PROGRAM

INTERNATIONAL EVENT FOR NABA’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY:
LEARNING MACHINES. ART EDUCATION AND ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, will organize
and host, from December 9th to December 11th, 2010, a grand international event entitled
“Learning Machines. Art Education and alternative production of knowledge” on the relationship
between art and education.
The title “Learning Machines”, derives from Fluxus movement and in particular from a series of
works by George Maciunas.
This will be composed by a series of events: the exhibition “Learning Machines. Figure”, an
international seminar “Learning Machines. Discorsi” (“Learning Machines. Speeches”), the
Temporary Library “Reading Machine” and a special publication to celebrate the Academy
history.
The project reflects NABA’s mission, which from the moment of its creation in 1980, challenged
the rigidity of academic tradition, and introduced visions and languages that are more close to
contemporary artistic practice, the systems of art and creative professions.
PROGRAM
- December 10th and 11th, Great Hall
10.30 am-1.30 pm and 3.30 pm-7.00 pm – free entrance
INTERNATIONAL MEETING: LEARNING MACHINES. DISCORSI
The “Learning Machines. Discorsi” seminar will be open to the public and will highlight the
participation of outstanding international scholars, theorists and curators from the most prestigious
institutions worldwide, such as Graeme Arendse (designer, Chimurenga magazine), Koen Brams
(director Jan Van Eyck Academie), Andrea Branzi (architect and designer, Professor at the Third
Faculty of Architecture and Industrial Design of Politecnico di Milano), Dante Donegani (architect
and designer, director Master Design at Domus Academy), Clementine Deliss (curator, researcher,
publisher, director Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt), Anselm Franke (curator and writer),
Rainer Ganahl (artist), Pascal Gielen (art sociologist, lecturer at University of Groningen), Joseph
Grima (Publishing Director Domus magazine), Alessandro Guerriero (Designer, President of NABA
Advisory Board), Nikolaus Hirsch (director Städelschule Frankfurt), Jakob Jakobsen (visual artist,
activist and organizer, founding member of the Copenhagen Free University), John Palmesino
(architect and urbanist, Advising Researcher of Design department at Jan Van Eyck Academie, cofounder of Multiplicity, founder of the Territorial Agency), Gianni Pettena (architect, designer),
Gerald Raunig (philosopher and art theorist, professor at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
and member of the editorial board of the multilingual webjournal Transversal), Tim Rollins (Artist,
Founding member of Group Material, founder of the “the Art and Knowledge Workshop” together
with Kids of Survival (K.O.S.)), Italo Rota (architect and designer, director NABA Design
Department), Florian Schneider (filmmaker, curator, media artist and activist), Pelin Tan
(sociologist and art historian), Gediminas Urbonas (Artist, Associate Professor, Visual Arts
Department, MIT), Françoise Vergès (lecturer at Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College
London, Scientific Director, Maison des civilisations et de l'unité réunionnaise) and Eyal Weizman
(Architect, Director, Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths College London).
PROGRAM
December 10th 2010
10.00 -10.30
Opening with Elisabetta Galasso, Marco Scotini, Andris Brinkmanis
10.30-13.30
DESIGN PERSPECTIVES PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Andrea Branzi, Alessandro Guerriero, Joseph Grima, Dante Donegani, Italo Rota, Gianni Pettena
Moderated by: Marco Scotini e Andris Brinkmanis
14.00 - 18.00
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS, ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
Clementine Deliss, Pascal Gielen, Francoise Verges, Graeme Arendse, Tim Rollins
Moderated by: Rainer Ganahl e Andris Brinkamnis
December 11th 2010
10.00 - 13.00
ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES
Pelin Tan, Jakob Jakobsen, Gerald Raunig, Florian Schneider, Gediminas Urbonas
Moderated by: Bert Theis, Andris Brinkamnis
14.00-18.00
INSTITUTIONAL ALTERNATIVES
Koen Brams, John Palmesino, Anselm Franke, Eyal Weizman, Rainer Ganahl
Moderated by: Rainer Ganahl, Andris Brinkmanis
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- December 10th, at 6pm:
PUBLIC OPENING OF THE EXHIBITIONS:
LEARNING MACHINES. FIGURE (newly renovated pavilion)
From Friday, December 10th, 2010 to Friday, January 14th, 2011, the “LEARNING MACHINES.
