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Dresdner Anatomie

Documentation of the festival Dresdner Anatomie, May 2014

The central inspiration came from the academy’s art and anatomy archives. For one year, the students studied the people, institutions and places that have influenced the Dresden art scene and the academy, and on this basis developed their own works.

The concept of anatomy is the unifying link for all the projects: the students deconstructed and reassembled texts, pictures and sound in order to discover architectural structures, artistic backgrounds and teaching programs. to discover their personal focus, and to develop new works of art. One main focus involved a group of students working on the history of human interest in anatomy as they studied the implementation of anatomy lessons at the Academy of Fine Arts. Their investigation included the discovery of unknown documents on anatomic practice during the Nazi era in Germany.

On the weekend of 2 to 4 May 2014, seven projects were presented at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, spanning a broad range of works: sculptures, (video) installations, performances, concerts and stage plays. The material on the anatomy collection was presented via a musical play at the festival and was shown in an anatomic theatre designed and built for the festival.

At the Prague Quadrennial, the Dresdner Anatomie festival will be presented through models, video works and a publication.