
On looking into the legacy of Joseph Beuys’ alternative educational ideas I found out about the ‘Blueprint for Counter Education’. It was a boxed publication with accompanying posters that acted as a portable university founded by sociologist Maurice Stein and his collaborater Larry Miller. The great tagline reads: “This counter-university makes obsolete the traditional university process … There is no textbook, no final exam; and the ‘faculty’ includes Marcuse, McLuhan, Eldridge Cleaver, and Jean-Luc Godard.” It was/is an exciting pedagogical experiment to subvert the organization of knowledge in the form of a “highly participative series of art-life games”. As a graphic designer and huge fan of Dada I was immediately drawn to the design of the posters particularly in this satisfyingly sci-fi looking dummy room.
Heres the original article: https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/31/beuys-legacy-artist-led-university-projects
And more info about the above: https://blueprintforcountereducation.com/