Installation: “Ways through Stone: Material as a Gateway to other forms of Knowing”

2014 January 2 – 3 March
Oxford Brookes University, Glass Tank

The installation Ways through Stone by Claudia D. Schluermann is the arena for a social sculpture workshop process that engages with the material “stone” as a gateway to other forms of knowing. The aim of the workshops is to access insights into the nature of imagination and the transformative potential of art processes. The installation consists of a “flow” of Cotswold limestone that follows the exact direction of the geological formation deep down under our feet, and which runs diagonally to the ground plan of the Gallery. A series of stepping-stones lead to an intimate space framed by walls surfaced in carded white wool, which create the shelter for a single sculpted stone. Sixteen wooden stools invite visitors to contemplate their connection with and understanding of the material forms. The table at the opposite end to the shelter holds three books, which present different aspects of the artist’s engagement with stone.

There are a few spaces available on the one-day workshop processes on 27, 28 and 29 January 2014 (from 10 am to 5 pm).

Please contact: info@atelier-cds.de

University of the Trees as part of the field of Social Sculpture

2014 May 14 -16, Weekend Workshop, Emerson College, Forest Row, UK

‘Social Art: Listening to the Future and Connective Practice’ 

Shelley Sacks and Wolfgang Zumdick will run a social sculpture – connective practices programme at Emerson College. It includes two lectures: one on Friday evening by Shelley Sacks – and one on Saturday evening by Wolfgang Zumdick. Shelley will introduce the field of Social Sculpture with her lecture ‘Social Art: Listening to the Future and Connective Practice’. Wolfgang will speak on the connections between Steiner and Beuys – and how their ideas inform the field of social sculpture now.

On Saturday during the day, Shelley and Wolfgang will involve all workshop participants in a number of ‘connective, social sculpture practices’. Past and current Emerson students will participate and assist them with this.

These practices will highlight connections between Steiner and Joseph Beuys and how their vision of ‘social art’ or ‘social sculpture’ is being taken forward and explored through projects like University of the Trees and in the teaching programmes of the Social Sculpture Research Unit.

Wolfgang Zumdick’s lecture on Saturday night will be followed by a one hour reading from Shelley and Wolfgang’s new book ­– ATLAS of the Poetic Continent: Pathways to Ecological Citizenship published by Temple Lodge. (See www.social-sculpture.org/publications)

Following the reading, Shelley and Wolfgang will be available to participate in discussion about aspects of the book.

On Sunday morning from 9:30 – 12:30 we will continue our exploration of the field of social sculpture through University of the Trees and its practices, with another ‘connective practice’.

An aim of this weekend programme is to introduce contemporary developments in ‘social art’ or ‘social sculpture’ that enhance each individual’s current practice and stimulate impulses for new ways forward and some understanding of ‘connective practices’.

The programme fee for the weekend is £100 / 75 for alumni.

Accommodation and meals are available on request for an additional amount.

The course takes place in the beautiful grounds and buildings of Emerson College in Forest Row, Sussex.

The programme is open to the public as well as to Emerson students.

Enquiries

Email: yvette@emersonvisualarts.com

Phone: +44 (0)1342 822238

The booking form can be downloaded from www.emersonvisualarts.com

‘Art of Changemaking’ Camp

2014 April 5-17, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Erasmus programme across 4 institutions, including Changemakers, Amsterdam; Cork Institute of Technology; and Social Sculpture Research Unit.

Venue: Knowmads, Amsterdam

12 students and co-workers from each institution will participate

Lecture and Workshop with Shelley Sacks: “Social Sculpture: Connecting Inner and Outer Work”

2014 March 28-29, Alanus University, Bonn, Germany

Hosted by the Kunst im Dialog Institute at Alanus University

Contact Gabriele Oberreuter if you’d like to attend the lecture

Workshop – ‘Bathe’ as Part of Dr. Helena Fox’s PhD Exploration

2014 March 24, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

For all MA and PhD social sculpture students. Others welcome, but due to limited places, please contact Helena Fox directly to enquire about attending.

Email: doctor@hfox2004.wanadoo.co.uk

With John Evans ‘Habits of Mind – Habits of Body’

2014 March 17, Oxford, UK

Exploring how habitual patterns of reaction in our bodies effect our experience of self and world; utilizing The Alexander Technique. Very limited places, if any after MA and PhD students.

Contact to enquire or sign up for subsequent events
markus.stefan@hotmail.com

Shelley Sacks and Hildegard Kurt present their new book ‘Die rote Blume’

2014 March 14, Munich, Germany

Hosted by OYA, Berlin and Schweisfurth Foundation, Munich. Workshop and lecture-discussion.

Contact Matthias Fersterer at OYA: mf@drachenverlag.de for further details and booking.

Workshop with Axel Ewald on the Goethean Approach to Colour

2014 March 6, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

All day workshop with Axel Ewald (Author ‘New Eyes for Plants’) on the Goethean Approach to Colour and the significance of this as a methodology in the field of social sculpture.

Open to the public. Limited places after MA and PhD students. Small fee for non SSRU students.

Contact Axel Ewald: axelew@gmail.com

Introducing University of the Trees and Earth Forum to groups in India

2014 February 25 – March 10

Introducing University of the Trees and Earth Forum to groups in India, with Shelley Sacks.

Bangalore (with Jyoti and Roshan Sahi; and Fireflies Centre),
Pune (with Janhavi Dhamakar) and
Mumbai (including the Mohile Parikh Centre).

Further details by early February