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The laboratory of surprises

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

The Städelschule is an experimental school in the sense that we are interested in probing the very boundaries of what an educational institution can be. The filmmaker Peter Kubelka’s activities in the 1990s involving music and food (and even live animals from a circus) are legendary. A more recent example we can remember Gasthof (2002), a one-w...

Jan 03, 2010 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: art, birnbaum, experimentation, laboratory, school, stadelschule, students, surprises | Leave A Comment »

Städelschule, Frankfurt Art Academy

Magazine -> #23 Emotion and Surprise

The Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main is one of Germany’s most well known art academies. Founded in 1817 by the Frankfurt merchant and collector Johann Friedrich Städel, it has today developed into an experimental school with an international faculty and with students from across the globe. The school has its own exhibition space, the Portikus,...

Jan 03, 2010 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: academy, art, artists, birnbaum, frankfurt, germany, laboratory, portikus, school, stadelschule, students, university | Leave A Comment »

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