Forelesning

ELIA Academy 2023: Visitors’ portraits

Visitors’ portraits (May 12, 12:00–13:00)

Katja Henriksen Schia, Belén Santillán, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway.
In our actual context, higher education is facing major challenges, like budget cuts and tuition fees for non-European students. Therefore, more barriers to access are created. The intervention ‘Visitors’ Portraits’ is a political-poetical statement, thinking about gates and gatekeeping. Though the doors of higher education institutions are open, what keeps many from entering? Through a combination of questions that can portray a visitor’s imaginary about a situated art field (a specific art school, the access to culture and education in a context), we made an intervention-action in our current institution, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, during its Open Day to Visitors 2022.

Henriksen Schia and Santillán will connect with participants, offering them a portrait, and share a conversation about their relationship with the place, including their thoughts about access to higher education and the future they envision for themselves and the university.

Links:
https://elia-artschools.org/general/custom.asp?page=ELIAAcademy2023
https://elia-artschools.org/page/ELIAAcademy2023Agenda