Organization
SPARTA
SPARTA is an independent, cross-class community space (located in room 216) that hosts lectures, workshops, and student projects. The SPARTA team, consisting of two students (excluding guest or secondary listeners), is elected every two semesters and is responsible for organizing SPARTA's activities.
At the heart of SPARTA is the SPARTA X lecture series. Approximately 12 times per semester, on Wednesday evenings, a talk followed by a Q&A session takes place. Invited are artists, theorists, and curators who provide insights into their practice or give lectures on a specific topic. All lectures take place both in room 216 and digitally as a livestream. Speakers will be selected by the SPARTA team based on suggestions from the student body. These suggestions can be sent to sparta [at] kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de.
In addition, SPARTA serves as a venue for student events such as open colloquia, film nights, listening sessions, reading groups, language workshops, and more. SPARTA works closely with AStA to ensure that current university-wide issues, such as the call for a climate-conscious university or issues of equality, are incorporated into the lecture series.