Transmettre l'art: New book on art pedagogy from HEAD Geneva and ESBA Nantes

Christophe Kihm and Valérie Mavridorakis have edited 'Transmettre l’art. Figures et méthodes. Quelle histoire ?', published by Les presses du réel / HEAD – Genève. The volume compiles fourteen texts and four interviews from two conferences held in 2010 and 2012 at ESBA Nantes and HEAD Geneva, prompted by the Bologna Process reforms in European art and design schools. The book examines art transmission methods and history since the early 20th century. Contributions include Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir on the New Art department at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts in Reykjavík (1975-1984), featuring Magnús Pálsson, Dieter Roth, and Robert Filliou, and their 'Invisible Games' emphasizing moral behavior. Leszek Brogowski covers Man Ray's education at the Ferrer Modern School in New York (1912-1913), founded on Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia's anti-pedagogy. Antje Kramer discusses Yves Klein's 1959 dream of a 'school of sensibility'. Katia Schneller examines Silas Rhodes' 'Professionalism in the Arts' at the School of Visual Arts (1965-1975). Other texts cover John Cage and the Bauhaus, John Baldessari's Post Studio class at CalArts, and Joseph Beuys' teaching at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Géraldine Gourbe analyzes the Feminist Art Program by Judy Chicago at CalArts in the early 1970s, revealing techniques of empowerment and critique of phallocentrism. The book advocates for art education that is both artistic and political, constructing situations for the present.