New Terms: Radical Education Workshops: When is Art?

Part of a series of participatory and theoretical sessions in the ICA Studio on experimental and radical learning and pedagogy, led by members of the New Terms group.

Crafting a trans-discursive response: this dynamic, participatory workshop opens an (inter)space for trans-discursive dialogue in response to the question, When is Art?

In a play environment, participants collage post-consumer waste (the spillage of collective cultural identity) into ubiquitous 'like' symbols, considering art as a way of looking at the world. Summarising their (shared) responses to indicate whether they believe they are currently engaged in art, a large wall 'results chart' of 'like' symbols acts as Visual Document to this relational pedagogical praxis, whilst inviting its own appropriation as art, by questioning Institutional art validation within this very context.

Session facilitated by New Terms member Craig Schorn.

This event is initiated by ICA Student Forum member Anna Kontopoulou

This event is part of the New Terms: Radical Education Workshops series on Saturday 29 November as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014. The full workshop programme includes:

• 12pm: Where does arts education happen?
• 1.30pm: The Democratic Table
• 2.30pm: When is Art? & Cutting up Art Education
• 3.30pm: Human Library