Joonmeedia.ee team (Siiri Taimla and Tanel Rannala) will keep an eye on Eksperimenta! preparations. The second video brings into limelight the keynote speaker of Eduko IDEAlaboratory Prof. James Elkins and questions why art cannot be taught.

Joonmeedia.ee team (Siiri Taimla and Tanel Rannala) will keep an eye on Eksperimenta! preparations. The second video brings into limelight the keynote speaker of Eduko IDEAlaboratory Prof. James Elkins and questions why art cannot be taught.
There are many among us, who have the passion for collecting something. This collection-based task from Sarah-Hilden Academy (Tampere, Finland) offers a fresh, artistic view point to researching surrounding environment. The task directs to collect objects both from urban and natural environment, to juxtapose the objects, to describe them and to documentate the situation of collection. This kind of approach is a great example of artists working in similar method with scientists. What do you get to know about urban and natural environment? Read more about the task here.
James Elkins – art historian who is experimenting with writing live on the Internet
Prof. James Elkins. Photo: School of the Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/jameselkins/
Professor James Elkins is the keynote speaker at Eksperimenta!’s conference programme Eduko IDEAlaboratory from 24th to 25th October. He is an internationally influential art historian and art critic, the author and editor of several most inspiring books that question the way art history is written, also the way we look at art education and the visual world around us.
Prof. Elkins is E. C. Chadbourne Chair of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He introduces his ongoing projects like this: “I am experimenting with writing live on the internet. These texts update live, and you can contribute to any of them.”
Annely Köster asked Tallinn-based art historian and art critic Heie Treier (Tallinn University) some questions to introduce the keynote speaker of Eksperimenta!. Read more