31 Jan 2012

Online courses by Node Center for Curatorial Studies, Berlin

Online courses by Node Center:

01// Creative Writing Workshop: Insider tips on how to improve you writing skills.
02// Art vs Law: An Inherent Conflict?


The Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online Program was established in Berlin in 2011, in response to a growing demand from the international community for a platform to discuss and examine curatorial practices.

The program uses effective tools to enable international exchange and training for students in the contemporary art context within a Virtual Learning Environment, facilitating rich interaction through multimedia material, weekly video-conferences and discussion forums.

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//01. Creative Writing Workshop: Insider tips on how to improve you writing skills.

Lecturer: Gamal Eldin Fouad, Master of Laws (LL.M), professional writer and artist.

In this 4-week workshop, you will learn how to improve your creative writing skills by actively participating in short writing assignments specially developed by the lecturer for this purpose, which he calls writing training. The assignments will be written on the spot and reviewed live by Gamal Eldin and the other students. Further you will be asked to write a short story, which you will write and finish in the four-week period of the course.

For full information about the program and the application process: nodecenter.org/online/creative-writing.html

Duration: 21st February - 20th March 2012
Application Deadline: 15th February 2012
Participation fee: 150€

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//02. Art vs Law: An Inherent Conflict?

Lecturer: Alan Cunnigham, Ph.D. in Intellectual Property Law and Theory

This course will provide a better understanding of issues concerning certain forms of contemporary art and copyright law, specifically topics related to appropriation, contractual issues and moral rights.

Beginning with a historical and philosophical exploration of the emergence of the political act of appropriation in art, it moves to then examining how the law has intervened when it has been felt - by artists or others - that certain appropriations are 'too much' and concludes with practical lessons for the artist about utilizing copyright and contract law to facilitate their practice instead of letting such laws restrict or prevent it.

For full information about the program and the application process:
www.nodecenter.org/online/artandlaw.html

Duration: 23rd February – 22nd March 2012
Application Deadline: 15th February 2012
Participation fee: 125€


*Online material available 24/7 during the duration of the course and weekly video-conferences

www.nodecenter.org / info@nodecenter.org