By learning the techniques of cold glass working: carving, cutting, polishing and assembling, you will be able to explore the aesthetic and discursive potential that glass has in interaction with light. At the end of this course you will be able to develop your own creative project using cold glass to innovate in the manipulation of light. Artists and designers specialized in glass work as well as the company "Peter Studios" (https://www.peters-studios.com/) will be invited as presenters, thus promoting an exchange with the participants.
The course is designed in two phases: individual work and teamwork. With the formation of international teams we want to promote the exchange of diverse visions, interests and experiences that we will bring together in the course. This will enrich the content and results of the course.
NOTE:
This course includes an attendance phase in Weimar from February 27 to March 08, 2025.
Participants will learn following:
Students or professionals of any field related to art (visual, performance) and design.
Vanessa Farfán is a Mexican-German artist living and working in Berlin. She received an MA in art from the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee. She is currently a PhD student at Bauhaus
University Weimar. Using light and optics as her main media, in the form of objects, participatory installations and performances, his work critically addresses the autonomy
of the human being in the face of digitalisation. Her work has been exhibited at: Gropius Bau (Berlin. 2022), Ars Electronica (Linz. 2019) , Orpheus Institute (Gent. 2019) Museum FLUXUS+ (Potsdam. 2018) among others. Her research has been published by Leuven University and Transcript Verlag. She has been an artist grantee of the of the Schering Stiftung (2018) and the Stiftung Brandenburger Tor (2023-24).
Laia Moreto Alvarado is an independent artist specialized in hot and cold glass techniques. She has taken part in teaching collaborations with the Institute of Photographic Studies in Catalonia
(IEFC) and with the University of Barcelona (UB), where she trained and was awarded the extraordinary prize in Fine Arts and gained a Master's Degree in Artistic Production and
Research. Between 2003-2006 she was awarded a scholarship from the European Union to study
sculpture at the FCVB (Fundació Centre del Vidre de Barcelona). After that, she was selected to go on a residence fellowship in Tunisia through UNESCO, Casa B'atz (Argentina) and VU PHOTO
(Quebec).
Your application should be submitted until November 3rd, 2024.
Required application documents:
The course fee is 300 EURO and includes:
The course fee does not include:
Participants, coming from the partner universites in the framework of Erasmus BIP scholarship and BUW students don't pay the course fee.
In addition to the Spring School courses, we offer a comprehensive "Service Package", which includes participation in the excursions and social programme, free entrance to the museums, travel by public transport and lunch in the student cafeteria. The booking of the Service Package for €70 is optional.
Students who do not take up the Service Package are automatically required to pay a course deposit of €100. This is to protect us against costs incurred by non-participation. Since in this case, the universities will not receive any funding from the European Commission. The deposit will be refunded as soon as the participants start the course in Weimar.
3 ECTS
BUW students: please check with the academic programme coordinator for credit recognition.
Please note our terms and conditions (admission conditions, cancellation conditions etc.)
Expand your creativity by exploring the properties of glass by working with cold glass techniques. The course discovers the aesthetic and discursive properties of this material in its interaction with light and opens up endless possibilities in the creation of objects and spaces. Take part in the exchange with creators and producers specialised in glass.
