the 2018 program

The Intensive Independent International Amateur Academy (IIIAA) is a summer program that offers a diverse range of lectures, workshops, seminars, conversations and experiences drawn from a wide network of friends. We are interested in exploring both the possibilities and the limitations that this framework provides and as such the IIIAA is as much an experiment for our ‘faculty’ as it is for our ‘students’. It is an opportunity for experts in specific fields as well as amateurs in many fields, who have not necessarily taught before, to explore ways of sharing information and knowledge.

The focus this year is on pursuing themes related to practical strategies for the tumultuous interactions
between humans, other forms of life and their inanimate surroundings and jokes.

Through an open call, we found 4 brilliant participants who took part in the 2018 edition:
Ada Rączka, Nina Kuttler, Jules Dumoulin and Julio Lugon.

The intense program started on the 5th of July and ended on the 2nd of August 2018 in a big celebration.

Day 01
Welcome round with participants

Day 02
One day production of a radio show with the artist Wilhelm Klotzek in the pirate radio studios

Day 03
Getting Lost Finding Things - a day workshop with the artist Stefan Pente, Studio Südstern

Day 04
Book Therapy - presentation by graphic designer Santiago da Silva in his studio in Neukölln
Mediating Body and Brain - a lecture by the musician,
artist and academic Alexandra Grübler, Studio Südstern
Studio visit with the artist Adrien Missika in Neukölln

Day 05
The Way of Water - lecture of the physicist Aljoscha Rheinwalt
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and University of Potsdam), Studio Südstern
Night Shooting - a photo shoot evening with the artist Christopher Filippini, on the road

Day 06
The Apparent Extent - Schinkel's Schweizerhaus, introduction to strollogy with
author, composer and curator Volker Zander, Studio Südstern
Visit of the exhibition 'hello world' at the Hamburger Bahnhof with the designer Santiago da Silva

Day 07
Juice in the Framework of Institutions - Relationships in the Field of Cultural Production,
lecture by Imke Kannegießer, Assistant Curator at the State Art Gallery Baden-Baden, Studio Südstern

Day 08
Interim meeting with the four participants, Studio Südstern

Day 09:
Re-eductional Sampler, a dialogue on parapolitical practice and biography in Drawing and Machine                  Embroidery. Seminar with the artist David Iselin-Ricketts, Studio Südstern

Day 10
Glass as a Diva, Exploring the Unpredictability of Glass, and The Dishonesty of Steel -
a day workshop with the artists Philipp Modersohn and Kasia Fudakowski, Studio Südstern

Day 11
Re-eductional Sampler Part 2, Seminar with the artist David Iselin-Ricketts, Studio Südstern
Presentations from the four participants, Studio Südstern

Day 12
Presentation of the curator Sophie Krogh Christensen, Studio Südstern
Tapas Exposed - an afternoon of culinary immersion with the
artist duo Real Madrid (Bianca Benenti and Marco Pezzota)

Day 13
Animated Archives - Lecture by the architect Natalie P. Körner (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture), Studio Südstern, followed by a visit to the Geo-scientific Collection Spandau
Footage review with the artist Christopher Filippini, Studio Südstern

Day 14
Precariously Secure with Insecurities, a studio visit to the artist and publisher Anna M.Szaflarski
Northern Soul, cultural appropriation and working class love - a lecture and dance evening with Elisa Aseva

Day 15
New Short Narratives - one day workshop including short film production
with the artist Alvaro Urbano in his studio in Neukölln

Day 16
Bodies of Law - Lecture and discussion with the artist and legal scholar Alida Müschen, Studio Südstern

Day 17
Geospeculations. An Introduction to Geophilosophical Metaphysics
with the philosopher and author Daniel Falb, Studio Südstern

Day 18
dept for sale, writing workshop with the artist Sara Love,
screening of 'Kuro' with Q and A with the director Joji Koyama, Studio Südstern

Day 19
Reading club and workshop with the artist Ayami Awazuhara, Studio Südstern

Day 20
Feldenkrais with Silke Hofmann
‘Certificate ceremony' and closing party, Studio Südstern