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The seminar is about relationships in artistic research. Based on the research fellows’ research projects, endeavours are made to map relations and how they influence artistic processes and results in the different phases of projects. Experiences with leading and carrying out complex artistic projects are shared. We recommend you to prepare and reflect on the seminar in dialogue with your supervisor(s).

Venue and arrival

The seminar takes place at Bymuseet i Bergen: The School museum in 2023. The venue will normally be in Bergen or nearby and will be annonced two months before the event.

Learning outcomes

On completing of the seminar, the fellow:

  • can formulate research questions and plan the artistic research, with focus on artistic processes and results 
  • can work on complex questions, and challenge established discourses and practices in the field

Working methods

Seminar with preparatory assignments, lectures, presentations in varied formats, plenary discussions and discussions in groups. Group work sessions led by the research fellows themselves. Research fellows must have read the literature on the mandatory reading list and prepared a text and presentation in a relevant format. During the seminar, research fellows must give a presentation and play an active part in the discussion of other research fellows’ projects. A total workload of 75–90 hours, corresponding to 3 credits.

Seminar leaders and contributors

The team might change from year to year. The seminar in 2023 is organized by (links open in new tabs):

Seminar leaders:

Contributors and moderators:
 

 

Preparations and seminar program (2023)

Please note that the following information relates to the seminar in 2023, and is intended to give an insight into what you can expect in terms of preparations and program. The information will be updated before the next event. Updates will be published two months before the next seminar takes place:

Preparations (2023)

Preparation for the group work sessions:

  • With the seminar theme `Relations´ in mind, define one or more issues or questions related to your project, the artistic processes, or the PhD results that you want to discuss in the group work session. 
  • Submit material that introduces us to your project and the issues or questions you have decided to discuss with your group. If the material is a text, then the maximum lenght should be 250 words. Should you choose to submit a video or audio introduction, then the maximum length is 3 minutes. Your contribution will be shared with all the participants one week before the seminar. Language: English. Deadline: 25 August. Send to: pku@hkdir.no. 
  • Prepare a 10-minute presentation for the seminar that introduces us to your project and the issues or questions. The presentation should be related to the submitted material and open up for discussions.

General preparations:

  • Watch the pre-recorded lectures on the "Pre-shared videos and abstracts" page.
  • Read/watch the mandatory references on the reference list.
  • Read/hear/see the introductions from the other fellows. We expect that you familiarize yourself especially with the submissions from the fellows in your group.
  • For the Friday's session of "Experiential Reflection", please bring an article on a specific topic of your choice (an article not written by you). We will use the article a "vessel" in the exercise. The specific topic can be a random one (such as teaspoons, choreography or dirt). 

Reference list (2023)

Mandatory:


Optional:

  • Hughes, R., 2004. Exposition. In Schwab, M. & Hughes, R. (ed.), The Exposition of Artistic Research. Publishing Art in Academia (p. 52-64).  Leiden University Press (see PDF below)

  • Gundersen, J. et. al. (2021). Map ethics! A Method for identifying and addressing ethical dimensions of artistic research projects. Undoing Supervision. A Compendium of Key Issues in Supervising Artistic Reseach Doctorates (p. 18-21). Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21937/undoing.supervision

    (This article was on the reading list for seminar 3 and will be used as a reference in some of the workshops/discussions in seminar 4. We recommend that you read through it before the seminar.

Bigas, Quim, 2015. APPRAISERS (PDF)

Hughes, R., 2004. Exposition (PDF)

Program (2023)

Day 1

 

11:00    

Welcome, presentations and aims for the seminar, moderated by Jostein Gundersen and Janne-Camilla Lyster (seminar leaders)
11:45 Relationship: Presentation and discussion on the trouble of mapping relations (Jostein Gundersen)
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Dugnad: Presentation (Alexander Eriksson Furunes)
14:45 Break
15:15 Managing complex artistic research projects (to be annonced)
16:00 Break
16:30 Experiential reflection session I (Janne-Camilla Lyster) (till 17:30)
18.00 Dinner at Allehjørnet Thai, Herman Foss´ gate 12

 

Day 2

 

09:30   

Experiential reflection session II (Janne-Camilla Lyster)

10:30

 Break/reorganisation

11:00

 Sharing and discussing fellows projects in groups (1)
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Sharing and discussing fellows projects in groups (2)
14:00 Break
14:30 Sharing and discussing fellows projects in groups (3)
15:30 Break 
16:00 Plenary session (or group session) (till 17:00)
18:30 Dinner at Allmuen, Walkendorfsgate 1B

  

Day 3

 

09:00  

Experiential reflection session III (Janne-Camilla Lyster)

10:00

 Break/reorganisation

10:30

Sharing and discussing fellows projects (4)

11:30

Break
12:00 Sharing and discussing fellows projects (5)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Sharing and discussing fellows projects (6)
15:00 Plenary session (until 15:30)