Save the MA Curatorial Practice Programme
University of Bergen

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Norsk:

Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design ved Universitetet i Bergen har foreslått for universitetsstyret å legge ned masterprogrammet i kuratorpraksis. Forslag om nedleggelse av masterprogrammet i kuratorpraksis

Dette er et unikt, mobilt og internasjonalt masterprogram som har etablert seg i samtidskulturfeltet gjennom 10 år. Det er også den eneste kuratorutdanningen som finnes i Norge. MA i kuratorpraksis

Med sitt fokus på praksis, etikk og eksperimentering har studiet tiltrukket seg et rikt mangfold av kandidater, som ofte har kunnet kombinere utdanningen med lønnet arbeid eller freelancearbeid.

Programmet tar for seg lokale, nasjonale og internasjonale kontekster med en sterk tilknytning til det profesjonelle kunstfeltet. Det er en spesiell modell for kuratorutdanning, og suksessen kan spores i prestasjonene til programmets alumner og deres vedvarende engasjement for programmet.

Siden etableringen i 2015, på bakgrunn av en grundig praksisbasert forskningsprosess i form av et pilotprogram fra 2004 til 2014, har den pedagogiske modellen vist seg å være relevant for mange.

MA-programmet har vist seg å være en verdifull forsknings-og kunnskapsutvekslingsplattform for mange typer kuratoriske praksiser innenfor samtidsmusikk, performance og teater, i tillegg til visuell samtidskunst.

Dersom fakultetets forslag skulle bli vedtatt av universitetsstyret, vil styret kaste vrak på denne lange perioden med satsing og utvikling av et tverrfaglig studieprogram uten noen faglig begrunnelse.

Vi forstår at universitetet setter sin ære i å ta vare på mangfoldet av fagdisipliner og bidra til at uteksaminerte kandidater har relevant kunnskap og erfaring for et bredt spekter av roller i samfunnet. Vi ber styret sette handling bak disse ordene.

Vi erkjenner også at kuratorutdanningene i mange europeiske land er truet av nedleggelse, og vi vil derfor sterkt oppfordre universitetsstyret til å motarbeide denne trenden. Vi håper styret vil støtte dette viktige programmet med tilstrekkelige ressurser og et vedvarende intellektuelt engasjement. Kunnskapen og erfaringen som er utviklet i Bergen må ikke forvitre på grunn av kortsiktige omprioriteringer som dette uforståelige forslaget om å legge ned studiet.

De undertegnede oppfordrer universitetsstyret ved Universitetet i Bergen til å bevilge tilstrekkelige ressurser slik at dette viktige studietilbudet kan leve videre.

English:

The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen has proposed to the University Board to discontinue the MA in Curatorial Practice. Proposal to Close Ma in Curatorial Practice

This is a unique, mobile and international MA programme that has established itself in the field of contemporary culture over 10 years. It is also the only curatorial education available in Norway.  MA in Curatorial Practice

With its focus on practice, ethics and experimentation, the course has attracted a rich diversity of candidates who have often been able to combine education with continuing paid work or as freelancers.

The programme addresses local, national and international contexts with a strong connection to the professional art world. It is a special model of curatorial education, and its success can be seen in the achievements of its alumni and their ongoing commitment to the programme.

Since the establishment in 2015, on the back of a thorough practice-based research process in the form of a pilot programme from 2004 to 2014, its pedagogical model has proven to be relevant to many.

The MA programme has proved its value as a research and knowledge exchange platform for many kinds of curatorial practices belonging to the fields of contemporary music, performance and theatre, in addition to contemporary visual art.

Should the Faculty’s suggestion be adopted by the University Board, the Board will throw out this long period of investment and development of a transdisciplinary study programme without any academic justification.

We understand that the University prides itself on caring for diverse disciplines and supporting graduate candidates with relevant knowledge and experience for a wide variety of roles in society. We ask the Board to put your actions behind these words.

We further recognise that curatorial education programmes in many European countries are under threat of closure and therefore want strongly to urge the University Board to resist this trend. We hope the Board will support this important programme with proper resources and an ongoing intellectual commitment. The knowledge and experience developed in Bergen should not be eroded by short sighted shifts of attention such as this incomprehensible proposal to close the course.

The undersigned call on the University Board of the University of Bergen to allocate sufficient resources to allow this important study programme to flourish.