FIGURE” exhibition will take place at the newly renovated pavilion located in the NABA campus.
Through photos, videos, installations, architectonic maquettes, magazines and documentary
materials, largely coming from Rota Palli collection, the exhibition traces some alternative
didactic paths from the last century up to today. The exhibition’s layout revolves around three
investigatory themes: Programmes, Spaces and Communities.
The exhibition will highlight the works of international artists such as: 16th Beaver Group, Antonin
Artaud, Atelier Populaire, Roy Ascott, Black Mountain College, Bauhaus Schule, Erick Beltràn,
Joseph Beuys, Augusto Boal, Bertold Brecht, R. Buckminster Fuller, Chimurenga, Chto Delat?,
Contrafilè, Copenhagen Free University, Critical Art Ensemble, Riccardo Dalisi, Giancarlo De Carlo,
Guy Debord, Paola Di Bello, Edu-Factory, Aldo van Eyck, Charles & Ray Eames, Harun Farocki,
Hochschule für Gestaltung di Ulm, Luca Frei, Future Academy, Avital Geva, Global Tools, Dmitry
Gutov - David Riff (Kmsel), Group ABS, Jean-Luc Godard, Rainer Ganahl, Huit Facettes, Isidore Isou,
Francesco Jodice, Maxim Karakulov, Maurice Lemaître, Chris Marker, George Maciunas, Ulrike
Meinhof, Jonas Mekas, Nils Norman, D.A. Pennebaker, Cedric Price, Paoula Roush, Radek
Community, Tim Rollins & K.O.S., Alison e Peter Smithson, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, Colin
Ward, Frederick Wiseman, Eyal Sivan, Scuola di Barbiana, Jean-Marie Straub e Danièle Huillet, Basil
Wright, Darcy Lange, Jean Vigo, Stephen Willats.
Marco Scotini, Director of Visual Arts NABA Department, is the curator of the “LEARNING
MACHINES. FIGURE” exhibition, in cooperation with students of the two-year Master of Arts Degree
in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies, and with the support of students of the three-year BA in
Design coordinated by the teachers Michele Aquila and Luca Poncellini.
TEMPORARY LIBRARY: READING MACHINE (Smeraldo Building, Classroom 5)
Alessandro Guerriero, designer and President of NABA Advisory Board, will create a Temporary
Library – Reading Room. A big selection of public ations, catalogues, videos, representing the
works of artists and designers who have influenced the philosophy of NABA from 1980 up to
present days.
Works by: Antonella Abruzzese, Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Alchimia, Rodrigo Almeida, Archigram,
Archizoom Associati, Roy Ascott, Atelier Forte, Paolo Atzori, Filippo Avalle, Kengiro Azuma, Guido
Ballo, Massimo Banzi, Anna Barbara, Dario Bartolini, Cesare Baroni, Benedetta Barzini, Domenico
Berardinelli, Giorgio Bersano, Franca Bertagnolli, Alessandro Bertante, Silvio Betterelli, Lapo
Binazzi, Stefano Boccalini, Franco Bolelli, Andrea Branzi, Remo Buti, Luca Buttafava, Massimo
Caiazzo, Vito Calabretta, Sergio Calatroni, Milco Carboni, Fabio Carlini, Antonio Caronia, Angelo
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Colella, Gianni Colombo, Alessandro Confalonieri, Davide “Ghigos” Crippa, Valentina Croci, Denis
Curti, Mario D'Adda, Riccardo Dalisi, Almerico De Angelis, Derrick De Kerckhove, Lucio Del Pezzo,
Rebecca De Marchi, Erri De Luca, Barbara “Ghigos” Di Prete, Alberto D'Ottavi, Patrizia Elli, Ida
Farè, Chiara Fagone, Vittorio Fagone, Ettore Favini, Caterina Filice, Eleonora Fiorani, Elio Fiorucci,
Adelina von Furstenberg, Michel Fuzellier, Gaba Meschac, Matteo Ghidoni, Romeo Gigli, Anna Gili,
Global Tools, Francesca Grazzini, Bruno Gregori, Franco Grignani, Gruppo Sturm, Matteo
Guarnaccia, Marco Guazzini, Alessandro Guerriero, Jens Hauser, Hans Hollein, Emilio Isgrò, Dimitri
Kozaris, Aldo Lanzini, Ugo La Pietra, Susanna Legrenzi, Francesco Librizzi, Giancarlo Majorino,
Roger Malina, Marcello Maloberti, Saverio Marconi, Enzo Mari, Massimo Martignoni, Nancy Martin
Stetson, Memphis, Alessandro Mendini, Metamorphosi, Carlo Mo, Luca Molinari, Francesco Monico,
