Materialisation in art & design (MAD) / edited by Herman Verkerk and Maurizio Montalti.

Temporary Master : Materialisation in Art & Design (MAD) : Has the World Gone MAD? / Herman Verkerk and Maurizio Montalti -- Entering the Sphere / Jens Pfeifer -- Photography without a Camera / Anne Büscher -- Amuse-bouche / Dominique Festa -- A Hall of Mirrors in Art Production : The Academic Workplace as a Copy Machine / Jeroen van den Eijnde -- One Leap / Ellen Vårtun -- Onderwerp : Production / Julien Manaira -- Letting Go / Iris Box -- Material Anyways : Group exhibition De Veemvloer, Amsterdam January 31, 2016 -- Art and Craft / Koen Brams -- List of MAD Written Vocabulary / Mio Fujimaki -- The Wood for the Trees / Oliver Barstow -- Still Wet : Group exhibition Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam June 16, 2016 -- ... And she puts this metal rod in and twists it : The Emancipatory Aspects of the Workshop in the Art Academy / Carly Rose Bedford and Gabriel A. Maher -- Send Something : Thesis group performance Mediamatic Biotoop, Amsterdam November 30, 2016 -- A Modest Manifesto / Snejanka Mihaylova and Lisette Smits -- Once It Rains / Thom van Hoek -- Material Library / Caroline Jacob -- Does This Count as Protein? : Graduation show Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam June 14, 2017 -- The Program 2015-17 / Herman Verkerk and Maurizio Montalti -- Glossary.

Materialisation in Art & Design (MAD), the temporary master's program at the Sandberg Instituut, investigated the conventional hierarchy in art and design education in which concept often takes precedence over material or the making of the work. In an effort to (re)establish a relationship with “material” on both a personal and a societal level, the program placed emphasis on the material expressions of works. This book reflects on the experiences generated through the lens of MAD. With contributions from the program directors, MAD alumni, and experts in the field, it examines the position of the workshop within the art academy in which students become acquainted with the latest technologies and materials, learn new craft skills or improve those they already have. By implication, this book highlights the need for collective creative output in an increasingly individualized society by questioning the traditional frameworks of art and design education.