WHAT IS PEACE? (ANSWER HERE)
RESEARCH AT THE CENTRESPACE
A section of the exhibition space became a ‘Republic of Genius’ channelling Filliou’s concept of le Territoire de la République Géniale presented for the first time during his 1971 project, Research at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam. ‘At the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, I was given a room which I called Territoire la géniale’ and in it I stayed for one month and every day I proposed that anybody that was interested in research could come and we could engage in research ourselves according to this principle of the Genial Republic: research is not the privilege of those who know, on the contrary it’s the domain of those who don’t. (Filliou 1984).
For this exhibition, the ‘Republic of Genius’ was delimited by a large rug on the floor and a sign. The curator was present each Friday, and most Saturdays, of the exhibition period to facilitate co-research and co-invention with anyone interested to participate both online and offline. Specific invitations to contribute to the research process, moreover, was made to researchers at the University of Dundee exploring fields of art, science, spirituality and economy.
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