Alessandro Montel, Gianni Montonati, Aldo Montù, Massimo Morozzi, Nicoletta Morozzi, Maria Mulas,
Victorine Müller, Bruno Munari, Igor Muroni, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Adolfo Natalini “Superstudio”,
Fabio Novembre, Claudio Olivieri, Margherita Palli, Orietta Pellizzari, Marco Penati, Gaetano
Pesce, Gianni Pettena, Mario Piazza, Stephen Piccolo, Lorenza Pignatti, Serena Piller, Liuba
Popova, Michele Porcu, Cedric Price, Franco Raggi, Innocenzo Rifino, Rojo, Gianni Romano, Clara
Rota, Italo Rota, Cinzia Ruggeri, Alessandro Scandurra, Marco Scotini, Danilo Seregni, Gianluca
Sgalippa, Ettore Sottsass, Soup Studio, Marina Spadafora, Alessandra Spranzi, Bruce Sterling,
Superstudio, Emilio Tadini, Attilio Tono, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia “Superstudio”, Oliviero
Toscani, Tommaso Tozzi, Walter Valentini, Marcella Vanzo, Tito Varisco, Luigi Veronesi, Guido
Viale, Sartoria Vico, Marco Viganò, Giulio Vinaccia, Natasha Vita More, Luca Vitone, Catalogue
Whole Earth, Marco Zappa, Vered Zaykovsky, Zziggurath, 9999 and many others.
SELECTION OF STUDENTS PROJECTS (Indaco Building, Volume Luce)
Exhibition of the best students’ projects of these last years: through videos, publications and
prototypes.NABA will show the works of the last generation of students.
Preview: 9th December at 12.00 am (by invitation only)
Opening: 10th December at 6 pm
December 10th, 2010 to January 14th, 2011 - Free entrance
Monday-Friday, from 2pm to 6pm (Christmas break 23rd December-9th January)
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PUBLICATION: IL MANUALE. UN’ACCADEMIA IN 100 PAROLE
As an further in-depth research tool, “Il Manuale. Un’Accademia in 100 parole” (“The Manual. An
Academy in 100 words”) will tell about some key historical and philosophical words of the Academy
cultural universe. The volume will contain 100 words selected and drafted by teachers and visiting
professors who, over almost thirty years from the time of its foundation in 1980, have contributed
to the introduction of an alternative to the classic Academic model in Italy.
The volume will be presented to the public on 10th December.
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“Learning Machines. Art Education and alternative production of knowledge” is a project by
Marco Scotini in collaboration with Alessandro Guerriero
seminar coordination: Andris Brinkmanis
exhibition coordination: Caterina Iaquinta, Elvira Vannini
editorial coordination: Paolo Caffoni
graphic design: Tommaso Garner
film coordination: Rinaldo Censi
display: Luca Macrì
project setting coordination: Michele Aquila, Luca Poncellini
technical support Design Lab: Andrea Aloisio
READING MACHINES: LA BIBLIOTECA
project by Alessandro Guerriero
in collaboration with Stefania Vaccari, Emirjana Bici, Alessandro Cusani, Angela Curiale, Lyana
Meazza
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SELECTION OF STUDENTS PROJECTS
Setting by Antonella Cirigliano, in collaboration with Simone Balsamo and students of BA Theatre
Design and Design.
For more information:
NABA Communication Department: Claudia Falabella, [email protected], Francesca Zocchi,
[email protected]
Supported by
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NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, is the largest and most innovative private Academy in
Italy, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. NABA undergraduate
and postgraduate degrees in visual arts, communication and design are legally recognized in Europe
and the world over. In late 2009, NABA became part of Laureate International Universities, a global
network of more than 54 accredited institutions offering undergraduate and graduate degrees to
over 650,000 students around the world.
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