SSHIS-2000-3: Study Abroad: Venice Biennale / Art Basel / Berlin

Summer 2024

Subject: Social Science and History

Type: Seminar

Delivery Mode: Hybrid

Level: Undergraduate

Campus: Off Campus

Course Dates: May 28, 2024 — July 02, 2024

Meetings: Every Day 9:00AM-05:00PM, Off Campus - Study Abroad - Berlin

Instructor: Karen (Ren) Fiss

Units: 3.0

Enrolled: 1/14

kfiss@cca.edu

Karen (Ren) Fiss

Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture Program

kfiss@cca.edu

Description:

Social Science and History (SSHIS) courses develop students' critical thinking skills through the study of history and the social sciences (e.g. sociology, psychology, economics, political science, anthropology, geography), as well as through contemporary interdisciplines that draw heavily on these fields (e.g. feminist and queer studies, media studies, urban studies, ethnic studies). Subject matter in these courses contributes to students' cultural literacy while instructional materials and classroom assignments introduce basic research problems and techniques.

This course explores highly anticipated international art spectacles in Venice and Basel, as well as the city of Berlin, capitol of the international art world.We begin at the 2024 Venice Biennale, an event that brings creatives from all over the globe to exhibit in unique venues throughout this dramatic city of canals and islands. Themed this year as FOREIGNERS EVERYWHERE, the Biennale will focus on artists who are themselves foreigners, immigrants, expatriates, diasporic, émigrés, exiled, and refugees—especially those who have moved between the Global South and the Global North.

We will then travel to Basel, Switzerland, to attend Art Basel. Art Basel in Switzerland is the most influential art show on a global scale. Even though its events in Miami and Hong Kong enjoy immense popularity in their own right, the show in Messe Basel is where it all originated and its traditions and modernity create a unique blend for art lovers.

Finally, in Berlin, we will explore the reinvention of the German capital as one of the most innovative and cutting-edge centers for contemporary cultural production. The Berlin cultural scene draws much of its energy from the city’s tumultuous history: the complex intertwining of past and present that make up Berlin’s ever-changing political, artistic, and architectural landscape. Students will be introduced to a wide range of international practitioners and experts: we will visit artist studios, private collections, and non-profit spaces; meet with curators, artist collectives, architects and gallerists.

May 28: Required Zoom program meetingIn Europe: June 7-24, 2024

Pre-Requisites and Co-Requisites:

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