Camille Claudel
Camille Cloudel projects I, II and III were addressed to students and academics who are primarily interested in visual education at the institutions of higher education in: Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus and Hungary. The project was set up by professors from the Pedagogical Academy of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau and the project manager, professor Franciska Perstinger, has written the following about the project: Artistic subjects are regarded as the driving force of the whole process of teacher training. Art sets pedagogy in motion, it inspires. Art is – and has to remain – the fuel and essence of education, it should never be merely an ornament or sweet bonus to everyday school life.
The main goal of the project was to make people work together in a creative way and interact with the environment, nature and urban space. Seminars, presentations and workshops were held in several venues in Austria and Italy.
The tradition of students’ meetings was initiated at the Academy of Graz 30 years ago by a sculptor, professor Manfred Gollowitsch, when he organized “Creative Weeks” in St. Margarethen quarry. As Gollowitsch said himself, the quarry is a place where the power of nature is tangible and where people have wrested the rock out of the mountain since Roman times. There is a magnificent amphitheatre there and operas are performed at night. And, on the other part of the hill, there are dozens of sculptures made from the local sandstone since 1958 by sculptors from all over the world.
The patron of the three art projects series was Camille Claudel – a young and talented sculptor who was deserted and hurt in her artistic endeavours as she could not count on the support of her nearest and dearest, let alone her community.
The workshops were prepared by academics from different countries and they were designed to teach how to be observant, stimulate sensibility and imagination and bring people closer to each other. Between 2004 and 2008, when the projects were carried out, there were many meetings with more than 300 students from several European academic centres.
Materials on the workshops are available in three publications dedicated to the projects and published in Austria and in other publications and websites.
Camille Claudel – Asthestische Building in Europpaischen Demension, ed. Franziska Pirstinger, Socrates-Erasmus Programme project, publisher – Ganggalerie der Padagogischen Akademie der Diozese Graz Seckau, Austria, 2005, ISBN 3-2000-00599-8
Camille Claudel II – Asthestische Building in Europpaischen Demension, ed. Franziska Pirstinger, Socrates-Erasmus Programme project, publisher – Ganggalerie der Padagogischen Akademie der Diozese Graz Seckau, Austria, 2007, ISBN 978-3-200-01724-5
Camille Claudel III – Asthestische Building in Europpaischen Demension, ed. Franziska Pirstinger, publisher – Kirchliche Padagogische Hochschule in Graz, Austria, 2009, ISBN 978-3-200-01724-5
2004-5
Camille Claudel I – Asthestische Building in Europpaischen Demension – project financed from the Socrates Programme, Builing and Kultur. Representatives of EU countries – Austria, Belgium, Germany, Poland and Lithuania – and non-EU countries participated in the project. The project was carried out in Vienna and in St. Margarethen quarry.
The first stage of the project involved experiencing the culture – a visit to Vienna.
Workshops for international teams in St. Margarethen quarry were held by academics from Austria: Franziska Pirstinger, Peter Angerer Gerhard Raab, Ingeborg Pock, Manfred Gollowitsch, Belgium: Kristina de Loore, Lithuania: Rimantas Plunge, Hungary: Hejna Gomboscg, Poland: Małgorzata Łuszczak, and Germany: Bernd Bohmen.
Workshops: Małgorzata Łuszczak – Frottage
Workshops: Małgorzata Łuszczak – Catch the Wind.
Workshops: Małgorzata Łuszczak – Catch the Wind.
Workshops: Małgorzata Łuszczak – Catch the Wind.
Workshops: Bern Bohmen – Bodypaiting.
Workshops: Gerard Raab – Land art.
2006-7
- „Camille Claudel II – Asthestische bilding in europpaischen Demension” – projekt finansowany z Programu Sokrates Comenius,
Camille Claudel II – Asthestische Building in Europpaischen Demension – project financed from the Socrates Comenius Programme, Builing and Kultur. Workshops for international teams in Graz and in the Centre for Creative Work were held by academics from Austria: Franziska Pirstinger, Peter Angerer Gerhard Raab, Ingeborg Pock, Manfred Gollowitsch, Belgium: Kristina de Loore, Lithuania: Rimantas Plunge, Hungary: Hejna Gomboscg, Poland: Małgorzata Łuszczak, Hanna Grzonka, Germany: Bernd Bohmen, Brigide Wischnack, Sweden: Suzana Tengezelius Lundquist, Albrecht Jung, Sven Olof Palm, and Croatia: Miroslav Hujzjak.
Workshops in the urban space “City” in Graz.
Workshops in the „Sculpture Park” in Graz.
Workshops in
Mitterdorf.
www.mittedorf.at
Warsztaty w Ośrodku Pracy Twórczej w Mitterdorf.
Hanna Grzonka, Małgorzata Łuszczak – Art Core (opis w publikacji projektu i „Dyscyplina")
2007-2008
“Camille Claudel III – Asthestische Bilding in Europpaischen Demension” – financed from the Lifelong Learning Programme funds (beneficiary Austria). At the first stage, the workshops on the topic of “Ghetto” were held at parent universities, and at the second stage they were held in Venice during the International Print Triennial. The workshops discussed the social issues and methods of solving them with the help of artistic means of expression.
The workshops were held by academics form Austria: Franziska Pirstinger, Peter Angerer, Belgium: Daniela Goffa, Lithuania: Rimantas Plunge, Hungary: Hejna Gomboscg, Poland: Małgorzata Łuszczak, Katarzyna Paruzel and Hanna Grzonka, Germany: Brigide Wischnack, Suzane Bauernschmidt, Gerlinde Uhlir, Cyprus: Christiane Zoniou, Sophia Haddijipapa-Gee, Lithuania: Rimantes Plunge, Belgium: Daniela Goffa, and Greece: Maria Spiridopoulou.
Workshops: Małgorzata Łuszczak hosted workshops at the Silesian University in Cieszyn titled “Getto” (Ghetto) which tried to show how barriers, isolation and exclusion of people are created. Execution: Second-year students of Art Education in Fine Arts.
The workshops held by students in Venice at the Biennale of Graphic Arts titled “Mapa – Miasta” (map – cities) were aimed at integrating the public space – the city and the tourists – by creating an artistic project – a new city map – together. Tourists from all over the world participated in this project.
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