Report on Knowledge (II), a film and essay for 
\nWOF (World Ornamental Forum)

An anti-conference: Three days of collaborative work in the Kirchner Museum and surrounding. Unable to attend, Kivland acted as a radio operator, receiving and reporting back on reports submitted. 
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\nThe World Ornamental Forum (WOF) at the Kirchner Museum in Davos, Switzerland, is an international biannual format that operates beyond, or before, economic interests bringing together individuals and communities for the effectuation and exploration of today’s paradigm shifts.
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\nWOF leaves space for contingent research by exploring the state of its own actualization. Thus every gesture reaches a double status, one that is both the activity of making the WOF (method) and the actually made WOF (object of research). Models also have such a double status as both being a contingent reality and representing something else. By building models of the state of WOF’s actualization it was possible to gain insights about the state of our world in which, presumably, a major paradigm shift towards practice is taking place.
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\nParticipants 2016:
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\nAlessi, Alberto
\nProfessor of Theory of Architecture. UL University of Liechtenstein.
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\nBeutler, Martin (tbc)
\nArtist, Firma für soziale Plastik, Bern, Switzerland.
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\nChapuis Schmitz, Delphine
\nArtist, Philosopher, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Switzerland.
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\nChristensen Blair, Sara
\nArtist, Associate Professor of Art. Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, USA.
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\nEconomides, Aliki (virtual)
\nResearcher. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, U.S.A.
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\nEgger, Salome
\nPerformance Artist and Textile Designer, PhD cand. Nottingham Trent University.
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\nGfader, Verina (tbc)
\nArtist, Lecturer. Goldsmiths University of London, and University of Huddersfield, UK.
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\nHarboe, Julie (team)
\nLecturer. Future Laboratory CreaLab, Lucerne School of Business, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA), Switzerland.
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\nHardliz, Ronny (team)
\nArtist, Berne, Switzerland.
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\nKader, Hadas (tbc)
\nArtist, Curator, Fine Art Lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel.
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\nKivland, Sharon (virtual)
\nArtist, Reader in Fine Art. Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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\nMac Namara, Aoife (tbc)
\nArtist, Dean Visual Art and Material Practice. Audain School of Visual Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada.
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\nMaharaj, Sarat (tbc)
\nProfessor of Visual Arts & Knowledge Systems. Lund University, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden.
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\nMarinov, Nicolay (tbc)
\nArchitect, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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\nSadowsky, Thorsten
\nDirector of Kirchner Museum Davos. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Platz, Davos, Switzerland.
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\nSchuchert, C. Lars (team)
\nScientific research assistant. LUASA – School of Engineering and Architecture, CC Typology & Planning in Architecture (CCTP), Horw, Switzerland.
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\nSimon, Joshua
\nDirector and Chief Curator, MoBY – Museums of Bat Yam, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel.
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\nStreuler, Sandro
\nArtist, Zurich, Switzerland.
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\nZellweger, Christoph (tbc)
\nArtist, Dozent MA Design (HSLU) / Professor of Art and Design, Senior Resarch Fellow (Sheffield Hallam University). Hochschule Luzern, Design und Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland.

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