Spatial mapping is KONTEJNER’s new interdisciplinary educational programme for high schools, through which students explore space, environments and the phenomena that shape our everyday lives by engaging with contemporary art, science and technology.

The programme was developed in response to the need to bring contemporary experimental art closer to young people and to encourage creative and critical thinking about the world around them. Through collaboration with schools, we aim to cultivate new audiences for contemporary art and foster long-term engagement with cultural events and activities.

Each workshop is linked to KONTEJNER’s current exhibition programme and combines a guided exhibition tour with a practical session in which students map indoor and outdoor spaces using technologies employed or explored by the exhibiting artists. Workshop topics to date have included: the digital environment, plant intelligence and sound as a medium for perceiving and understanding space.

The program is intended for teachers seeking innovative extracurricular and interdisciplinary content, and it is designed for young people aged 14 to 19. It is implemented by KONTEJNER’s curators and educators, in collaboration with established artists and students of the Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka, thereby creating a space for collaboration between education, art, and the cultural sector.

The outcomes of the workshops will be publicly accessible through a digital mapping platform that is currently under development, creating a shared archive of spaces mapped through the perspectives of young participants.

We invite all interested schools and teachers to contact us for further information or to take part in the programme at: kontejnerkontejner@gmail.com.