Social Practice: Critical Site and Context--ESCUELA de ARTE UTIL
Social Practice broadly refers to work produced through various forms of direct engagement with a site, social system or collaborator. Arte Útil, which translates into English as ?useful art,? will consider the practice of Arte Útil as institutional self-criticism, active hyperrealism, a-legality,reforming capital,sustainability, and modes of creative collaboration.Enrollment in the class requires familiarization with the Arte Útil archive (http://www.arte-util.org/projects/) and lexicon (http://www.arte-util.org/tools/lexicon/), as well as the submission of a written statement of 250-400 words explaining how you think aesthetics can disrupt institutional structures and what social issues interest you. Send to school@arte-util.org.
Topics
- Students will be expected to participate in the class and generate a new project that will be shown at the end of the course. Enrollment in the class requires familiarization with the Arte Útil archive (http://www.arte-util.org/projects/) and lexicon (http://www.arte-util.org/tools/lexicon/), as well as the submission of a written statement of 250-400 words explaining how you think aesthetics can disrupt institutional structures and what social issues interest you, sent to school@arte-util.org.
- • Understand the history, strategies and challenges of Arte Útil; • Familiarize with the Lexicon and specially with the way concepts like beneficial outcome, initiator, usership, sustainability and implementation are used; • Test strategies and resources used by Arte Útil; • Learn new fieldwork and collaboration skills; • Create your own Arte Útil project.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027