ars
With swissnex Boston, TransCultural Exchange first introduced ars (artistic research salons) in 2017 as a way to discuss America’s impending adoption of Artistic Research as a requirement for a PhD in the arts.1 In 2020 with Artistic Research now well on its way to being embraced by many colleges and universities throughout the US, TransCultural Exchange has decided to broaden the scope of its ars. The ars will still be intimate, informal conversations, conducted over an evening meal. They will remain an integral part of our decades-long history of bringing together people interested in cross-disciplinary and trans-cultural artistic pursuits around the globe. The focus of each ars, however, will be expanded to encompass more than issues of pedagogy. The gatherings will now – as with our other projects – be as diverse as our invited guests.
ars invitation design: Siyi Wang.
1Under the Bologna Process, signed in 1999, European universities agreed to start adopting similar standards for the awarding of degrees. With that came the acceptance of a Ph.D. in the arts and the notion of Artistic Research.