About

Dr. Maike Aden, an art historian, musicologist, and educator based in Paris, constructively combines theoretical interests with practical skills.

Centre of interest

Concepts and artistic practices of the post-1960s, including self-organised artists' initiatives, artists' books and the heterogeneity of conceptual art
Acoustic experiments by visual artists, poets, engineers
The artistic exploration of art and visual culture in the context of research-based university studies.

Particular projects

Artistic reception of Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975)
Ulises Carrión (1941-1989)
Archiving, cataloging and exhibiting artists' publications
Writings by visual artists
Artists' records

Representations of religiosity in the 20th and 21st centuries
Romanticism as model
Visualisation, communication and reflection of ambiguous, informal and disruptive knowledge through recordings in the experimental portfolio.

Background

Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in art history on the artistic reception of Bas Jan Ader since the 1990s, University of Bremen
Magistra Artium (M.A.): art history and musicology, University of Bremen

1st and 2nd state examinations: Teaching profession for music, University of Osnabrück

Current professional work

Lecturer: École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris / École normale supérieure de Paris
Researcher and curator: various European archives, museums and universities
Author: monographs, essays and scientific treatises

Memberships

Committee of artists' books experts for the Prix Bob Calle, Paris
Research Network Artists' Publications, Bremen
The Word and Image ASCA research group, School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam

Mentoring group of the Deutscher Kulturrat (German Cultural Council) for women in the cultural and media sector

Arbeitskreis Künstlerbücher (association of institutions and scientists in the field of artists' books in German speaking regions)
AG Künstlerbücher|RDA und Sondermaterialien (working group artists' books|RDA), Committee for Standardization at the German National Library)

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Flux

Happy New Year 2023!

At this turning point, I look back with joy on a rich 2022 with inspiring projects. Among them:

>> the curatorship of the exhibition about and with Rainer Oldendorf "marco 15" and HIVE/Section Film: Gustave F.echt at the Kunstverein Weil am Rhein,

>> the panel with Katharina Neuburger and Timm Ulrichs at the symposium Judge a Book by its Cover at the Burg Hülshoff-Center for Literature in Münster,

>> the lecture in the context of the exhibition Papier, organised by the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon in collaboration with the Centre des livres d'artistes (cdla),

>> the text on the resonances between France and the Rhineland in the 1950s to 1970s for the exhibition catalogue for On Air. The Sound of Material in Art from the 1950s to the 1970s at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld,

>> the contribution for the catalogue raisonné of the Chilean artist Martín La Roche on his Musée légitime,

>> the text on the universal artist Iannis Xenakis for the VAN magazine on the occasion of the energetic Xenakis retrospective at the Paris Philharmonie to celebrate his (probably) one hundredth birthday,

>> the interview with me for Point Contemporain about my somewhat atypical biography,

>> the initially reserved but then enthusiastic discussions with my friends and colleagues Lilijana from Ljubljana, Lara from Trieste/Vienna and Henry from London at the documenta fifteen in Kassel, which invited us to poach on territories outside the routines, myths and canons of the mainstream art establishment,

>> not to forget my trip to the city of Cairo and its surroundings at the end of the year.