Arild Berg

Tactile, resonance, art, Norway, Finland,
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Norway °1966
research interests: Action Research, Contemporary art, participation, participatory design, digital production techniques, participatory democracy, ceramics, digital production culture
affiliation: OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Norway
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Arild Berg is Professor of Artistic Research. He has worked with art in various cross-disciplinary contexts, such as with site-specific art projects for Public Art Norway (KORO), the use of art in mental healthcare settings, and developing teaching methods based on form and colour for dental technicians. The core of his research is an expanded use of art in society. He has a Doctor of Arts degree in contemporary art from Aalto University: Artistic Research in Public Space: Participation in Material-based Art.  He works at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. He has been Vice Dean for Research and Development at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, including for five departments: Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Energy Technology, Department of Computer Science, Department of Art, Design and Drama and Department of Product Design. He was project leader in establishing the interdisciplinary PhD Program 'Engineering Science'.Info: www.arildberg.no

 

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  • Tactile Resonance in Art (2014) author(s): Arild Berg published in: RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
    Materiality concerns the relationship between humans and the physical world. This study explores the relationship between materiality and material-based art through an art project created together with nurses working in a ward for elderly patients in a mental health care facility. In this study, the material physicality activated the bodily senses and unlocked the memories of the participants. The materialization of the art objects was related to communication both in art-based research methods and in the hospital practice by contributing in a special way to the dialogue with sensory presence and tactile resonance.
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  • Arild Berg (2014)
    Degree: Doctorate, Aalto University (Finland), recipient: Arild Berg
    Doctor of Arts