Enschede, The Netherlands
19th - 30th May 2008 (exhibitions continue until 19th June).
Sarah Bodman and Richard Anderton (Head of MA Printmaking) accompanied 10 students from UWE’s MA in Multi-disciplinary printmaking and PhD programmes for this International Erasmus Intensive Programme, hosted by ArtEZ-AKI The Enschede Academy of Visual arts.
Borders of Perception was an exploration of the possibilities and challenges an artist faces when dealing with abstract dilemmas such as boundaries, borders, subjectivity and their relation to different ways of seeing. The workshops were specifically tied to the history and position of the city of Enschede. Workshops over the two-week period included:
• Enschede as a city on the border of Germany and Holland
• Enschede as a city on the border of forgetting and remembering
• Enschede textile city; the border between body and surroundings
• Enschede on the border of local happenings and an (inter)national audience
• Enschede on the border of reality and imagination
Participating institutions sent 75 students and 14 staff from the following colleges:
• Strasbourg School of Art & Design, France
• Bristol School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, United Kingdom
• Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, United Kingdom
• Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw (ASP), Poland
• Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
• Braunschweig University of Art, Germany
• ArtEZ AKI, Academy of Visual Arts, Enschede The Netherlands
Exhibitions of the resulting artworks are on show at: Aamsveen, Kongsi, Galerie Objektief and Balengebouw in Enschede. For more information see: www.bordersofperception.com
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