Nineteenth Generation 2022/2024

PROGRAMME

The World of Art School for Curatorial Practices and Critical Writing is the only programme in Slovenia dedicated to practical and theoretical education in the field of curating. The education of future cultural workers includes acquiring skills and getting acquainted with different methods of practical work encountered in the field of contemporary visual art. The school was founded in 1996 and has been attended by more than 130 participants to date, many of whom are now actively shaping the art space in the local and international context of contemporary visual art. 

The two-year programme is constantly upgraded and updated based on experience and with new generations of participants. The school’s participants are introduced to the current curatorial practices of key actors, experts and cultural workers on the local and international scene. They acquire skills and methods that help them develop their curatorial practice and become familiar with the diverse working methods within contemporary art production. The acquisition and sharing of knowledge take place within a formed group, with the school heads and external collaborators on a horizontal level, allowing for greater involvement of the participants in the school’s programme and the work process.

The programme is designed within modules that include lectures by experts, workshops, visits to production and exhibition spaces and artists’ studios, discussions with curators, artists, and other cultural workers, reading seminars, individual writing consultations, etc. This way, the programme aims to be as inclusive as possible and is enriched by the diverse backgrounds of individual participants of each generation.

In the first year, through curatorial research and the preparation of a virtual exhibition, participants gain insight into the possible work and research processes of exhibition-making. The final task of the two-year programme is the conception and installation of an exhibition at Škuc Gallery in Ljubljana, to which the entire second year of the programme is dedicated. Through the specific themes, the artists' work and the concept that the group develops, it is possible to learn first-hand about the workflow and the steps involved in creating exhibitions. In the second year, through collaborative curatorial research, the participants curate an exhibition at Škuc Gallery under the mentorship of Alenka Gregorič and Vadim Fiškin.

 

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YEAR 1

WoA Team
Assisting in the Preparation of the School’s Annual Exhibition at Škuc Gallery

Participants will be invited to participate in the conception and execution of the exhibition that the World of Art team is preparing at Škuc Gallery in June 2023. The curatorial team will meet in working sessions to discuss the concept, artworks and their authors, the workflow, and the tasks and responsibilities of the participants.

Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Management as a Tool for Bringing Ideas to Life in the Field of Culture

Cultural potential can be realised when ideas are turned into a project and put into practice. The uncertain and rapidly changing social situation calls for new ideas, which are difficult to realise without thorough strategic planning. Cultural management offers us a set of skills and knowledge that can help us achieve our goals, both in promoting and valuing different artistic and cultural phenomena and in preserving collective memory and cultural heritage. Awareness of the importance of culture and the specificity of working in this field are key to the design, communication and evaluation of cultural initiatives.

Adela Železnik
Exhibition’s Accompanying Programme

Exhibition or accompanying exhibition programmes, as they are referred to at the Museum of Modern Art, are a relatively new category that started to gain more traction in the late 1990s, also with the so-called pedagogical turn in contemporary art. The meeting with Adela Železnik, museum councillor and curator of accompanying exhibition programmes, will be devoted to introducing the subject, followed by a practical session. We will discuss who the exhibition is for and with whom and how we build relationships that may continue past its timeframe.

Dušan Dovč (MGLC Švicarija) in dialogue with Katerina Mirović (Forum Ljubljana) and conversation with producers Simon Gmajner (Kapelica Gallery) and Lenka Đorojević (Cukrarna/MGML)
Contemporary Visual Art Producer

What is a producer's contribution to a project, and what tasks do they perform (content and technical preparation of the project, selection of the exhibition space (co-production contract), financing, promotion coordination, documentation of the project, etc.)? We will learn about the contemporary art producer's function through a presentation and discussion with the producers. We will discuss the difference between co-producer and co-organiser and the nature of collaboration between producer and curator. 

 

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YEAR 2

Alenka Gregorič and Vadim Fiškin
Curatorial Course

The main part of the programme is to prepare and realise a contemporary art exhibition. Participants will conceive the exhibition and plan its accompanying events in the school's second year. They will select artworks, invite artists, write the accompanying text, prepare a technical plan and public relations plan, seek additional funding and produce the publication. The mentors, curator Alenka Gregorič and artist Vadim Fiškin will comment on the development of the exhibition concept during weekly curatorial meetings.

Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Management as a Tool for Bringing Ideas to Life in the Field of Culture

Cultural potential can be realised when ideas are turned into a project and put into practice. The uncertain and rapidly changing social situation calls for new ideas, which are difficult to realise without thorough strategic planning. Cultural management offers us a set of skills and knowledge that can help us achieve our goals, both in promoting and valuing different artistic and cultural phenomena and in preserving collective memory and cultural heritage. Awareness of the importance of culture and the specificity of working in this field are key to the design, communication and evaluation of cultural initiatives.

Urška Jurman
Facilitation 

In this workshop, through a process of group research, participants will deepen their understanding of the concept of the final exhibition and identify their own interests and expectations concerning the conceived exhibition, as well as the points of connection within the group. Art historian and sociologist of culture Urška Jurman will facilitate the process.

WoA Team 
Technical Plan 

A technical plan is crucial in bringing the idea and design of the exhibition from the theoretical framework to the exhibition space. School heads Urška Aplinc, Tia Čiček and Lara Plavčak will present the preparation of the technical plan and address key challenges in communicating with technical teams. During the meeting, the participants will start preparing their technical plan, which they will develop further by the start of the exhibition set up with the school heads and mentors and communicate it with the Škuc Gallery technical team.

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