SYLLABUS

SEMINAR 1 - REVIEW, TEXT, WORD, WRITING, NARRATION
MIKEL ONANDIA, IVÁN DE LA NUEZ

Artistic creation and writing have been closely linked since the dawn of modernity. From academic historiography to textual creations by contemporary artists, manifestos, theoretical texts and art criticism, writing completes - both critically and poetically - the work of art. This seminar approaches these relations, on the one hand, from the postulates of art history, through a general review of the main sources of modern and contemporary art, and, on the other hand, from the creation of texts about/from/for the work of art itself. In this sense, theoretical sessions will be combined with the creative practice of texts.

SEMINAR 2 - HYBRID IMAGINARIA. OTHER FORMATS & INTERACTIONS. Displacement strategies in/from/for Contemporary Artistic Practices
EDURNE GONZÁLEZ, ROSA CASADO

Se propone como un espacio-tiempo-teórico-práctico desde el que desprogramar ciertos convencionalismos vinculados a modos, formatos y soportes tradicionales del arte. A partir de la puesta en común y análisis de diversos procesos de trabajo, ahondaremos de manera conjunta en los intersticios no normativos que permiten repensar el hacer con desde el ahora, para explorar perspectivas que den cuenta de la particularidad que requiere cada propuesta, enfocándonos en el desarrollo de herramientas específicas para cada proceso de trabajo. Con el objetivo de señalar cada acción como potencia crítica capaz de desbordar la institución artística hacia la esfera pública.

SEMINAR 3 - THE ART OF BEING TOGETHER: Meeting & Being in the public today
ÁLEX FILIATREAU, FRAN QUIROGA

A dance between practice and conceptualisation on the idea of observing and activating the other. A known but always new commitment, which is built from the different responsibilities acquired by the parties and which aims at a time together in a common space. What is the art of being together, how is this time together and its rules built, how to develop and preserve it, what are the tools that nourish it, how to develop it, what are the tools that nourish it?

SEMINAR 4 - COPY THIS MUSEUM !!! Appropriation & Remix in the Copyright Era
NATXO RODRIGUEZ, FITO RODRIGUEZ

A critical approach to some of the key foundations on which the contemporary art system is built, such as authorship(s), the original status of works, the privative management of heritage (the market?).

SEMINAR 5 - CONTEMPORARY CURATORSHIP PRACTICE & THOUGHTS
BEA ESPEJO, BULEGOA Z/B

If we start from the premise that contemporary art is constant change, it's logical to think that the exhibition has to reformulate itself permanently and that the curator never stops reinventing himself. The exhibition has ceased to be a closed discourse to become a platform from which to generate multiple possibilities. Putting on an exhibition is easy. Curating it is another story. The seminar will be an invitation to think about all this, from the discourse and the field of ideas. The important thing here will be to stop in the time of art and apprehend its particular rhythm, to think collectively about the crossover between theory and practice. In this dance, different ways of doing, thinking and researching will be analysed; old hierarchies between knowledge will be studied and the limits of the academic field will be questioned.

SEMINAR 6 - CRITICAL MANAGEMENT / ARTS MANAGEMENT
FERNANDO PÉREZ, ARANTZA LAUZIRIKA, CARLES ANGEL SAURÍ

Management is too serious a matter to be left to managers alone. There is only one management that is worse than the one that is not done: management without knowledge. These simple sentences enclose more complex problems that we will be unpacking in this subject in which we will address the fact that, as in other fields of art and culture, management -and self-management- has become an inevitable chapter in the lives of the most diverse creators.

SEMINAR 7 - WORKSHOP / START - BURST
IDOIA ZABALETA

This laboratory is aimed at creators interested in sharing the initial stages of a creation process. We will be working collectively on a series of tools that will assist us in translating the interests that mobilise the desire to start working on something with germinal and initial gestures. At the same time, we will be training ways of reading what these gestures are proposing, at hand or from a distance, as regards the desire or concern that generated them. From speculation to action. From enunciation to the activation of gesture. From gesture to reading. From reading to re-enunciation. From re-enunciation to the outburst of possibilities. From the outburst to renunciation. From the renunciation gesture to the resumption of the gesture.

SEMINAR 8 - EPHEMERAL FILES
ISABEL DE NAVERÁN, USOA FULLAONDO

The seminar focuses on the concept of “archive” to reflect on how, in recent decades, archival practices have led to a confrontation of the making of art with its own history. Based on a reflection on the status of images, it proposes a theoretical-practical approach to critically address the relations between images, gestures, history and memory. Alongside the concept of “archive” is that of “ephemerality”, which, although it seems to be opposed, opens up the possibility of thinking, in a new way, about the practices of storage, classification and domination. By addressing ideas around the archive and the ephemeral, big history and small histories enter into conversation and question our relationship to the documentable, the imaginable, the habitable.

