OPEN SPACE
Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music 2010 & 2012
In preparation of his first edition as new director, Thomas Schäfer invited me to join a group of people to rethink the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Darmstadt Summer Course).
My contribution to this important hothouse for the post-WWII avant-garde was a new format called OPEN SPACE: a freely available resource for self-organised knowledge exchange and experimentation that runs autonomously and parallel to the official curriculum of the Summer Course.
In order to give the project an impulse and a direction, I curated programs for the first two editions in 2010 and 2012, inviting guests like Jan Ritsema, Xavier Le Roy, Bojana Cvejić, Wolfgang Fiel, Klaus Neundlinger, and Adam Harper. In its first year, more than 100 self-organised projects were realised by participants and tutors alike. Since then, OPEN SPACE is an integral and vital part of the Darmstadt Summer Course.
Memories of Open Space 2010 & 2012
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Entering Open Space 2010
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Inscription Open Space 2010
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Planning Open Space 2010
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Donatienne Michel-Dansac and Xavier Le Roy at Open Space 2010
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Xavier Le Roy at Open Space 2010
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Rehearsing "Salut für Caudwell" with Xavier Le Roy at Open Space 2010
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Jan Ritsema at Open Space 2010
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Space for "The Ignorant Schoolmaster" by Jacques Rancière
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Open Space 2012 Headquarters
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Open Space 2012
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Brian Ferneyhough at Open Space 2012
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Jennifer Walshe at Open Space 2012
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Xavier Le Roy at Open Space 2012
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Material
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OS 2010 Essay “Spaces of Action”
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OS 2010 Essay "Handlungsräume"
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OS 2010 User Manual
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OS 2010 Curated Program
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OS 2010 Final Program
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OS 2012 User Manual
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OS 2012 Curated Program
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OS 2012 Final Program