May Classes
This educational program confirms the role of the independent scene, to work and add to the oases of non-formal education in the country, which come as a result of the need for enlightenment and development. The program will organize various classes, with lectures, trainings and tutorials by lecturers, theorists, artists and other actors from the creative industries, who will be engaged to help participants expand their creative potentials by feeling more confident and supported about their professional journeys.
Classes
May classes will be thematic and led by local and international artists, theorists, curators, writers, activists, etc., who will develop an interdisciplinary curriculum, responding to needs of the local context, in addition to contemporary developments and challenges. They will share their knowledge and experiences, offering new opportunities for collaboration through contemporary models and practices applied in education.
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Public workshops and lectures / parallel / public program
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Class III – Into the Impossible – Oblique Strategies
Lecturer: Thibaut de Ruyter Dates:16-17-18.05.2025Time: 14:00- 17:30 We all experience creative blocks, moments of doubt, and hesitation when faced with our own work. In 1975, musician Brian Eno and artist Peter Schmidt invented the Oblique Strategies—a set of 113 cards in a small black box, offering a playful way to overcome such impasses. By drawing…
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Class II – Artistic Practice and Formats of Engagement
Lecturers: April Gertler and Adrian Schiesser Dates:16-17-18.05.2025Time: 14:00- 17:30 April Gertler and Adrian Schiesser, both visual artists and cultural creators will draw from their own experiences of running socially engaged platforms for the last 15 years both collaboratively and separately. The workshop will focus on a variety of issues concerning creating a socially engaged platform;…
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Class I – Glistering Glitches botched bodies floating in between cyberspace and realitycheck
Lecturer: Mette Sterre Dates:16-17-18.05.2025Time: 14:00- 17:30 This workshop will be a hands-on approach to explore the potential of our bodies in relationship to space, technology and the understanding of the self. We will explore how limitations can be a source of inventions to explore different ways of embodiment and potential for a different sensing of…
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May Classes -2025
16-17-18.05.2025 This educational program solidifies the vital role of the independent scene in enhancing and enriching the landscape of non-formal education in the country. It emerges from the urgent demand for enlightenment and progress. The program offers a diverse range of classes, featuring lectures, trainings, and tutorials by esteemed lecturers, theorists, artists, and other figures…
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Class IV: Curating practices outside art institutions
Lecturer: Alessandra Pioselli Dates:13-17.05.2024 Time: 14:00- 17:00 The class intends to explore the processes and potentials of engaging people through artistic practice, outside the frame of art institutions, as a way to contribute to the growth of public responsibility for places of living, society and heritage. Why are these potentialities strengths? What does activating people…
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Class III: Creative strategies in cultural and art institutions
Lecturer: Elisabetta Rapetti Dates: 13-17.05.2024 Time: 14:00- 17:00 The class will share with the participants different creative practices and experiences, applied in different artistic and cultural organisations; Will share the role of creativity within cultural management and cultural planning and the current and future trends in the creative industries. By applying creative strategies in art…
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Class II: Publishing as a collaborative practice
Lecturers: Marija Hristova and Ilija Prokopiev (PrivatePrint) Dates: 13-17.05.2024 Time: 14:00-17:00 The class is built on the premise that publishing as a collaborative practice gives a platform for better visibility of diverse and emerging practices, especially in societies lacking in cultural infrastructure. We’ll give a contextual overview of the artistic publishing and its history to…
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Class I: Mapping Metaverses and Neighborhoods
Lecturer: Katharina Haverich 13-17.05.2024 Time: 14:00 – 17:00 The Metaverse, at this stage, is a multitude of weird looking platforms, offering virtual environments to explore. What is being represented and why? Can we find Pristina or Kosovo? If so, how are these places designed and what do they feel like? Let’s take a few VR…
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May Classes – 2024
13-17.05.2024 / Prishtinë This educational program solidifies the vital role of the independent scene in enhancing and enriching the landscape of non-formal education in the country. It emerges from the urgent demand for enlightenment and progress. The program offers a diverse range of classes, featuring lectures, trainings, and tutorials by esteemed lecturers, theorists, artists, and…
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Public Lecture: Prototyping Futures with Art & Technology
Fernanda Parente 18/05/2023 18:00h, Project Space 17 As our physical and digital lives converge, we search for new ways of redefining how we learn, create and engage with one another. Art and technology have the power to extend our realities into new realms and, when combined, they can create a particular relevance for the times…
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Public Lecture: The Border Sublime
Margret Grebowicz 17/05/2023 18:00h, Project Space 17 This talk focuses on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, on the US/Mexico border, where Margret have been doing research for the past three winters. No other national park unit in the U.S. has a comparable level of border security. The national park visitor is a subject…
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Queering Ecology
Class IV Date:16-19/05/2023 Lecturer: Margret Grebowicz Queering ecology aims to create diverse and inclusive self-aware knowledge and practices that invite us to interact with the natural world around us in deeper ways. Co-presence and interconnection, essential aspects of coexistence and interaction in the network of ecosystems today, fundamentally challenge existing philosophical frameworks, especially those which…
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The Thing about Malls – Creating Institutions of Desire and Belonging
Class III Date: 16-19/05/2023 Lecturer: Catherine Nichols Malls make people want to go inside them, museums much less so. Countless surveys and studies support what cultural workers suspect: shopping is one of the last bastions of public activity worldwide. This observation is typically accompanied by lamentations of cultural decline or critiques of the predatory nature…
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Art, Technology, Futures
Class II Date: 16-19/05/2023 Lecturer: Fernanda Parente As our physical and digital lives converge, we search for new ways of redefining how we learn, create and engage with one another. Art and technology have the power to extend our realities into new realms and, when combined, they can create a particular relevance for the times…
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Archiving Practices: Archival art collections
Class I Date: 16-19/05/2023 Lecturer: Iga Maria Szczepańska This course aims to encourage the local scene, institutions, and various actors of our community to expand their knowledge and develop their skills in building, growing and preserving archives. Through lectures, workshops and discussions, this course will introduce participants to different work structures and practices of Modern…
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May Classes
This educational program confirms the role of the independent scene, to work and add to the oases of non-formal education in the country, which come as a result of the need for enlightenment and development. The program will organize various classes, with lectures, trainings and tutorials by lecturers, theorists, artists and other actors from the…