| Beschreibung |
The seminar combines a research-based course in Weimar with a proposed research excursion to India (May 14–25, 2026). It prepares contributions to the XV International Bauhaus Colloquium (November 4–7, 2026) titled "Politics of Research” and connects to the Second Bengal Biennale, “Banalata” (a vine of the forest), curated by Chander Haat and Ritika Biswas, opening November 25, 2026. 'Many worlds within more forests- a research proposition beyond temporal linearities' explores modernity and modernism as an ongoing project of European provinciality within the global imagination. It proposes the recognition of a global imagination of plural space-making, highlighting the confusion, inconsistency, and ambivalence in human attitudes, behaviours, and information regarding environmental catastrophes, social collapses, political conservatism and especially in times of renewed normalisation of global wars. Karen Laura Thornber's 'Ecoambiguity' and poet Jibanananda Das's exploration of the natural world as refuge and existential pause are two important references. The seminar aims at a critical engagement with the history of the International Bauhaus Colloquium, the historical Bauhaus exhibition in Kolkata1922, especially questioning the celebration of selected histories. We will draw on the embodied experience of archive and exhibition to investigate the politics of exhibiting research, as research itself. Through our 7 input sessions over two months (April 1st, 8th, 22nd, 29th; in May, the 6th, 20th, 27th) and the working period of one month, including feedback sessions on work (Online on June 3rd and the 17th), we prepare for discursive outcomes in the form of lectures, workshops, essays, image-text works, videos, performances, design interventions, installations etc. The course is open to students from all faculties. It is not necessary to speak German or to have perfect English language skills. The colloquium will take place from November 4–7, 2026, and the Second Bengal Biennale will be inaugurated on the 25th of November 2026. Nevertheless, we will try to include students who are only in Weimar during the summer semester. Interested students are asked to send an email by 10th March 2026 with their name, matriculation number, field of study, and a brief statement as to why they are interested in this course and the associated excursion to India. |
