9 June – 16 September 2012. Kassel

In summer 2012 the Migrating Art Academies (MigAA) project seeks for a creative atmosphere in Kassel in parallel to Documenta, which is one of the biggest and one of the most influential art exhibitions of the world. The laboratory is organised by > top association supporting cultural practices (Berlin) who offers it within a wider set of activities entitled POT.

The POT is thought as a space for work and festivity and could stand for various meanings like “Point of Transaction” or “Plenty of Time.” Art universities are invited to think of POT as a “Plan for Optimal Tactic,” which could be understood as an individual plan for whatever activities (or tactics) might be offered. From another side “Plan for Optimal Tactic” is wrapped around tactical media concepts referring to after the post-cold-war situations, and appearance of mobile gadgets and public Internet. Participants are invited to think of modelling possible situations of interdisciplinary knowledge, where economics, politics, art and education could unwrap. At the same time the offered individual concepts are awaited as critical and as sharp as possible in order to become a strong alternative to the “big event”.

For example Vilnius Academy of Arts has chosen to collaborate with Mykolas Romeris University in order to develop a social game for mobile devices. Students develop concepts and functions of the game in an anonymous brainstorming platform called Synnet. The result is unexpected.

The POT laboratory is kindly supported by the Culture Support Foundation in Lithuania and > top association supporting cultural practices.