Visiting Artist: Jorge Boehringer
by Alex Went, on 11 July 2016 00:00:00 CEST
We are delighted to welcome back Jorge Boehringer, a composer, artist, musician, and researcher exploring large scale landscapes, microscopic layers of process and form and how they interact with perceptual experience.
'Using examples from my recent compositional work,' he says, 'I highlight areas of intersection between research and practice. Interactive relationships between aesthetic and research aims intersect in the experimental development of new approaches and technologies where unique applications result in unexpected experiences. New experiences produce new questions, and the cycle continues....'
'Practice Leading Research Leading Practice (And Other Infinities in My Recent Experimental Practice of Artistic Research)'
Graduates of Prague College who were taught by Jorge Boehringer as part of the BA (Hons) Fine Art Experimental Media programme will be familiar with his conclusion: 'Notions surrounding the role of the artist in academia and roles for academia in the life and work of an artist can be contextualized within our nature as curious human beings.
We are all students, and we are also all designers, seeking creative solutions for both philosophical and everyday problems.' All are most welcome to come and hear what is bound to be a fascinating illustrated talk at Bishop's Court on 31 March, beginning at 6pm. And if you are on Facebook, let us know you are coming!