Research Department. Meeting Room.

Concept: Research Department. Meeting Room is a project related to the idea of artistic research. Research Department. Meeting Room is a structural element of an institution or organization where the production gets tested, analyzed, questioned, or developed into a new direction. It provides knowledge, and possibilities for experimentation.

A Research Department. Meeting Room was created within Kunstverein in Hamburg. It was a space for debate on the subject suggested by the exhibition (Akademie. Kunst lehren und lernen) and a meeting point for people who were interested in discussing ideas around education and knowledge production. The idea was to accommodate and facilitate groups coming from various directions, professionally and geographically to exchange their ideas and views. Part of the project was also the premier discussion Utopistic models of (art) education, a whole day brainstorming session with the aim to get a creative and constructive result at the end of the day.