Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina is pleased to announce the seventh annual session of Summer School as School.
The program is held August 8 – 21, 2022.
Admissions results will be announced no later than July 18, 2022.
The program will revolve around internal courses, in addition to the public program with lectures, conferences, performances, a film school program, DJ sessions, and exhibitions by artists, writers, and scholars including: Julieta Aranda, Yann Annicchiarico, Uresa Ahmeti, Sezgink Boynik, Course 12, Ty Carry, Daniel Cosentino, Miljana Dunđerin, Goran Djordjević, Martin Fritz, Albert Heta, Katja Kobolt, Sami Khatib, Victoria Owns, Laura Raicovich, Rebiswan, Bernhard Rüdiger, Boris Buden, Florina Jerliu, Michala Julinyova, Marianne Plano, Esther Leslie, Erlira Latifi, Barbie Lo, Besa Luzha, Nebojša Milikić, Suzana Milevska, Jelena Vesić, Vanessa Sins.
Summer School as a School 2022 for the first time features two-week courses, increasing the engagement of content, participants and leaders of the academic program. Summer School as School 2022 is designed as a hybrid edition, with a face-to-face program of courses and one virtual course, a face-to-face and virtual public program.
With Summer School as School, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina and partner institutions have created a unique collaborative international platform based in Prishtina, developing an interdisciplinary curriculum and engaging practitioners to share knowledge and expertise with international students and the public.
Originally inspired by the case of Kosovo, where the education system was structured in the mid-1970s, Summer School as School is designed to bring together and disseminate critical knowledge and address relevant contemporary challenges, implementing new models and possibilities in art education and artistic collaboration.
Presently, Summer School as School is the leading regional collaborative platform in art and discourse production, and a model that unites the capacity of the region of Southeastern Europe engaged international faculty and partner institutions to produce and disseminate an interdisciplinary model of education and art collaboration.
After running in past years with much success, this year’s edition of Summer School builds its agenda upon the various perspectives and experiences that theoretically and practically reflect and challenge ongoing regional histories and their connections to broader artistic, political, and societal developments. By inviting situations that transcend normal creative and intellectual limits, Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina with Summer School as School seeks to intertwine knowledge and (re)position the region of Southeast Europe in relation to its international and global coordinates.
Summer School as School 2022 course teachers have compiled a challenging and inspiring program, organized August 8 – 21, 2022, combining theory-based and production-oriented classes.
Course 1: Animating Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Ether
by Esther Leslie
8 – 13 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 2: Notes, Models, and Study Drawings as Liminal Objects
by Bernhard Rüdiger and Yann Annicchiarico
8 – 19 August 2022
5 ECTS
Course 3: The designer, the Developer, and the Control: Computer Graphics and When to let it go
by Marianne Plano
8 – 20 August 2022
5 ECTS
Course 4: Placeness
by Florina Jerliu
8 – 20 August 2022
5 ECTS
Course 5: Join, or Die, or...
by Daniel Cosentino
8 - 13 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 6: The Emerging of New Vernacular Worlds in Culture and Politics
by Boris Buden
9 – 13 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 7: Living with Contradictions: Contemporary Art and Nationalism
by Sezgin Boynik
8 – 13 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 8: Institutional Critique and Institutional Practice
by Martin Fritz
15 – 20 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 9: Ecofeminist Discourses and Art Practices
by Suzana Milevska
15 – 20 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 10: On the Use and Abuse of Theory for Life
by Sami Khatib
8 – 12 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 11: Undead Time
by Julieta Aranda
15 – 20 August 2022
2 ECTS
Course 12: The Archaeology of Former Art and Coming Apocalypse
by Jelena Vesić
16 – 21 August 2022
3 ECTS
Up to ten applicants will be selected to take part in each course. Applicants can register to attend more than one course. Eligible participants must read the Terms, fill out the application form, upload the required documents and submit the application form. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Language of instruction is English.
120 applicants will be selected to participate in the Summer School as School 2022 courses.
Eligible participants must read the Terms information on the Forms page before completing an application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Eligible participants can apply for (and participate in) up to two courses.
At the conclusion of each course, participants will be issued a certificate stating their equivalency of The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits from Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina, Kosovo and the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, France.
The last edition held in 2021 included the participation of 78 participants and 29 lecturers from 23 countries including Albania, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Norway, Paris, Poland, Rusia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA.
The main partner institutions of the Station - Contemporary Art Center Prishtina for Summer School as School 2022 are the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, IRWIN group, Ljubljana, Cultural Center Rex / Fund b92, Belgrade, Skopje, Center for Contemporary Art ZETA, Tirana, Institute for Contemporary Art, Podgorica, Sonemus Association, Sarajevo, International Curators International - ICI, New York.
Summer School as School 2022 has been supported by: The Trust for Mutual Understanding - TMU, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Kosovo, Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation of the Republic of Kosovo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kosovo, Municipality of Prishtina, Austrian Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Civil Service and Sport (BMKOES), Faculty of Architecture of University of Prishtina Hasan Prishtina, Network of Independent Art and Culture Institutions - RRIPAK, X-Print and DZG.
Summer School as School 2023 is held August 7 - 20, 2023.