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Registration period opens for Landscape and Territory course

Aim of the course

Landscape and Territory is the third course in the Thinking Landscape series. Courses are organised by the CDAN each year in the month of June and directed by Javier Maderuelo, art critic and professor of landscape architecture at the University of Alcalá.

The first course in the series, Landscape and Thought (2006), focused on analysing the ontological and conceptual aspects of landscape, and its impact on contemporary thought. Last year Landscape and Art examined how the relationship between the two concepts has evolved through a range of artistic disciplines up to the present.

In 2008 invited speakers will include not only theorists and historians of art and landscape, but also geographers and creators of landscape, as well as artists who work in and with the landscape. As a complementary activity, those attending will have a chance to visit The Construction of Contemporary Landscape, a CDAN exhibition that will focus on ways of looking at the landscape from the perspective of contemporary art and landscape design. An afternoon will also be set aside for an organised visit to some of the artistic interventions in the landscape that make up the CDAN’s Art and Nature collection-route. The works included in the project were created by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists.

Speakers

The speakers taking part in this series of courses are recognised for the work they have done on landscape at the national and international level, within their specific areas of expertise. They are specialists in fields such as landscape design, art, geography, land-use planning, and town planning.

Dates, timetable and location

·         Dates: 23-27 June 2008

·         Timetable: morning session from 10am to 2pm, and afternoon session from 5pm to 7pm

·         Location: CDAN, Centro de Arte y Naturaleza of the Beulas Foundation, in Huesca

Registration

The number of places available is limited. Applications will be processed strictly in the order in which they are received. The closing date for registration is 13 June 2008.

The registration fee for the course is €250 (transfer charges to be paid by the student).

Candidates may register for the course in one of the following three categories:

A) Doctoral students registered in postgraduate university programmes (with recognition of three credits)

B) Primary and secondary school teachers with academic and administrative recognition from the Government of Aragon

C) Free-access students

Students who register in category A or C can obtain three credits from the Department of Art History of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of Zaragoza. Students must sit an exam to obtain a mark for these credits.

More information and registration

CDAN. Centro de Arte y Naturaleza de la Fundación Beulas
Avda. Dr. Artero, s/n
22004-Huesca

Tel.: +34 974 23 98 93
Fax: +34 974 22 37 62
E-mail: colecciones@cdan.es

·         Landscape and Territory course from the CDAN web site (registration)

Source: text and photographs, CDAN

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