Web Residencies by Solitude and ZKM

Net Art Award »Hash«

by Solitude & ZKM

All winners of web residencies from 2016 and 2017 are eligible for the 8,000-euro prize for net-based projects in the fields of art, technology, and design. The current call for web residencies is still open!

Visual Arts

Private: The Secret Corner

with Jacques Caumont by Jean-Baptiste Joly

A time-traveling talk on the transformation of The Secret Corner, a weather-dependant artwork by Johannes Cladders, the first jury chairman of Akademie Schloss Solitude.

Interview

Dance as a Language

with Taigué Ahmed by Jean-Baptiste Joly

Taigué Ahmed, a dancer and choreographer who grew up in Chad, uses dance as a medium to communicate his experiences and also shares this practice in workshops with refugees.

Talk

No Fixed Showroom

with Jean-Baptiste Joly & Peter Weibel

The artistic directors of Solitude, Jean-Baptiste Joly, and ZKM, Peter Weibel, in conversation about net-based practices and the need for remote residencies.

On Drawing #8

This is not a Castle

by Ana Mendes

Performance

Der Tag der Weißen Fahne

von Jean-Baptiste Joly mit Johannes Cladders

Johannes Cladders, Künstler, Kurator und Museumsleiter hisste als künstlerische Aktion am 18. Oktober 1988 erstmals eine weiße Fahne zum Zeichen des Friedens.

Light Art

Terminal – Experience of Wordless Thought

by Jean-Baptiste Joly

For the sculpture »Terminal«, Polish artist Karolina Halatek was inspired by stories of near-death experiences. Read the opening speech in German and English by Jean-Baptiste Joly, director of Akademie Schloss Solitude.

Artfail #2

»What can a mistake do?« With Project Master Jean-Baptiste Joly

by Elisabeth Weydt

Performing Arts

Fluxus and Beyond

by Jean-Baptiste Joly

In three days and three nights Ben Patterson and Emmett Williams transformed the Akademie in what it is now: A ship which sinking is never ending. – Jean-Baptiste Joly, 2016

Solitude Literature #2

Hidden Treasures

with Jean-Baptiste Joly

For the Leipzig Book Fair, some of the Solituders selected their favorite Solitude book. Listen to and read what they chose and why.

Solitude

Together in Solitude

by Marina Fokidis

»Here, the methodology is respect and friendship« – An interview with Jean-Baptiste Joly, director of Akademie Solitude, by Greek curator Marina Fokidis.

Literature

The Atlas of Solitude

with Jean-Baptiste Joly, Elisa Calosi, Phil Baber

Three questions about the Akademie’s special anniversary book.

25 Years Solitude

Time Without Qualities

with Jean-Baptiste Joly

In an interview, Jean-Baptiste Joly, director of Akademie Schloss Solitude, talks about the Akademie’s biggest changes and the new online fellowship program planned for 2016.

Horizontal Cinema

Expanding Consciousness…

with Jean-Baptiste Joly & Nida Sinnokrot

…imagining a different future. – A talk between Palestinian film maker and visual artist Nida Sinnokrot and Jean-Baptiste Joly, director of Akademie Schloss Solitude.