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York/Cologne Collaborative MA Curatorial Training and Learning Experience: Staging Sculpture

Universität zu Köln

This funded training and learning experience will enable students to explore key concepts and themes relating to the display of modern and contemporary sculpture in different natural, architectural or public environments. This opportunity will be of interest to any students who wish to further their Internationalism, vocational training and academic study.

The Opportunity

Students will examine different approaches to the staging of sculpture throughout the twentieth century. The aims are two-fold: first, to ask after the presentation and mediation of sculpture, and to consider how far the relation of sculpture, (architectural) space and the beholder is inherent to the work of art. Second, we will ask to what extent can sculpture be defined through its staging, and we will seek aesthetic as well as social and political answers to this question. This learning experience will consider these issues in relation to individual works, specific collections, and public sculpture as well as sculpture’s relationship to architecture. A further aspect of this learning experience will explore how the history of sculpture has been mediated through photography and film.

The unique structure of this teaching experience consists of two three-day long exchanges between York and Cologne, and involves significant on-site teaching. This is an ideal format through which to explore the above questions in a range of contexts. These include: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Sculpture Project Münster, Lehmbruck Museum Münster and The Hepworth Wakefield.

The field excursions, coupled with seminars, will take place in Cologne from 4th to 6th May 2020 and in York from 25th to 27th May 2020

Participants will study in an international environment and make personal contacts with EU staff and students, engaging in team work with the students from the partner institution and furthering your academic understanding of different systems/modes of thinking arising out of academic traditions and cultural practices relating to the creation of knowledge under the guidance of tutors Prof Christian Spieß (Kunsthistorisches Institute, Cologne) and Dr Teresa Kittler (University of York).  There are six places available.

Applying

Eligibility

Studentship applications are welcomed from all full-time students, and part-time students in their second year of study, on the MA in History of Art, or a related pathway degree, regardless of fee status (Home, EU or Overseas).

How to apply 

Please submit an enthusiastic personal statement of no more than 800 words which:

  • outlines why you want to participate in the learning experience;
  • highlights any relevant skills, knowledge and/or experience you can offer;
  • explains how the experience will enhance your MA studies and/or facilitate your career plan;
  • confirms that you are willing and able to travel during the dates published for the experience. If you have any concerns, e.g. accessibility requirements, please email history-of-art@york.ac.uk before applying.

Please email your personal statement to history-of-art@york.ac.uk by the deadline of 11am (BST) on Monday 21 October 2019.

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