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Ravi Agarwal / Floating U̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶t̶y̶ / Sanchayan Ghosh – Cross Courses Lecture Program: 28.10 - 30.10.24
23.10.2024
Bergen Assembly invites you to a series of lectures as part of our Cross Course program next week.
Ravi Agarwal will discuss his dual role as both an artist and environmental activist in a Monday lecture at KMD. The collaborative project Floating University will offer insights into their approach to site-based learning, and Sanchayan Ghosh will share the history and evolving pedagogy of Santiniketan.
Each lecture offers perspectives on how art can shape and respond to the world—whether through activism, environmental engagement, or experimental education.
Mon 28.10 – Ravi Agarwal: lecture and conversation led by Michael Stumpf – Organised by KMD Monday Lecture Program
> (13:00-14:15) at The Academy of Art, Music & Design (KMD)
Ravi Agarwal is an artist, environmental campaigner, writer, curator and co-convener of Bergen Assembly 2025, together with Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) and writer and visual culture researcher Adania Shibli. His work addresses entangled questions through an interrelation of art, research and activism, focusing on the subject of nature and its futures. He will present a lecture about his artistic projects and activism, followed by a conversation with Bergen based artist Michael Stumpf.
Tue 29.10 – Floating University: learning with the trouble
> (18:00) at Bergen Assembly
The site of Floating University is a rainwater retention basin serving the former Tempelhof airfield in Berlin, where a diverse range of animals, plants and algae have taken root. Floating University challenges traditional educational models by engaging with the site’s natural and human elements, promoting an integrative approach to environmental and social justice.Sarah Bovelett, Licia Soldavini, Jeanne Astrup-Chauvaux and Markus Bader of Floating University will discuss the various aspects of the project, its cycles, the troubles, the learnings and the perspectives of the site and its agents.
The lecture is organised in collaboration with Bergen Arkitektforening and Floating University's trip to Bergen is funded by the Erasmus + Teaching Staff Mobility program in connection with TU Braunschweig university.
Wed 30.10 – Sanchayan Ghosh: Santiniketan Pedagogy and the Transforming nature in Kala Bhavana Art Practice
> (18:00) at Bergen Assembly
In this lecture, artist and educator Sanchayan Ghosh will present the unique history of Kala Bhavana Fine Arts Institute in Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, where he both studied and now teaches. Ghosh will explore contexts and frameworks that have shaped Santiniketan over the past 100 years, while also addressing current concerns related to its ongoing transformation as both a site and a cultural situation.
You can read more about the Bergen Assembly + BAS cross course program here.
Bergen Assembly 2025 is convened by Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), writer and visual culture researcher Adania Shibli and artist and researcher Ravi Agarwal.
Save the dates: 11.09. - 09.11.2025
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