Diversity Stories

In full bloom – a conversation between Angela Jerardi and Giulia Bellinetti in the gardens of Jan van Eyck Academy  What does it mean to make a garden a site for ecological practice, pedagogy and labor within the context of an art institution? What experiences, aesthetics and frictions emerge through gardening?  This episode takes us to the gardens of the artist residency of the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, where our guest, teacher, researcher, and writer Angela Jerardi is invited to be in conversation with the head of the Nature Research department and coordinator of Future Materials of the Jan van Eyck Academy, and PhD researcher at ASCA, Giulia Bellinetti.  In a courtyard where branches overgrow steel structures, and ivy foliage softens their voices, and dampens their footsteps, Angela and Giulia speak on how they have moved their teaching, research and writing into gardens and land practices. Walking between pumpkins, bamboo, and compost, they reflect on the questions, labor and hardships that have

How do artists engage living bodies as creative material? How do they engage our ideas and assumptions of what we consider a body to be and what a body can do? How do they challenge the principles of what life is and the relations we take for granted?    For this podcast, we invited philosopher, researcher and labour organizer Mijke van der Drift to engage with Agnieszka Anna Wołodźko, lecturer and researcher teaching contemporary philosophy and art-science at AKI Academy of Art and Design ArtEZ. Thinking through the lens of contamination, Agnieszka’s recently published book Affect as Contamination: Embodiment in Bioart and Biotechnology uses bioart projects as provocative case studies to rethink affect and bodily practices. Departing from her book, they reflect upon the desire for transformation and the need for its control in our daily infrastructures, ranging from biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to food production and healthcare.    What ethical frameworks are needed to organize and guide our a

How do we work with research within our educational programs? Which methods do we need and use? And what does this mean for BA and MA students? In the podcast series Research in Art Education, Fabiola Camuti interviews students, researchers, teachers, and managers working in university of the arts to discuss the importance, challenges, and possibilities of conducting research within arts academies. The KUO (national art education sector) Strategic Plan 2021-2025 identifies ‘research’ as one of the three key areas art universities should focus on in the coming years. Research is essential not only to the arts and professional art education, but also to our relationship with the world and society. Research already takes on an important role within universities of the arts, however, practices and ideas on the role, methods, ways of conducting research and its embedment within each and every institution, still leave space for further development, investigation, and actions to be taken. For this reason, starti

In 2022 onderzochten Tanja Koning en Annemarie van den Berg de vraag hoe ruimte in het onderwijs van Art&Design Arnhem gemaakt kan worden voor collectief maken. In deze podcast vertellen ze over wat ze geleerd hebben en waar zij kansen zien voor ArtEZ om collectiviteit aan te jagen. Daarnaast vertellen de leden van het studentencollectief WIJ² hoe zij in hun examenjaar bij DBKV als collectief zijn opgetrokken. Een muurschildering van 16 bij 6 meter, een wekelijkse ontdekkingstocht langs de Rijn, het formeren van een tijdelijk collectief, het herontdekken van een gebouw en het radicaal gelijkwaardig samenzijn als startpunt van kunstonderwijs: onder de noemer Collective Making vonden, ondersteund door de ArtEZ Kwaliteitsafspraken, tussen januari 2022 en januari 2023 vijf onderwijsprogramma’s plaats bij  ArtEZ Art&Design in Arnhem. Samen met studenten, docenten en kunstenaarscollectieven werd er binnen deze onderwijsprogramma’s ruimte gemaakt om collectief maken in de praktijk te brengen, te onderzoeken

Art at War is een serie over… oorlog en kunst. Elke aflevering onderzoekt schrijver en ArtEZ alumna Lisa Weesaat kunst kan doen in tijden van conflict, samen met een speciale gast. In deze aflevering is die gast Mina Etemad.  Mina Etemad is journalist en podcastmaker en houdt zich bezig met thema’s als migratie en dierenrechten, en verdiept zich graag in allerlei vormen van kunst en cultuur. Momenteel is ze presentator van de podcast DOCS, schrijft ze voor diverse media en maakt radiodocumentaires en podcasts. In het verleden werkte ze als redacteur bij de VPRO-programma’s Nooit Meer Slapen en Mondo. In 2021 deed ze mee aan de Oorzaken Podcast Academy, organiseerde ze samen met anderen het Podcastfestival en verscheen haar radiodocumentaire Volwassenen lachen niet bij de podcast DOCS. Daarin onderzoekt Mina de vraag of ze de dag waarop ze naar Nederland kwam moet vieren of herdenken. Audiodocumentaaire Volwassenen lachen niet. https://www.2doc.nl/docs/2021/38-Volwassenen-lachen-niet.html Violg Mina op instagr

