FORUM+ - Volume 27, Issue 1, 2020

Abstract   In this article, Hanka Otte and Pascal Gielen examine the difference between community art and commoning art. They argue that community art, like social art, is subsidised in part because it reinforces the societal status quo. Because commoning art, by contrast, not only commits itself to the social, but to the political as well, it tends to fall between the cracks of the current cultural policy. According to Otte Read More

Abstract Recent debates about urban development are dominated by the desire, expressed by individual residents and citizen movements alike, to weigh in on the policymaking – and not only in election periods. This challenges both governments and citizen movements to come up with ways to give a voice to this greater diversity of people and groups. Using the intervention De Eendagspartij (The One-day Party), Niek Kosten and Read More

Abstract   This audiovisual essay originated in an experiment at the crossroads of language, image and audio. The pictures shot by photographer Ingrid Leonard are presented alongside text fragments written by Katharina Smets, and sounds and music created by Inne Eysermans. Together, they form The Space Between, a multimedia collective that creates an associative space that is not only personal but also draws on the Read More

Abstract   Why is it still hard today to capture two bodies with a different skin colour together? Why do black performers experience so many problems with make-up and lighting on film sets? How come it is hard for filmmakers without a strictly Belgian background to get financial support for their projects? These are just some of the blind spots in filmmaking exposed by PRISM (2020). With PRISM, three filmmakers with a di Read More

Abstract   Mantle of the Expert uses drama as a learning tool. This educational approach was developed in the UK and is gaining a foothold in Flanders too. The main idea behind Mantle of the Expert is that pupils complete their curriculum by acting as if they are a group of experts: scientists in a laboratory, archaeologists digging up a tomb, a rescue team facing a natural disaster … They take on the mantle of an ex Read More

Abstract   In the aftermath of the Bologna process, most conservatories in Europe spent considerable effort on the integration of research in their curricula. In this article , Paul Craenen reflects upon what has been achieved in recent years, but most of all speculate about what is yet to come. His focus will be on current approaches to research at Dutch music conservatories and is in particular inspired by recent curriculum refo Read More