[resource-net] Deadline to apply for Synapse Curators conference is 5 November 2012

[cdelutz at artlaboratory-berlin.org]

Deadline to apply for Synapse Curators conference is 5 November 2012

http://www.synapse.info/open-call/


Haus der Kulturen der Welt invites up-and-coming curators to apply for the second edition of SYNAPSE – The International Curators’ Network. The network ismoderated by a team of international curators, artists, scientists and other experts including Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp (Professor of History of Art at Humboldt University Berlin), Bergit Arends (Curator of Contemporary Art, Natural History Museum London), Chus Martínez (Head of Department and Member of Core Agent Group, dOCUMENTA 13) and Dr. Barbara Steiner (Curator, Leipzig), Rich Pell (Curator, The Center for PostNatural History)and Christian de Lutz & Regine Rapp (Art Laboratory Berlin). The network’s second workshop focuses on modes of interaction between science and art, with a special thematic focus 
on the Anthropocene. Among other questions, it will address how 
scientific topics and methodologies can be approached by curators.
SYNAPSE Workshop 2013
The curators’ workshop 2013 (April, 23-27, 2013) takes place in the context of Haus der 
Kulturen der Welt’s special focus on “The Anthropocene Project.” The 
core message behind the Anthropocene theory is that nature, as we know 
it, is a concept that belongs to the past; today, humanity forms nature. The Anthropocene theory announces a paradigm shift whose far-reaching 
significance might be comparable toDarwin’s theory of evolution. With 
the long-term project “The Anthropocene Project”, Haus der Kulturen der 
Welt is the first to explore the epoch of humanity from the point of 
view of culture.
The SYNAPSE Workshop 2013 
will address the key implications of the Anthropocene, regarding 
humanity’s tasks and goals in a world formed by humanity while paying 
special attention to the role of curators and artists. The Anthropocene, a term that has emerged in geological discourse, applies not just to 
aspects of our existence like the everyday life, consumer behavior, and 
(self-)perception, but also has significant ramifications for art and 
for the scientific disciplines. Key topics the workshop will address 
are: the historic liaison of art & science; curating in a museum for natural history; genetics & transgenic processes; design.
Visits to galleries, 
museums, and project spaces – like the Ethnological Museum, the Natural 
History Museum, Künstlerhaus Bethanien and Museum of Medical History– 
will connect SYNAPSE participants with the vibrant Berlin art scene.



 
Christian de Lutz 
ARTLABORATORYBERLIN
Prinzenallee 34
13359 Berlin

office/ post address:
Nostitzstrasse 12 
10961 Berlin 
www.artlaboratory-berlin.org
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