Recentemente è stato assegnato
il Visibile Award ha consegnato il premio annuale al progetto “The Silent University”
dell’artista turco Ahmet Ögüt.
Un “università parallela” realizzata da
professionisti che immigrando “perdono” la loro qualifica professionale, in
quanto non riconosciuta dalle normative nazionali, e che in questo ambito posso
riattivarla come insegnanti di corsi, lezioni, piattaforme culturali.
Il
progetto è stato avviato con la Delfina Foundation e la Tate, passando poi a Stoccolma
con la Tensta Konsthall e l’ABF Stockholm.
Press Release
On the 14th of December, the 2013 Visible Award, in its second edition, was assigned to the project “The Silent University”, initiated by the artist Ahmet Ögüt in 2012. The jury took the form of a public event at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and was broadcasted internationally, in its entirety, through a live-stream.
Press Release
On the 14th of December, the 2013 Visible Award, in its second edition, was assigned to the project “The Silent University”, initiated by the artist Ahmet Ögüt in 2012. The jury took the form of a public event at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and was broadcasted internationally, in its entirety, through a live-stream.
“The Silent
University is an autonomous knowledge exchange platform by and for
refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. It is led by a group of lecturers,
consultants and research fellows. Each group is contributing to the programme
in different ways, which include course development, specific research on key
themes as well as personal reflections on what it means to be a refugee and
asylum seeker.” The Silent University wants “to address and reactivate the
knowledge of the participants and make the exchange process mutually beneficial
by inventing alternative currencies, in place of money or free voluntary
service. The Silent University’s aim is to challenge the idea of silence
as a passive state, and explore its powerful potential through performance,
writing, and group reflection. These explorations attempt to make apparent
the systemic failure and the loss of skills and knowledge experienced through
the silencing process of people seeking asylum.”
The 25.000
euros prize will be used to implement the existing branches of the
University in London, Stockholm, and Paris, as well as to start up a fourth
branch in Berlin.
