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    Nina Kerschbaumer, ยซB88 und der 180ยฐ Schwenkยป, project presentation, Research Day, ZHdK, November 2021
    Nina Kerschbaumer, ยซB88 und der 180ยฐ Schwenkยป, project presentation, Research Day, ZHdK, November 2021
    • Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact
    • Promotion of Talents and Careers
    • Cooperation and Internationality
    • External Funding
    • Event Highlight
    • Reading Tip

      ยซOne of the most important things in research is to make new distinctions that challenge old distinctions or render them obsolete.ยป

      Prof. Christoph Schenker, Head of the Institute for Contemporary Art Research (IFCAR)
       

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          Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact

          In 2021, IFCAR researchers published two publications and one card set. This output resulted from successfully completed SNSF research projects and reflect our international artistic and scientific network.

          โ†’ Overview ยซScientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impactยป

            Promotion of Talents and Careers

            The DFAโ€™s new pre/doc programme, launched in 2021, began in the summer and currently involves eight arts students from Italy, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, United Kingdom/South Korea, Mexico and Switzerland. Under the close supervision of Dr. Marcel Bleuler, Laura von Niederhรคusern and various guest lecturers, students conceptualise a practice-related PhD project and qualify for a doctorate at the DFA.

            โ†’ Overview ยซPromotion of Talents and Careersยป

              Cooperation and Internationality

              In recent years, IFCAR has developed a strong international orientation, both with its own ventures (e.g. the ยซDraftยป project, since 2014; or the ยซInOctoberยป network, since 2016) and within the framework of cooperation-based SNSF research projects (e.g. knowbotiq, Prof. Dr. Nils Rรถller, Prof. Dr. Felix Stalder, Prof. Hannes Rickli). Its increasing internationalisation is helping IFCAR to access new research fields.

              โ†’ Overview ยซCooperation and Internationalityยป

                External Funding

                The high proportion of third-party funding of just under CHF 680'000 in 2021 reflects the high quality of IFCAR research. Two new research projects (both funded by the SNSF) launched in 2021: ยซLatent Spaces: Performing Ambiguous Dataยป (directed by Prof. Dr. Felix Stalder) and ยซListening to Data Flows: How art and biology bring the environment into the computerยป (directed by Prof. Hannes Rickli). 

                โ†’ Overview ยซResearch Projectsยป

                  Event Highlight

                  In December 2021, IFCAR hosted a sixfold book launch in Stall 6 at Gessnerallee where the volumes published in the IFCARโ€™s book series since 2020 were presented. The event made up for various opportunities missed due the pandemic to discuss these publications with an internal and external audience.

                  The Fragmented City, exhibition in public space, Berlin, Jannowitzbrรผcke, 28. Oktober 2021

                    Reading Tip

                    Published in 2021, Aesthetics of the Commons explores a range of artistic and cultural projects that can be broadly described as (post)digital. The anthology relates to the broader concept of commons and raises questions about the nature of the aesthetics embodied therein. The volume was published on the occasion of a completed IFCAR research project addressing these issues. It was edited by Shusha Niederberger, Dr. Cornelia Sollfrank and Prof. Dr. Felix Stalder and published by Diaphanes.

                    Book cover ยซAesthetics of the Commonsยป

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