Art at War is a series about, well… Art and war. Each episode writer and ArtEZ alumna Lisa Weeda explores what art can do in times of conflict with a special guest. In this episode that guest is Bakr Al Jaber. Bakr Al Jaber is a Syrian poet, currently residing in The Hague. His work explores the relationship between universal beauty, war and the duality of existence. He has a published project let’s talk loudly and laugh a lot in collaboration with Dutch photographer Hillie de Rooij, he was shortlisted for the El Hizjra literatuurprijs 2020. Right now he is working on new poetry. Check out the projects by Bakr Al Jaber: https://bakraljaber.com/Projects Follow him on instagram https://www.instagram.com/bakraljaber/ The book Bakr made with Hillie de Rooij is sold out, sadly

Art at War is a series about, well… Art and war. Each episode writer and ArtEZ alumna Lisa Weeda explores what art can do in times of conflict with a special guest. In this episode that guest is Mariia Ponomarova. Mariia Ponomarova is a Ukrainian film director, producer and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Mariia studied film directing and screenwriting at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. She graduated with a master’s degree in the Film Artistic Research program of the Netherlands Film Academy. Her short films were screened during international and national film festivals Go Short ISFF, Sarajevo Film Festival, Vancouver IFF, Molodist IFF, ArtDocFest, Netherlands Film Festival, CineDOC-Tbilisi, VIS Vienna Shorts, Regensburg Short Film Week and many more. She currently works on the documentary Nice Ladies. Follow Mariia Ponomarova on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ponomarova/ See if you can find the film Fragile Memory, for which Mariia wro

Art at War is a series about, well… Art and war. Each episode writer and ArtEZ alumna Lisa Weeda explores what art can do in times of conflict with a special guest. In this episode that guest is Anastasia Taylor-Lind.  Anastasia Taylor-Lind is an English/Swedish photojournalist who works for leading editorial publications all over the world on issues relating to women, population and war.  She is a 2016 Harvard Nieman Fellow, a TED fellow and a 2017 non-fiction Logan Fellow at The Carey Institute for Global Good. Her first book MAIDAN – Portraits from the Black Square, which documents the 2014 Ukrainian uprising in Kiev, was published by GOST books the same year.  Anastasia’s  work has been exhibited internationally, in spaces such as The Saatchi Gallery, The Frontline Club, and The National Portrait Gallery in London. She also writes poetry. Check out Anastasia’s website to get a grasp of her  work and portfolio: http://www.anastasiataylorlind.com Read a poem by her hand: https://www.theguardian.com/books/bo

Myrthe Oomen, student ArtEZ Creative Writing, schreef het essay 'Mijn lichaam en de elektriciteitsmast'. Het essay leest als een collage van fragmenten over de (on)mogelijkheid om je onderdeel te voelen van een landschap. De taal van schrijvers als Annie Ernaux, George Perec en C.O. Jellema helpen haar kwijtgeraakte woorden terug te vinden. Het essay is na te lezen op de website van Studium Generale:  https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/nl/studies/all/essay/mijn+lichaam+en+de+elektriciteitsmast/ Daar vind je ook een kort interview met Oomen:  https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/nl/studies/all/interview/myrthe+oomen+interview/ Poëzie Vandaag van Ellen Deckwitz is te vinden in de meeste podcastapps:  https://podtail.nl/podcast/poezie-vandaag/  

In Research in Art Education, artist-researcher Fabiola Camuti interviews students, researchers, and managers working in university of the arts to discuss the importance, challenges, and possibilities of conducting research within arts academies. The KUO (national art education sector) Strategic Plan 2021-2025 identifies ‘research’ as one of the three key areas art universities should focus on in the coming years. Research is essential not only to the arts and professional art education, but also to our relationship with the world and society. Research already takes on an important role within universities of the arts, however, practices and ideas on the role, methods, ways of conducting research and its embedment within each and every institution, still leave space for further development, investigation, and actions to be taken. For this reason, starting 2022, a national ‘Research working group’ will work together to strengthen the knowledge ecosystem and the research culture within our academies. This pod

