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• Karhun katseella laulan (2024) author(s): Tuomas Rounakari published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  In this artistic doctoral research I think of art as a language that both portrays a mythical worldview and participates in the activities it contains. Contemplating myths through the performing arts is one of the oldest functions of art. Myths have not only been presented, but a dialogical relationship has been sought with the mythical entities. Achieving this requires the ability to alter ones state of consciousness from the performer. The altered states can range in intensity from a mild mood change to a profound trance state in which the perception of self, time and place alters thoroughly. Through the altered states of consciousness, the musician either allows or directly initiates a dialogue between the more-than-human. In the thesis, I call this as mythical dialogue. Mythical dialogue has a reciprocal effect on the interpretation, alteration and improvisation produced by the musician at the time of performance. The thesis is an autoetnographic treatment of mythical dialogue from a musician's perspective, and shares this perspective for a broader study of tradition. My research included four field trips to Siberia, to the land of Khanty, Mansi and Forest-Nenets. The trips were mainly artistic collaborations in which I carried out data collection and did the thematic interview with Maria Kuzminitsna Voldina included in the thesis. My main fieldwork method was to first play Khanty folk songs on the violin for the Khanty themselves, after which I asked them to tell me more about the songs and to comment on the way I played my versions of them. Playing the songs to each other in turn created a genuinely interactive and egalitarian way of learning. The field trips were complemented by archival research of songs containing mythical dialogue, as well as performing these songs as a musician. The main archival materials were songs from the bear feast ceremonies of the Khanty, Mansi, Karelians and Finns. My artistic doctorate degree consists of five unique performances and this written thesis with video recordings. The first doctoral concert Shamanviolin (2013) was based on songs recorded by Kai Donner on wax cylinders during his travels in Siberia between 1912 and 1914. The second doctoral concert Shamanviolin with Ailloš (2014) explored the possibility of playing in trance state with an ensemble. The third artistic component was the Bear Feast performance (2016) which combined ceremony, music, poetry, theatre, social games and dances, and dining. The fourth artistic component was the documentary theatre play Arctic Odyssey (2017) produced by the theatre group Ruska Ensemble in collaboration with the Finnish National Theatre and Nunatta Isiginnaartitsisarfia in Greenland. The fifth artistic component was my solo album Bear Awakener (2022) based on the phonograph collection of Artturi Kannisto. The Bear Feast performance is treated as a case study in the thesis. The performance succeeded in creating meaningful experiences of mythical dialogue for both the performing ensemble and the audience. Working with mythical themes through art creates an opportunity to address the slowly changing mental patterns of our culture in a communal way. By engaging in mythical dialogue we can still create similar experiences to those our ancestors had in a very different society. Because myths represent a slowly changing collective tradition, they can strengthen the identity of individuals and communities with far-reaching effects on wellbeing. Keywords: Mythical dialogue, altered states of consciousness, trance, transcendence, myth, more-than-human, animism, bear feast ceremony
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  Assembling a Praxis: Choreographic Thinking and Curatorial Agency - Clew: A Rich and Rewarding DIsorientation (2024) author(s): Lauren O'Neal published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  This exposition examines the curatorial project "Clew: A Rich and Rewarding Disorientation," held at the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy in 2017. The project is part of my doctoral research on “Assembling a Praxis: Choreographic Thinking and Curatorial Agency.” “Clew” proposes a framework for curatorial dramaturgy and asks: What is the potential of a dramaturgical approach within an open-ended exhibition structure? Who, or what, is the curatorial dramaturg? How do materials and time contribute to unfolding exhibition narratives? [This exposition corresponds to Section Six: Extending Lines in All Directions: Curatorial Dramaturgy in the printed dissertation.]
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  More than Meets the Eye - Christoph Oeschger (2024) author(s): Christoph Oeschger published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  More Than Meets the Eye: Capturing Invisible Flows and Processes: For my doctorate, I created four films and one photo-text installation that engage with invisibility in various ways. My research for the film "2°", which seeks the impact of human interaction with changing geographies, took me to an altitude of 3,500 meters above sea level. In my investigations, I traveled as far north as the 51st parallel to produce the film "In the Ice, Everything Leaves a Trace", and the photo series "The Other Side of Ice", examining the economic exploitation of the Arctic. My research also led me to a place where the wind is harnessed for filming, inspiring the creation of the film "Memories of a Past Future", and to a location where filming is no longer possible, yielding images used in the production of "Unlearning Flow". The decisive events of our time are often not visible. My research revolves around making this invisibility negotiable. These occurrences possess a fascinating duality, simultaneously feeling both familiar and foreign. While we are intimately connected to them, they represent global processes that escape complete comprehension. They are complex chains of causality that have become inscrutable to individual perception. Invisible events cannot be addressed through individual images or shots. Instead, it's the montage techniques of demontage, soft montage, and the productive gap that I employ. It is these working methods that allow me to approach the invisible, partially capture it, and make it negotiable. These forms of montage are also mirrored in the written part of my dissertation. The written section of the doctorate brings together various text elements that influence each other and create cross-references within the individual works. The the written part contains conversations with other artist researchers contextualize my work within my field but also to build a forum to negotioate my work.
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  The poetics of autopoiesis: visual arts, autonomy and artificial intelligence. (2024) author(s): bruno caldas published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  This exposition contains the manuscript and artistic components of the doctoral research project "The poetics of autopoiesis: visual arts, autonomy and artificial intelligence." The project aimed to explore the limits of creative autonomy in face of recent developments in generative visual artificial intelligence.
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  Kadonnut isoäiti (2024) author(s): Jaakko Ruuska published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  KADONNUT ISOÄITI (2017–2023) -tutkielma on osa Jaakko Ruuskan kuvataiteen tohtorin opinnäytettä (2017–2024). Linkki tohtorin opinnäytteen johdantoon löytyy tämän julkaisun ensimmäiseltä sivulta.
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  IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – poissaolevan kosketuksia katveessa (2024) author(s): Jaakko Ruuska published in: University of the Arts Helsinki
  Jaakko Ruuska: IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – POISSAOLEVAN KOSKETUKSIA KATVEESSA Kuvataiteen tohtorin opinnäyte Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia, 2024 © Taideyliopisto ja kirjoittaja ISBN 978-952-353-447-6 IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – POISSAOLEVAN KOSKETUKSIA KATVEESSA muodostuu kolmesta taiteellisesta tutkimuksesta. Niissä tutkin kuljeskeluun perustuvien kokeellisten tutkimusmenetelmien avulla sitä, miten tilan kokemuksellisuuteen vaikuttaa sen taustalla olleen järjestyksen hajoaminen. DISCONNECTED SPACE – CONTACTS WITH THE ABSENT IN THE BLIND SPOT is a doctoral thesis in Fine Arts, written in Finnish. The thesis is about the experiential phenomenon of space, which could be referred to as an off-connection in English. The thesis consists of three essays. The introduction in English is also included in the first page of the Thesis. I FRIKOPPLADE RUM – DET FRÅNVARANDES BERÖRING I SKUGGAN Temat för det finskspråkiga lärdomsprov för doktorsexamen i bildkonst är en upplevelse av rumsliga fenomen, som på svenska kunde kallas frikoppling. Avhandlingen omfattar tre studier som observerar hur det det frånvarande och frånvaron ingår i en förnimbar upplevelse.Inledning på svenska finns också på uppsatsens första sida.
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