Éric Corne: Et le vent animait mes perplexités, 2020/21, detail

Dr. Maike Aden is a Paris-based scholar, educator, and curator of exhibitions and archives, formally trained in art history, musicology, and pedagogy. Combining research, curatorial practice, and collaborative student projects, her work focuses on artists’ books, sound art, archival methods, and the exploration of ambiguous knowledge.

 

Main Research Interests

  • Post-1960s concepts and artistic practices, with a focus on artists’ books and multiples
  • History and theory of acoustic experiments
  • Collaborative pedagogical projects exploring ambiguous knowledge

 

Selected Projects

  • Archiving, cataloging, and exhibiting artists’ publications
  • Sound experiments by visual artists until the 1980s
  • Intermedial Writing Networks of the Post-1960s
  • Artistic reception of Bas Jan Ader (1942–1975)
  • Artistic reception of Ulises Carrión (1941–1989)
  • Boekie Woekie Amsterdam (since 1989)

 

Current Positions

  • Lecturer: École des Mines and École Normale Supérieure, Paris
  • Scholar and curator for archives, museums, and universities internationally
  • Author of monographs, essays, and scholarly treatises

 

Education

  • Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Art History: The Artistic Reception of Bas Jan Ader, University of Bremen
  • Magistra Artium (M.A.) in Art History and Musicology, University of Bremen
  • 1st and 2nd state teaching examinations for music, University of Osnabrück

 

Affiliations

  • ESCON — Writings in Contact. Intermedial Writing Networks in the Era of Analogue Globalisation (1961–1991), funded by the State Research Agency (Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, 2025–2029
  • Committee of artists’ books experts for the Prix Bob Calle, Paris, since 2020
  • Research Network Artists’ Publications, Bremen, since 2019
  • AG Künstlerbücher | RDA and Sondermaterialien (Working Group Artists’ Books | RDA, Committee for Standardization at the German National Library), 2018–2023
  • Mentoring group of the Deutscher Kulturrat for women in the cultural and media sector, 2017–2020
  • Arbeitskreis Künstlerbücher (Association of Institutions and Scholars in the Field of Artists’ Books, German-speaking regions), since 2016
  • KOMDIF — Interdisciplinary Research Program at the IPN – Leibniz Institute Kiel, with M. Peters, 2009–2012

 

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