TRANSVERSAL LINE 1 / NETWORK

MARÍA MUR-CONSONNI, GORKA RODRÍGUEZ-URBANBAT, IDOIA ZABALETA, OSCAR GÓMEZ MATA, LAURA VALLÉS, LOREA ALFARO, BEGO VICARIO & ENRIKE HURTADO,IXIAR ROZAS.

Topics such as the publisher’s work ranging from cultural production, interactive town planning, curator’s work, staging practice, the link between curatorship and publishing practices, the analysis of objects as material for sculpture, financing, production and distribution of experimental creations, will be dealt with.

TRANSVERSAL LINE 2 / LABORATORY

MARÍA PTQK, IKER FIDALGO

Contemporary artistic and cultural practice is becoming ever more interconnected with the mastery of discursive tools. Albeit mapping out a professional career in the field of art or undertaking curatorship or project co-ordinating tasks, good mastery of written and oral expression coupled with reasoning skills, a capacity for critical reflection, likewise ongoing learning and research, is required.

This transversal line proposes addressing such requirements through a combination of several methodologies. The aim is to acquire specific writing and oral expression techniques in addition to developing skills for creative thought, conceptualisation, inter-personal trust or active listening.

TRANSVERSAL LINE 3 / PROFESSIONALISATION

RAKEL ESPARZA, AITZIBER ATORRASAGASTI, AIMAR ARRIOLA, CRISTINA BOLLADA, ALASNE MARTÍN, ITZIAR IJALBA, BÁRBARA EPALZA, JOL GISASOLA, MARINA URRUTIKOETXEA, JORGE LANDA, SONIA DEL VAL, SONIA MARCOS.

This is a space to learn and address Azkuna Zentroa–Alhóndiga Bilbao´s case studies, delving into the background and less visible work required to undertake artistic or cultural projects. It will be dealing with issues such as:

• Register, Transport & Insurance. Students will learn from professionals in this sector.
• Communication & Marketing. The various cultural industries and sectors, cultural products, distribution channels, marketing and culture audiences will be studied. Legal matters and financing will also be addressed to delve into the legal frameworks of the culture sector, likewise its administration and management.
• Audiences, Education & Mediation. Azkuna Zentroa–Alhóndiga Bilbao´s educational and mediating activity will be analysed, paying attention to the characteristics of the different audiences.
• Research & Curatorship. Students will be provided with orientation regarding the design and execution of curatorship projects, likewise cultural research.
• Programme & Contents. The different stages and tools required to launch a cultural Programme in a society and contemporary culture centre like Azkuna Zentroa – Alhóndiga Bilbao will be explained.
• Practical Resources. Scholarships, awards, justifications, residencies, etc. in the current outlook of Art Promotion within the creation sector will be dealt with.
• Archive, Libraries & Publications. The management of archives and documents, from historical to digital, to provide exhaustive knowledge comprising the entire life cycle of documents, from their design and production in organisations to their permanent preservation, will be dealt with.

TRANSVERSAL LINE 4 / AUZOLANA

IÑAKI IMAZ,  ARANTXA PEREDA,  JUAN PABLO ORDÚÑEZ -MAWATRES, ANDREA ESTANKONA,

Auzolana is designed as a space to address three parallel and complementary lines of cultural management, i.e. Research Methodology, Contrast (tutoring/mentoring) and Case Studies.

• Research Methodology (Arantxa Pereda): Starting with the application of scientific research methodological and theoretical principles to carry out an academic project, students are directed towards a work plan and its stages, sources and resources to search for information, and writing up a research work dealing in depth with the rules and styles for citations and references.
• Contrast (Iñaki Imaz): Focused on practice, on what is inherent to the work itself and its methodologies, students are guided to establish disruptive dynamics that serve as a contrast and foster progress in their work processes and in unexpected directions prior to their start-up.
• Case Studies (Juan Pablo Ordúñez / Mawatres, Andrea Estankona): This space is designed as a place for questioning and redefining frameworks for the development of cultural projects from the point of view of the specific, realities, dynamics and problems of today’s society. Based on the conceptual approach of each seminar, students are invited to reflect on the different dimensions affecting contemporary artistic and cultural practices today, with the aid of visits, lectures, debates, and workshops, among others.

END OF MASTER PROJECT (EMP): This EMP could be related to the Auzolan project.

Directed by the following EHU/UPV professors:

• Iñaki Imaz Urruticoechea
• Mikel Onandia Garate
• Edurne Gonzalez Ibañez
• Natxo Rodriguez Arkaute
• Tito Rodriguez Bornaetxea
• Miren Jaio Atela
• Beatriz Cavia Pardo
• Arantza Lauzirika Morea
• Usoa Fullaondo Zabala
• Lorea Alfaro Garcia
• Enrike Hurtado Mendieta
• Begoña Vicario Calvo
• Iker Fidalgo Alday