Dr. Maike Aden is an art historian and musicologist based in Paris, working in the academic field as well as in exhibition institutions.
Centre of interest
- Concepts and artistic practices of the post-1960s, including self-organised artists' initiatives, artists' books and the heterogeneity of conceptual art
- Acoustic experiments by visual artists, poets, engineers etc.
Particular projects
- Artistic reception of Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975)
- Ulises Carrión (1941-1989)
- Archiving, cataloging and exhibiting artists' publications
- Writings by visual artists
- Artists' records
- Representations of religiosity in the 20th and 21st centuries
- Romanticism as model
- Research-based university studies: visualizing and reflecting ambiguous and informal knowledge
Background
- Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in art history on the artistic reception of Bas Jan Ader since the 1990s, University of Bremen
- Magistra Artium (M.A.): art history and musicology, University of Bremen
- 1st and 2nd state examinations: Teaching profession for music, University of Osnabrück
Current professional work
- Lecturer: Catholic University ICP, Paris
- Researcher and curator: various European archives, museums and universities
- Author: monographs, essays and scientific treatises
Memberships
- Committee of artists' books experts for the Prix Bob Calle, Paris
- Research Network Artists' Publications, Bremen
- Mentoring group of the Deutscher Kulturrat (German Cultural Council) for women in the cultural and media sector
- Arbeitskreis Künstlerbücher (association of institutions and scientists in the field of artists' books in German speaking regions)
- AG Künstlerbücher|RDA und Sondermaterialien (working group artists' books|RDA), Committee for Standardization at the German National Library)
- BDK, Hannover, Berlin
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