Conceptual (art) practices is a class unit (of approximately 60 students) open to different intervention into art, community, technology and space. This class unite is perceived as a working, living and exchange platform.

Instead of a simple class based structure we are favorable to a project-seminar-modular teaching platform. We are open to spaces for students and more technical infrastructure, as well as a much more dynamic way of arranging the teaching processes. A new structure of lectures based on project-topic and conceptual strategy is to be developed. Theoretical and art-critical approach is of crucial importance.

Imaging technologies and conceptual thinking. The idea of keeping the bridge between media and conceptuality means that our engagement is not simply and solely bound to technology, but to the use technology, from photo, film video, internet and multimedia to computer technologies, for developing of politically critical and socially engaged topics, projects and concepts. Any context provider from pencil to computer is welcome. It is merging that try to rethink what is the image, how the relation between art, social, cultural and political is established, and in which way artists can function within the new global world and use strategies of activist, theoretical and critical knowledge.

We are very favorable to a laboratory system of teaching. This means to build a space with technical facilities while insisting onto a community platform, developed through critical research and teamwork process and partnership. The idea is to prevent to change students in simply consumers and instead to develop a network of active partners.

Marina Grzinic