Highlights

The state of Lower Saxony and the Braunschweig University of Art announce eight scholarships for the year 2012. They consist of:

3 "Braunschweig PROJECTS"—scholarships for artists of Sound Art
5 "Braunschweig PROJECTS"—scholarships for artists of Fine Arts

These scholarships are part of the promotion programme for artists of the Braunschweig University of Art and the State of Lower Saxony. This programme is aimed at young artists who are interested in working intensively on artistic projects in the close environment of an art university. The participation of the scholarship recipients in the teaching and research work at the Braunschweig University of Art is an essential part of the support programme for artists at the university.
For more information and application please visit:
www.hbk-bs.de/en/aktuell/scholarships

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The New York-based artist Anthony McCall (*1946) will exhibit his 2005 piece You and I, Horizontal from 24 April to 6 May 2012 at the gallery of the HBK Braunschweig. McCall has worked since the 1970s with exceptional light projections that combine sculptural, graphic and filmic aspects. Light forms are projected in a dark fog-filled space and permanently change and interact with the viewer. Anthony McCall will hold a lecture and a presentation of his piece and working method on the occasion of the opening on 23 April 2012 at 7 p.m. The subsequent exhibition at the HBK is taking place parallel to a large-scale show of works by McCall at the Nationalgalerie Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin from 20 April to 12 August 2012.

McCall’s lecture and exhibition constitute the start of the new “Formation of Presence: President’s Choice” series at the Braunschweig University of Art. Renowned guests from the arts, education, politics and economics will meet here in order to ponder and discuss the concept of the “present.” The present has been comprehended differently over time, as a state or as a transition. The formation of presence is animated by translations from the past into the future and by the question about what possibilities we have for the present,” says Prof. Dr Hubertus von Amelunxen, President of the HBK and initiator of the series.

As a general rule, the “Formation of Presence: President’s Choice” events will take place six times a year in the auditorium of the HBK Braunschweig. The second guest is the Chinese author, poet and musician Liao Yiwu. On 19 June 2012, at 7 pm, he will read from his book For a Song and a Hundred Songs and give an improvised concert. This will be followed by a discussion with Frank Berberich, editor of Lettre International.
The series is being generously supported by Öffentliche Versicherung Braunschweig.
 

increase Anthony McCall: You and I, Horizontal, 2005, digital projection and artificial fog machine, 50-minute cycle in six parts.

increase Anthony McCall: You and I, Horizontal, 2005, digital projection and artificial fog machine, 50-minute cycle in six parts.

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On Welcome Day April 4th 2012 the International Office of the Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) received its new exchange students from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Norway, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Croatia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Korea. They were officially welcomed by the president of the HBK Prof. Dr. Hubertus von Amelunxen. Afterwards Melanie Köster advised them of the programme, the enrolment, and other important formalities. The international students used the Welcome Day to get to know the university and each other.

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© HBK/Sebastian Lang

From February 8th until February 11th 2012 the HBK-course of study Performing Arts will celebrate the opening of their new institute. During these days there will be speeches, panel discussions, lectures, installations and performances. Name, concept and object of research of the institute will also be revealed.

What Performing Arts students and professors say about the institute:

"An institution, a research centre, an educational institute, a dream factory, a world of thought, an incubator, an inventor's workshop, an utopian tower, a venue for learning and teaching where we observe, look at, survey and listen, distinguish, select and demand, experiment, translate and create, interpret, apply and exercise, think, discuss and research and in wihich we trace the social relevance of artistic and educational processes."

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150 prospective students were invited to try out the direct application process for the degree programs of Fine Arts and ART.Education. On January 23rd and 24th 2012 they could gain first practical artistic experience at the Braunschweig University of Art by working for two days with diverse materials and media in the studios and workshops at the Braunschweig University of Art. They could profit from the direct contact with the teachers, who themselves are practising artists, and received a personal view into the requirements and possibilities offered in the art degree programs at Braunschweig.

Jump Starters had the opportunity to apply for the upcoming semester 2012/13 without handing in a portfolio and to be invited to the entrance exam. By convincing the HBK professors with their work, they could also use the chance of being directly accepted into the study program.

Jump Starters 2012 could:

increase © HBK/Janika Kefel, Andrea Radtke

increase © HBK/Brigitte Kosch

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© HBK/Susann Dietrich

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