Chris Lee Kennedy

Artist and educator

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Chris Kennedy - Photo provided by himself

We believe research and learning are a valid art practice.

Christopher Lee Kennedy is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. As a project-based artist, he explores interfaces of situated learning, collaborative reciprocity and exchange through installation and research-based practices. He makes projects for the land and for situated communities.

His research interests include mycoremediation, the social history of shamanism, the keltic roots of applied aesthetics and fiber arts involving movement and food.

He is the founder and Research Director of the IAA, The Institute for Applied Aesthetics a school for collaborative projects and research, and of the on-going project Artiscycle, about research on Education and Art.

A Manifesto
"We believe learning is an integral part of artistic practice and everyday social process. We believe a better understanding of how we learn in relationship to cultural production holds the key to authentic community. We believe research and learning are a valid art practice. We believe the world is magical and that everyone deserves to be fully a part of this world in a meaningful way."

Forthcoming project
School of the Future -along with Cassandra Thornton- is an artist-run school for teaching artists opening July 2010 in Brooklyn.

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