Maastricht Experimental Research In and through the Arts Network

MERIAN invites established artists and academics to engage in collaborative research in between making and thinking.

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2 November 2023 in Events

Valentina Curandi will participate in colloquium ‘Lateness and Creativity in Arts and Humanities’

Valentina Curandi, MERIAN PhD candidate, will take part in the colloquium “Lateness and Creativity in Arts and Humanities” organized by Dr. Prof. Aagje Swinnen and PhD candidate Nina van der…
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2 November 2023 in Events, PhD Candidates

Valentina Curandi will participate at the first Art Book Fair ‘Between the Books’

Valentina Curandi, MERIAN PhD candidate, will participate in Between Books, the first Art Book Fair at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Valentina is part of the initiative Under the Weather, a reference library…
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12 October 2023 in Events, News, PhD Candidates

Performative Lecture by Valentina Curandi and Leon Filter

Valentina Curandi, MERIAN PhD candidate, will perform together with her collaborator Leon Filter at the Labor für Kunst und Forschung at the University of Köln on 19 October 2023, 16:00-17:30.…
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MERIAN Maastricht

MERIAN is a space for collaborative research in between making and thinking. PhD candidates engage in innovative styles of research, utilizing the powers and fragilities of artistic and scientific practices. Their research addresses urgent matters of societal concern apparent in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. This collaboration between Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the Jan van Eyck Academie – department of Research & Education, builds on existing expertise from the research, arts and higher education networks in Maastricht.

MERIAN currently has three candidates: Marlies Vermeulen, Antye Guenther and Valentina Curandi. Vermeulen’s research focuses on the place of place in daily life and on maps and secondly the consequences of using maps as research instruments. Guenther’s research focuses on biopolitics of neuroscientific imagery and imaginaries. Curandi’s research will look into the capability of art practitioners to leave dispositions upon the eventuality of death. For more information about the individual research, please visit our Research section.