SIGNATURES
Sarah
Lookofsky
Marianne
Heier
Jason
Wee
T
Lax
Kathy
Noble
Dimitris
Antoniou
Louise
Shelley
Anguezomo Nzé
Mba Bikoro
Raluca
Voinea
Bernard
Akoi-Jackson
Ingar
Dragset
Naeem
Mohaiemen
Lisa
Rosendahl
NIna
Strand
Carlos A.
Correia
Anthony
Coursier
Gregory
Castera
María
Berríos
Adeena
Mey
Dr Mike
Mavura
Theodore
Kerr
Zeren
Oruc
Dorothée
Nilsson
Tal
Gilad
Eleni
Michaelidi
Marti
Manen
Antonia
Simon
Sona
Stepanyan
Marianna
Garin
Maria
Pasenau
Ane
Hjort Guttu
Yolande
van der Heide
Mayra
Henriquez
Louis
Schou-Hansen
Martin
White
Mike
Sperlinger
Sergio Marcelo
de los Santos
Trine Otte Bak
Nielsen
Miriam
Wistreich
Anna
Ihle
LoCA
In Livingstone
Anawana
Haloba
Karin
Bähler Lavér
Unn
Devik
Rike
Frank
Are
Mokkelkost
Leontios
Toumpouris
Stefano
Miraglia
Ian
Waelder
Théo-Mario
Coppola
Viktor
Pedersen
Ann
Edvartsen Hay
Felipe
R Pena
Hilde Marie
Munroe
Hilde
Methi
Victoria
Bugge Øye
Constance
Tenvik
Ekaterina
Sharova
Elisabeth
Byre
Hanan
Benammar
Christine
Hammer Krokstrand
Jaleesa
Johnston
Nicolay
Aamodt
Linda
lerseth
Åse
Løvgren
Aleksander
Nærbø
Vebjørn
Guttormsgaard Møllberg
Charlotte Bik
Bandlien
Dina Dignæs
Eikeland
Marianne
Hultman
Bjarne
Asp
Bernhard
Bratsberg
May Lisbeth
Grønli
Henrik
Nordahl
Ove
Kvavik
Ida
Moen
Markus Li
Stensrud
Solveig
Granberg
Mari Kolsrud
Hustoft
Ingeborg
Aarsand
Pedro
Gomez Egana
Emma
Louise Gjerde
Roderick
Hietbrink
Drew
Snyder
Lily
Vikki
Aurora
Hirsch Steffens
Ingvild
EVjemo
Zeenat
Waaler
Kristoffer Dolmen
Kristoffer Dolmen
Grethe
Hald
Rick
Herron
Madeleine
Park
Vidar
Koksvik
Tommy
Olsson
Anna
Jakobsson
JEPKORIR ROSE
KIPTUM
Gilda
Axelroud
Øystein
Schmidt
Cathrine
Nordkvist
Anders
Kreuger
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Signatures / Comments
Lars
Sture
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Director, Kunstnerforbundet
comments
Jules
van den Langenberg
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Curator
comments
Christine
Bruu
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Freelance curator
comments
Truls
Ramberg
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KORO
comments
Helga-Marie
Nordby
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Curator
comments
Anne
Stinessen
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artist
comments
Aage A.
Mikalsen
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Artist
comments
Monica
Grini
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Researcher, Lecturer Art History
comments
Maja Elfrida
Reseland
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Student
comments
Max
Delany
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Artistic Director/CEO, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
comments
Line
Fasteraune
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Daglig leder SOFT galleri/ NTK
comments
cayo
honorato
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senior lecturer
comments
Anna
Johansson
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Curator Malmö Konstmuseum
comments
anton
vidokle
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Artist, Director of e-flux
comments
Solveig
Lønseth
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Artist
comments
Edit
Fándly
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Freelance curator
comments
Randi MartineÅ
Brockmann
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Museumsleder Nils Aas Kunstverksted
comments
Smadar
Dreyfus
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Artist
comments
Pearla
Pigao
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Artist
comments
Johanne
Hestvold
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artist
comments
Kristina
Melbø Valvik
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Curator BIT
comments
Caroline
Eckly
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artist
comments
Marlene
Smith
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Artist
comments
Camilla
Frøland Sramek
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Kurator formidling
comments
Michael
Blum
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Professor and director, MA Visual and Media Arts, UQAM, Montreal
comments
Susanne
Ewerlöf
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Phd student at HDK Valand
comments
Doreen
Mende
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Director of Research State Collections of Art Dresden
comments
Liliana
Basarab
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Artist
comments
Kari Anne
Østrem
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Head of E-Commerce Growth
Nedleggelse betyr et tap for kunstfeltet i Norge. Snu vedtaket!
Georgiana
Buț
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curator and editor at MNAC Bucharest
comments
anne
verhoijsen
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artist
Don't Close Ma. let the study flourish.
Karin
Sunderø
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Kurator Koinokino kunstsal/Sunderø Art Gallery
comments
Carlos
Navarrete
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Visual artist
Power to the MA Curatorial in practice
Astrid
McGarrighan
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Artist
comments
Abirami
Logendran
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curator, artist
comments
Babi
Basalov
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Artist
comments
Torill
Nøst
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Visual Artist
comments
Åsa
Nacking
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Director Linds konsthall
comments
Kine
Lillestrøm
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Artist
comments
Anna
Ihle
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Artist
comments
Philippe
Pirotte
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Professor at Staedelschule Frankfurt
comments
Tiril
Hasselknippe
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Artist
comments
Merete
Røstad
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artist
comments
Corina
Apostol
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Professor, University of Amsterdam
