Free Flow Retreat

This year, the free flow takes us for a 2-day retreat at Alpenhof.

The purpose for the 'free flow' is for mentors and students to spend time together in an alternative mode than the usual school setting.
In a different setting and with different tools, they discuss together interests and topics ranging from the upcoming thesis to life in general.
This is also a special exchange moment for bonding.

11. - 12. October 2018

Alpenhof Panoramaherberge
St. Antonstrasse 22
9413 Oberegg

http://www.alpenhofalpenhof.ch

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Transportation

From Busparkplatz Sihlquai (near Zurich HB) to Alpenhof (Bus with ZHdK name)

Meeting time Thursday at 07.45

Departure, 08:00 – by shuttle bus (organized by IAD) - 1h45 journey.

Back from Alpenhof

Friday, around 16:30 –  individually (Please keep your receipt for refund) - count between 2h15 - 2h30 with public transport back to Zurich HB (Fyi, main change is in St Gallen for those who don't go back to Zurich).

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Participants

Who?

5th semester students 

• Aurelian Ammon
• Adrienn Bodor
• Doris Brunschweiler
• Stephanie Dickerson
• Tobias Dupuch
• Katharina Durrer
• Simon Fischer
• Alessa Gassmann
• Daniel Edoardo Holler
• Shubham Kesharwani 
• Vinzenz Leutenegger
• Manuel Leuthold
• Ismael Möri
• Carlo Natter
• Michael Schönenberger

Mentors

• Joëlle
• Verena (Arriving by private car)
• Clemens
• Jürgen
• Luke - possibly 1 day (If he comes, he’ll organize the transportation on his own.)

TOTAL – 19-20 persons

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Schedule

Thursday
9.45-10.00
Arrival: Coffee & Gipfeli, Intro from each person with one personal anecdote

10.30 - 12.30
Alpenhof Library exploration and sharing inspirations
Students and teachers go around the library and pick 3 books, showing some inspiring excerpts, aesthetically or content-wise

12.30-13.30
Lunch

13.30-15.30
Hike/walk - 2 hours

15.30-18.00
Ideation - Wall of Sketches, guided by Clemens

18.00-21.00
Flammenkuchen: Cooking together - bring toppings (vegetarian exclusive)

21.00-...
Alpenhof Jukebox hangout with wine and chatpack (card game)

Friday
08.00-09.00
Breakfast

09.00-12.30
Reviting Wall of Sketches and Ideation speed dating

12.30-13.30
Lunch

13.30-16.30
Performing and dancing ideas

16.30 Departure

Recap activities

• Cooking dinner together (Thursday evening)
  • Bring your topping for Flammenkuchen in advance (next grocery store is in Heiden - 3km by foot). Students and teachers cook and clean up together.
• «Ideation walk» through the nature
  • It seems to have nice hiking trails around the Alpenhof. But most of the tours have St. Anton (= Alpenhof) as their final destination, means that we'd have to start the tour with a descent, which is maybe not so nice. But anyway, we need to spend some time outside. The nature seems to be amazing around there. 
• Visit the library (Bibliothek Andreas Züst) and/or the current art exhibition (Alpenhof Events) together and use it as a source for inspiration/discussion.
• «Ideation speed dating » (Method)
• Hang out, have a after-dinner drink and listen to the sound from the jukebox (Alpenhof Jukebox).
• Questions game, chatpack
• Brainstorming (guided by Clemens)
• ...

Note on accommodation: students are divided in 1 room of 4, 1 room of 3 and 4 rooms of 2.

Bibliography

(Possibly this might include also Films, Songs, Links, Videos, that refers to the topic)

Books

Baudelaire, Charles, The Painter of Modern Life, Da Capo Press, 1964, Orig. published in Le Figaro, in 1863. See also. 

Benjamin, Walter; Tiedemann, Rolf, ed. The Arcades Project, Belknap Press, 2002.

Careri, Francesco, Walkscapes: Walking as an Aesthetic Practice, Gustavo Gili, 2001.

Chatwin, Bruce, The Songlines, Franklin Press, 1987.

Debord, Guy, Theory of the Derive, in Les Lèvres Nues #9, 1956. See also.

Herzog, Werner, Vom Gehen im Eis, Free Associations, 1978.

Rachel, Anthony; Henry, Joel, The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, Lonely Planet, 2005. See also.

Films

Tarkovsky, Andrei, Stalker, (1979).