In the Making – Public Sessions on Arts and Research 2026

The articulation of art and research has a long and rich tradition that has grown in scope and relevance in the past few decades. ACPA has played a significant role in this process, as it is an internationally pioneering institution that enables artists to conduct research through their own practice in a University context. In the Making is conceived as a public space to learn about and discuss different forms in which research in the arts takes place. Rather than bracketed in the isolated realm of the lone artist, artistic research makes the relationship between art and society permeable; its methods become part of collective process of exploration and re-imagining. In the Making aims to deepen a perspective in which artistic practices unfold in constant dialogue with the society they takes part of.

Throughout the third season of In the Making, four different sessions will both draw attention to the work of internationally recognised artist researchers and will stimulate a dialogue across artist researchers at different points in their careers, active in the context of ACPA and the Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag as well as in other institutions in The Netherlands.

Composer, sound artist and researcher Gabriel Paiuk is the curator of the series.

You can find preliminary information on the In the Making sessions of the current academic year below. To receive information about credits and register for the ITM mailing list do not hesitate to contact Chloë van Diepen at West.

More information will be announced by December 10th through website, social media channels and or mailinglist.

Program

18.30 Starting off with free soup and encounters

19.00 Start public session (lectures + panel discussion)

21.00 After talk and free access to the current exhibitions

22.00 Closing

Location

The programme will take place in at West Den Haag, in the former American embassy in The Hague (Lange Voorhout 102, 2514 EJ, Den Haag—walking distance The Hague Central), on Thursday nights from 18.30 — 21.00.

Dates (Preliminary Information)