For 2022, the Point asks writers to examine art-education models. Below, curator and researcher Naz Cuguoğlu reflects on her participation in the Whole Life Academy initiative.
How can we use collaborative learning tactics as a speculative methodology to challenge the hierarchical structures of art institutions for an alternative world-building? I participated in Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)’s Whole Life Academy in 2019 with this question in mind. The project invited curators, researchers, and artists from around the world to explore the Archiv der Avantgarden in