Nowadays, advanced art education is in the process of developing 
(PhD level) research programs throughout Europe. The project 
Artistic Research will delve into the question of that research and 
also investigate related subject matters. After all, research as such 
is often understood as a method stemming from the alpha, beta, and 
gamma sciences directed towards knowledge production and the 
development of a certain scientific domain. How is artistic research 
connected with those types of scientific research, taking into account 
that the artistic domain so far has tended to continually exceed the 
modernistic parameters of knowledge management? One could claim that 
the artistic field comprises the hermeneutic questions of the 
humanities, the experimental method of the sciences, and the societal 
commitment of the social sciences. Will that knowledge influence the 
domain, the methodology, and the outcome of artistic research? 
Another main topic concerns not only the specificity of the object 
of knowledge of artistic research but above all whether and how 
artistic research and its institutional programs will influence 
topical visual art, its artworks and its exhibitions. These issues 
will be investigated in a preliminary workshop, a public symposium, 
and a publication (Fall 2003).
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Symposium
Maison Descartes
Vijzelgracht 2, Amsterdam.
April 11 and 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Programme in Word

Annette Balkema (Lier en Boog editor, Amsterdam) 
Anke Bangma (Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam)
Francesco Bonami (curator, Biennial Venice 2003)
Koen Brams (Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht) 
Santiago Eraso (Arteleku, San Sebastian)
Massimiliano Gioni (Manifesta 5) 
Mika Hannula (Helsinki School of Art) 
Jean-Baptiste Joly (Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart)
Marta Kuzma (Manifesta 5) 
Sarat Maharaj (Goldsmith’s College, London) 
Els van Odijk (Rijksakademie, Amsterdam)
Multipoint (Erban, Nantes) 
Gertrud Sandqvist (Malmo School of Art) 
Henk Slager (coordinator project)
Christoph Tannert (Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin) 
Barbara Vanderlinden (Roommade, Brussels)
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Preliminary workshop
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten 
February 7

James McAllister (philosopher, University Leiden)
Hermann Pitz (artist, Munich)
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven (artist, Antwerp)
Gerard de Vries (philosopher, University of Amsterdam)
Artists in Residence (Rijksakademie, Amsterdam)

workshop notes in Word

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Reservations
before April 1 at Maison Descartes 
tel 020-5319511 
email d.bourgois@maisondescartes.nl
price E.20 /E.12.50 (reduction)
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Project
- in collaboration with ECI-NL (Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, The British Council, The Finnish Cultural Institute for Benelux, Goethe Institut, Maison Descartes, Instituto Cervantes, Istituto Italiano di Cultura)

Support
- International Foundation Manifesta
- NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
- The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture 
- The Mondriaan Foundation. 

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