We will begin our Journey in Buffalo on May 15 where students will meet with course leaders Dr Ruth Bereson and distinguished affiliated scholar Professor Pierre Guillet de Monthoux as well as the co-founder of Nurope (The Nomadic University for Art Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe, with Bengt Kristensson Uggla Amos Anderson Chair of Philosophy, Culture and Management at the Swedish University in Finland, Åbo Akademi University (Turku). Senior Associate Dean Charles Stinger, College of Arts and Sciences UB will give the first presentation by providing us with an overview of Venetian History.

HERITAGE HACKING- THE CASE OF THE BIENNALE

Heritage is a complex word, with numerous meanings and as such is easily fossilized. The trick is to get inside the skin of heritage, to infiltrate it, to decode it and recycle its energy into new areas. This is how we bring life to it and how we become actors instead of spectators. Now the Biennale as a phenomenon is a way for nations to join the big game of art, this game has been going on for ages. The Biennale we are visiting is the oldest, greatest of them all; the Biennale of Art in Venice; a place where trade, art and politics have cohabited for very long time. So let´s infiltrate the Biennale and let it infect our minds and bodies. This summer school is of course focused on the Biennale show and we will spend half of each day wandering around the exhibits. After the general roundtrip we will form task groups making focused visits to self-selected areas and spheres of the whole show. The remaining half of our five days together we will meet and compare notes and listen to some invited experts. Without yet revealing the exact schedule we can disclose the following some themes of expertise;

Making Worlds; on heritage hacking for contemporary visions;
Daniel Birnbaum Curator 53rd Venice Biennale, 2009