The creative aspect of the artistic process

Daring to do something means losing your foothold for a time.
Not daring means losing yourself.
Søren Kierkegaard

Digitalisation, which pervades and determines our entire lives, is increasingly associated with the claim that AI can produce art. This calls into question the genuinely creative nature of human beings. As artists and contemporaries, we are called upon today to engage more deeply with human creativity, to recognise its uniqueness, to distinguish and, if necessary, defend the uniqueness of human creations from those of machines. Recognising the creative process in its significance for the artist and its value for human beings is an essential task for the future of art for society.
How can we recognise the hidden powers of art, which is created by man for man, and present them in such a way that they act as a force for healing and peace? 
And can art, in every respect as a force from the middle sphere, make it possible to endure the suspended state between polarities, to help overcome them so that something new becomes visible? The artistic process can be a solitary process. By talking about it, we can form a vessel in which our own experiences mingle with those of others and thus enable awareness and realisation. Let us dare to explore the space of nothingness together and in a time of crisis and dramatic escalations at all levels of life, create something new with presence of mind. As artists, you are cordially invited to join us. The working groups during the conference are intended as interdisciplinary opportunities. We hope that you will participate actively and contribute your expertise to the questions offered by the working groups and, of course, to the conference theme.

We look forward to this creative collaboration and are very keen to see what it will bring us all. All lectures will be translated into English.

For the Visual Arts Section
Yaike Dunselman, Christiane Haid (director), Luci Gmünder, Ulrikke Stokholm, Pieter van der Ree and Angèle Ruchti