"You Talkin' to Me? Why are Artists and Curators Turning to Education?"

Following the bestseller from 2007 "Curating Subjects" de Appel arts centre and Open Editions publish the companion: "Curating and the Educational Turn".

Edited by Paul O’Neill & Mick Wilson

In recent years there has been increased debate about the incorporation of pedagogy into art and curatorial practice – about what has been termed ‘the educational turn’. In this follow up volume to the critically acclaimed Curating Subjects, artists, curators, critics and academics respond to this widely recognised sense of art’s paradigmatic re-orientation towards the educational. Consisting primarily of newly commissioned texts, from interviews and position statements to performative texts and dialogues, Curating and the Educational Turn also includes a small number of previously published writings that have proved pivotal in the debate so far. This anthology presents an essential enquiry for anyone interested in the cultural politics of production at the intersections of art, curating, and educational praxis.

In Amsterdam the book will be launched by de Appel arts centre in collaboration with VU University on Wednesday March 31, 8-10 pm, with the public discussion: "You Talkin' to Me? Why are Artists and Curators Turning to Education?" including speakers Mélanie Bouteloup (Betonsalon Paris) Binna Choi (Casco), Wouter Davidts (VU University), Sonia Dermience (The Public School Brussels), Annie Fletcher (Van Abbemuseum), Hassan Khan (artist), Paul O’Neill (editor), Edgar Schmitz (artist) and Mick Wilson (editor) at the VU University.

Practical Information:

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Project Supported by: The Graduate School of Creative Arts & Media (www.gradcam.ie), Dublin; The International Curators Forum (www.internationalcuratorsforum.org.uk), Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England; de Appel arts centre (www.deappel.nl); Situations, University of the West of England (www.situations.org.uk); Great Western Research (www.greatwesternresearch.ac.uk), Faculty of Arts, Graduate School of the Humanities, VU University Amsterdam (www.vu.nl).

de Appel recommends:

Book Launch of Curating and the Educational Turn" on 29 April during the Conference "Deschooling Society" (29 & 30 April) in Southbank Centre in London.