of TRANSFORM and
translate (2 days)

III. intensive workshops with speakers from the conferences afterwards
(1-2 days)

IV. project reflection, dedicated to discussing the participants' activist
projects (2 days)

I. Internal Workshops with eipcp-experts

1. New Positions of Radical Aesthetics: Stefan Nowotny, Gerald Raunig

2. Performing Art and Activism: Gini Müller, Marion Hamm

3. Critique of Social Movements: Boris Buden, Hito Steyerl

4. Queer Practice and Body Art: Michaela Pöschl, Johanna Schaffer

5. Media Activism and Communication Guerrilla: Konrad Becker, Martin
Wassermair

6. Public Sphere Theories: Gerald Raunig, Ulf Wuggenig

II. Public Conferences in the framework of TRANSFORM and translate

1. 10/2005 Vienna/Linz: TRANSFORM. The Future of Institutional Critique

2. 11/2005 Barcelona: Relational Poetics

3. 01/2006 Lüneburg: Making Worlds

4. 03/3006 Linz: translate — Can Culture be Translated?

5. 05/2006 Napoli: Activism and Critique

6. 09/2006 Paris: Polture and Culitics

III. Intensive Workshops with experts such as
Marcelo Expósito (E), Marion von Osten (D/CH), Brian Holmes (F), Paolo
Virno (I), Precarias a la Deriva (E), Simon Sheikh (DK), Jacques Rancière
(F), etc.

IV. Project Reflection

The participants' projects will be activist (art) projects in the context
of social movements (Counter-Summits, EuroMayday, NoBorder-Network,
Copyleft-Movement, Social Fora, IndyMedia etc.) or micropolitical
endeavors seeking to develop new forms of organisation. They will be
reflected on, discussed and criticized within group sessions at the end of
each seminar week.

Activists, artists and students are invited to send their applications
(including CVs, project ideas and interests) to contact@eipcp.net by July
27th.

Course Duration: 10/2005-09/2006

Fee: € 1.000. — (excl. travel and accomodation). A reduction is possible in
justified cases to be explained in the application.

First seminar weeks: October 10th–16th Vienna/Linz, November 21st–27th
Barcelona

Further information about program and specific dates is available on
request from: contact@eipcp.net