Speakers Sommerakademie 2016

Guest Curator Thomas Hirschhorn selected the following international Speakers to be present the entire Academy and to participate the Academy Programme with one or more contributuions each day:

Tania Bruguera, Havanna, New York
Yasmil Raymond, New York
Marcus Steinweg, Berlin

In addition Thomas Hirschhorn has invited six local representatives of Bernese cultural institutions to talk about content-specific aspects at different local venues.

Dr. Michael Baumgartner, Director Collection and Art Zentrum Paul Klee
Paul Klee. I am a Painter.
14 August 2016, 14.30h, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

Dr. Kathleen Bühler, Curator Kunstmuseum Bern 
The Meret Oppenheim Fountain in Bern  
17 August 2016, 10.00h, Meret Oppenheim Fountain, Waisenhausplatz Bern

Valérie Knoll, Director Kunsthalle Bern
The Police likes to know where You are 
12 August 2016, 12.00h, Kunsthalle Bern

Hans Rudolf Reust, Professor for Design and Fine Arts, Hochschule der Künste Bern
Art gets specific. An Artschool as a Moment of Decision
16 August 2016, 18.00h, Hochschule der Künste Bern

Dr. Reto Sorg,  Director Robert Walser-Zentrum
I Stand upon the Earth: That is my Standpoint. Robert Walser's Theory of Relativity
15 August 2016, 18.00h, Robert Walser-Zentrum, Bern

Hilar Stadler, Head of Adolf Wölfli-Stiftung
Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) - Writer, Poet, Draftsman, Composer
19 August 2016, 14.00h, Adolf Wölfli-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern

Special Guest
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For August 13, 2016 Thomas Hirschhorn has invited a special guest: the philosopher Alexandre Costanzo.

The Objects of Michel Foucault
13 August 2016, 16.30-17.30h, Kunsthalle Bern