Knowledge through Art

This project aims to (1) develop a reciprocal exchange process that makes the various forms of knowledge acquisition, representation, and presentation found in the arts and in the sciences accessible to one another, and experimentally explore the translatability of each (Art and Knowledge); (2) organize these exchange processes within a defined topic that is both historically and contemporarily relevant and which plays a challenging role in the participating arts and sciences (Other Spaces); (3) further substantiate both of these aspects through individual artistic and scientific research processes, representing to a certain degree the "empirical" side of the research project (Exploration and Research); (4) comprehensively reflect and document these processes (Reflection and Documentation); (5) develop suitable artistic and scientific means of representing and implementing the results (Representation and Implementation). This project has significant collaborative experience to rely upon, gathered by group members during a one-year preliminary phase. The project group consists of composer Mag. Katharina Klement (Vienna), director and actress Mag. Ursula Mihelic (Vienna), writer Dr. hc. Josef Winkler (Klagenfurt), artist Janina Janke (Berlin), sociologist ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Elfie Miklautz (Vienna University of Economics), music pedagogue Univ.Prof. Dr. Ursula Brandstätter (Berlin University of the Arts), philosopher ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Berger (University of Klagenfurt), music pedagogue Dr. Brigitte Lion (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), and music pedagogue Mag. Martin Sigmund (Vienna). http://www.spaciergang.org/

A forgotten cave, only occupied by salamanders since thousands of years. The stress field between allotments and the towers of the united nations headquarters in Vienna. A homeland, sunken in a lake. Outlying walks. The no mans land between daughter and father. A rotted house, home of a serial killer. The sleazy hotel of the painter Chaim Soutine.Other spaces. Nine artists and scientists tried to unlock them, collaborating in the FWF-Project knowledge trough art for four years. The spaces were quite different, the purpose was the same: knowledge trough art.The principal investigators of the project, Wilhelm Berger (University of Klagenfurt) and Elfie Miklautz (Vienna University of Economics and business) draft on the philosopher Michel Foucault. He observed, that the anxiety of our era has to do fundamentally with space: coexistence and disconnection, harmony and conflicts. Here the core issue of the project is reverberating: What are the elements and moments of knowledge for the arts and academics involved?Music, philosophy, stage direction, conceptional arts, literature, sociology, composition, arts and media the intercommunication and exchange between the artists and scientists involved in five subprojects was observed and reflected by themselves. A special space for arts and sciences arises, rendered visible and audible on website: www.spaciergang.org.The public access to this space has been provided during some events: The premiere took place in the legendary Zacherl Fabrik in Vienna, October 2013. This event presented a general view on the project. Since that time a lot of performances took place, for example at the Haute École d'Art et de Design Genève or during the international conference The Dark Precursor at the Orpheus-Institut in Gent; Installations in Donauturm in Vienna; courses on different universities, presentations at different film festivals and other presentations, for example at the Goethe-Institutes in Nairobi und New York [to be continued]. The book-publication Neugier zeigen, resulting from the project, edited by Elfie Miklautz and Wilhelm Berger, will be published soon.