comments
Katalin
Timar
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curator
comments
Just
Quist
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Artist /curator
comments
Els
Silvrants-Barclay
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Curator, lecturer ETH Zurich
comments
Leonor
Veiga Ponsar
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Art Historian, University of Leiden
comments
Joen
Vedel
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Artist
comments
Thyra
Dragseth
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Artist
comments
Boris
Ondreička
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Curator
comments
Jussi
Koitela
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Director, M-Cult
comments
Karl Gunnar
Øen
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artist
comments
Marit
Flåtter
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Redaktør
comments
Kristin
Austreid
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Artist
comments
Çelenk
Bafra
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Artistic Director
comments
Jenny Sofie
Abrahamsen
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Student
comments
André
Karlsson
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artist
comments
Harald Lunde
Helgesen
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Designer
comments
Andrea
Spreafico
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Writer and director (performing art) / associate professor at BAS (DAV/perfomance)
Beyond its pedagocical unique relevance, the MA Curatorial Praxis plays an important role in the cultural scene of the city of Bergen, by lifting further up its intellectual complexity.
Ekaterina
Sharova
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Art Historian/ Lecturer
comments
Ask
Selnes
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artist
comments
Apichaya
Wanthiang
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Artist
comments
Jan
Freuchen
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Artist
comments
Patrik
Entian
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artist
comments
Fredrik
Svensk
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Associate Professor, Critic, Curator, Editor-in-Chief.
comments
Roos
Gortzak
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Director & Curator Vleeshal
comments
Trine Otte Bak
Nielsen
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Curator
comments
Adeline
Lépine
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Director of 19, contemporary art centre, Montbéliard, France
Save this amazing and unique MA!
Kobie
Nel
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Kunstner
comments
Annika
Borg
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Billedkunstner
comments
Natalie
Eliassen
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Kunstner og potensiell kuratorstudent i Bergen
Jeg vil søke om å bli kurator her, har hørt masse possetivt om kuratorstudioet i Bergen,
Sarah
Rifky
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Curator and Art Historian
comments
Camilla
Maahr
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Studerende på KMD
comments
Isin
Onol
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Director of Curatorial Research, MA Curatorial Practice, SVA
comments
Liisa-Ravna
Finbog
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Scholar and Curator
comments
Marianne
Bjørnmyr
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Artist
comments
Ina
Blom
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artist
comments
Hilde Marie
Pedersen
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Kunsthistoriker
comments
Lisbeth
Nordli
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artist
comments
Mario
De la Ossa
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graduate student
comments
Nesteren
Hasani
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Curator
comments
Lotte
Konow Lund
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Artist
comments
Renato
Bonafede
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Driftsjef
comments
Mack
McFarland
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Director of PPSTMM
comments
Sara
Greavu
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Curator - Project Arts Centre, Dublin; Ireland at Venice
Undertaking the MA Curatorial Practice was a pivot point in my career, connecting me to practices, networks and ideas that allowed me to thrive. It is crucially important that it can continue to provide these opportunities for emerging curators.
Karoline
Bakken Lund
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Artist / teacher at Khio
comments
Justine
Nguyen
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artist
comments
Isak
Bradley
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artist
comments
Birta
Gudjonsdottir
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Curator
birta@this.is
Mari
Svenningsen
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artist
comments
Gunhild
Moe
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Hotelier/curator
comments
Pia
Eikaas
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Billedkunstner
comments
Jeremy
Welsh
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Artist
The curator programme has been a central part of the art education at the Bergen academy and is too important to lose.
Lesia
Vasylchenko
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Artist, curator
comments
Jørgen
Blitzner
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Artist and Curator
comments
Hans D.
Christ
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Director Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
comments
Linn
Ulvin
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artist, author and freelance curator
comments
Fredrik
Floen
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Artist / Assistant professor KHIO
comments
Thora
Dolven Balke
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Artist / Curator
comments