In the three-part podcast series Listening to the In-Between we highlight different aspects of Pauline Oliveros's Deep Listening® practice. We do so by providing backgrounds, practical listening exercises, and by exploring theoretical notions connected to Deep Listening.   In part I researcher and music journalist Joep Christenhusz explored Deep Listening, together with Ed McKeon and Ximena Alarcón, who are well-experienced deep listeners. Alarcón described the INTIMAL App© that she has developed over the last years.   In the second episode, Deep Listener Sharon Stewart invited us to participate in embodied rituals of attention, a practice of listening to or sensing aspects of power and powerlessness in the world that surrounds us. This reconnected her to the ground-breaking work of Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power”. In this third and final instalment, 'Thinking with our Ears', Joep Christenhusz returns to Ed McKeon and Ximena Alarcón, featuring Sharon Stewart as well. They con

In Teaching Art, creative writing teacher Dennis Gaens looks into what it means to teach art in the present day. In this three part series he looks into where we teach art, who teaches it and what exactly is being taught.  In this final episode, we get into that last question. Dennis talks to his (distant) colleagues Jesse Ball, John Vigna and Lorena Briedis on what it is we teach when we teach art. A transcript for this episode is available at https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/ If you want to get in touch about hosting or contributing to a workshop based around this series, visit https://www.ondercast.com/teachingart Notes: Jesse Ball can (sometimes, though not at the time of publishing this episode) be found here: http://www.jesseball.com/ He teaches at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago: https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/jesse-ball His Notes on my Dunce Cap was published by Pioneer Works: https://pioneerworks.org/store/notes-on-my-dunce-cap. Lorena Briedis teaches (and herself studied) at Escue

In Teaching Art, creative writing teacher Dennis Gaens looks into what it means to teach art in the present day. In this thee part series he looks into where we teach art, who teaches it and what exactly is being taught.  In this second episode, he explores who should be teaching art, what kind of stance is necessary. He does so in conversation with writers and teachers Jesse Ball, Lorena Briedis and John Vigna.  A transcript for this episode is available at https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/ Notes: Jesse Ball can (sometimes, though not at the time of publishing this episode) be found here: http://www.jesseball.com/ He teaches at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago: https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/jesse-ball His Notes on my Dunce Cap was published by Pioneer Works: https://pioneerworks.org/store/notes-on-my-dunce-cap. Lorena Briedis teaches (and herself studied) at Escuela de Escritores: https://escueladeescritores.com/ John Vigna can be found here: https://www.johnvignaink.ca/ He teaches at the

In Teaching Art, creative writing teacher Dennis Gaens looks into what it means to teach art in the present day. In this thee part series he looks into where we teach art, who teaches it and what exactly is being taught.  In this first episode, he first looks into some legendary art schools with art historian Joanne Dijkman. In the second part, he discusses the classroom and how we should approach it with writers and teachers Lorena Briedis and Jesse Ball.  A transcript for this episode is available at https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/   Notes:  You can read more about Joanne Dijmkman’s PHD research here: https://www.artez.nl/en/research/professorship/art-education-as-critical-tactics/research-group/joanne-dijkman.    Information on the Black Mountain College exhibition at the Hamburger Banhof can be found here: https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/black-mountain-an-interdisciplinary-experiment-1933-1957/. The accompanying book was published by Spector: https://spectorbooks.com/black-mountain-en.   

In the three-part podcast series Listening to the In-Between we will put the rich practice of Deep Listening® into a broader context. In our second episode, Deep Listener Sharon Stewart invites us to participate in embodied rituals of attention, a practice of listening to or sensing aspects of power and powerlessness in the world that surrounds us. This reconnected her to the ground-breaking work of Audre Lorde, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power”.   In 2021 we made the podcast-series Sounding Places / Listening Places, which is still available at Radio ArtEZ. In it we explored how sound and listening can contribute to realizing more sustainable and reciprocal relations with the earth. Back then, we already dipped our toes in the world of Deep Listening®. In the three-part podcast series Listening to the In-Between we will put this rich practice into a broader context.   In Part I, researcher and music journalist Joep Christenhusz explores Deep Listening, its connection to space and time, and the interr

