The LungA School is an independent, artist-led institution and situation where we experiment with artistic and land-based practices as a way of doing, thinking and being in order to cultivate, disturb, distort and transform our notions of aesthetics, learning, perception and good judgement.
As the name implies it considers itself a school, but if we imagine that we did not only call it a school, but something else such as 'a work of art', or 'a commune' these terms seem to be able to fit as well, and not only do they fit, but they seem to be able to describe some aspects of this place which we consider to be essential.
A school can be many things, but the kind of school we are making is one that deliberately exists outside all systems of production and instrumental logics and, therefore, can offer its 'uselessness' as the virtue that, paradoxically, makes it valuable and useful.
We insist on giving time, space, support, and amplification to everyone so that their language, the way they interact with all material and immaterial circumstances, may be developed and rooted in them and in their lives.
NEC's view
LungA is an Icelandic folk high school with programs that feel genuinely unique. While they prioritize applicants aged 18–25, they welcome lifelong learners too, and people from abroad are also able to apply.
What stands out to us are the ways their programs make space for curiosity, strangeness, and experimentation.
We admire the way LungA thinks about education as something more than skill-building. Even if you never have the chance to attend, there are takeaways in the way they design learning.
