Study Abroad - Berlin Sommerakademie

3 units

This seminar explores the international contemporary art center, Berlin, through artist studio and museum visits and discussions with curators and scholars. This course offers a unique context to explore various modes of cultural production in relation to the material, social and political conditions of the city. Berlin's memorial sites that bore witness to the city's traumatic past during the Third Reich and Cold War division as well as its global presence further provide the opportunity to examine context-driven work. The course meets a few times in May prior to departure, and it meets in Berlin for approximately one month.