In 2021 we made the podcast-series Sounding Places, Listening Places, which is still available at Radio ArtEZ. In it we explored how sound and listening can contribute to realizing more sustainable and reciprocal relations with the earth. Back then, we already dipped our toes in the world of Deep Listening®. In the three-part podcast series Listening to the In-Between we will put this rich practice into a broader context. In Part I researcher and music journalist Joep Christenhusz explores Deep Listening, its connection to space and time, and the interrelations between the outer and the inner world the practice reveals through sonic awareness. He enters into conversations with Ed McKeon and Ximena Alarcón, who are well-experienced deep listeners. Alarcón describes the Intimal App® that she has developed over the last years. The podcast forms a good introduction to the event around Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening practice on Wednesday October 5, hosted by ArtEZ Studium Generale in collaboration with Corpo-

On the coldest day of 2021, musician and writer Samira Dainan went to Hoofddorp to meet with Ousmane Ag Mossa, the bandleader of Tamikrest. Named the new legend of Tuareg music, Ousmane speaks on what it means to write music in the solitude of the Saharan desert, while in exile. In this podcast, he speaks on the power and the meaning of his music, and how each song breathes a whole life-world and history. Founded in 2006, in Kidal in Mali, Tamikrest call themselves ‘the children of Ibrahim’, after Ag al Habib, the founder of Tinariwen. In spite of ongoing riots and regional conflicts, which have a gripping effect on their lives, Tamikrest seeks to make music through their Tamasheq poetry and culture: “A desert hosts us, a language unites us, a culture binds us.”   About Samira Dainan:   After finishing her degree in law, Samira’s love for music evoked a long-term research into her Arabic, Berber and African heritage. This brought her to Morocco and the Sahara, where she played and collaborated with local mus

Trigger warning: in deze aflevering wordt er gesproken over zelfdoding. Als dat iets is waar je liever niet naar luistert skip dan naar 15 minuut 50 of sla de aflevering in zijn geheel over. Als je zelf met suïcidale gedachten worstelt en er met iemand over wil praten: de zelfmoordpreventie-hulplijn 113 kun je altijd én anoniem bellen. Voor meer informatie kijk op https://www.113.nl/.    Dagmar Bosma schreef voor Studium Generale ArtEZ en Mister Motley het essay Ik wil een constant orgasme in een prachtig lichaam over de krachtige kwetsbaarheid van trans*lichamen.  In deze aflevering gaat Lieneke Hulshof van Mister Motley met Dagmar in gesprek.  Lees essay hier: https://studiumgenerale.artez.nl/nl/studies/essay/ik+wil+een+constant+orgasme+in+een+prachtig+lichaam/ of hier: https://www.mistermotley.nl/ik-wil-een-constant-orgasme-in-een-prachtig-lichaam/   In deze aflevering komt een citaat voor uit ALL THAT GASZ van Geo Wyeth, luister (of koop) het hele album ATM FM hier:  https://geowyeth.bandcamp.com/album/

Moral Shame Talks is a podcast series of three episodes that explores the complexities of consumers’ moral shame in the context of the sustainability debate within the fashion industry. By tackling moral shame –a form of shame that consumers experience in their consumer behaviour while knowing they are not making sustainable choices – stories can be told about the complexity and systemics of the fashion industry and the sustainability debate in it. In the podcast series Lindy Boerman, finals student of the ArtEZ Master Fashion Strategy, collects different ideas, critical perspectives and personal thoughts. By including personal stories consumers have about moral shame and reflecting on this together with people from various professional background and with various perspectives she gives meaning to, and places moral shame in the contemporary context.   In this episode, Christine (Cimpian, MA Behavioural Science, RU) and Lindy discuss moral shame from a behavioural science point of view. They take a look at wha

Moral Shame Talks is a podcast series of three episodes that explores the complexities of consumers’ moral shame in the context of the sustainability debate within the fashion industry. By tackling moral shame –a form of shame that consumers experience in their consumer behaviour while knowing they are not making sustainable choices – stories can be told about the complexity and systemics of the fashion industry and the sustainability debate in it. In the podcast series Lindy Boerman, finals student of the ArtEZ Master Fashion Strategy, collects different ideas, critical perspectives and personal thoughts. By including personal stories consumers have about moral shame and reflecting on this together with people from various professional background and with various perspectives she gives meaning to, and places moral shame in the contemporary context.   In this episode, Esra (Van Koolwijk, (MA student Sociology Radboud University)) and Lindy discuss moral shame from a sociological perspective. Therefore, this e