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Seminar 5

The seminar is about the final phase of artistic research project, and the identification and sharing of the contributions to the field. Based on the research fellows’ projects, various forms of contributions are discussed, as well as different formats for final presentations, documentation and the archiving of artistic results and reflection. We recommend you to prepare and reflect on the seminar in dialogue with your supervisor(s).

Time

11 to 13 November 2025.

Venue and arrival

The venue is Hamar, address will be published. 

• Vy train from Oslo airport to Halden (around 45 minutes)
• Vy train from Oslo Central Station to Halden (around 70 minutes)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the seminar, the fellow:

• can contribute to the discourse on artistic research
• can work on complex questions, and challenge established discourses and practices in the field  
• can share artistic research in relevant national and international contexts

This includes: 

• can identify and discuss the project’s contribution to the field

• can discuss appropriate forms of presentation and sharing 

Working methods

Seminar leaders and contributors

Seminar leaders:

• Michael Francis Duch

• Trond Lossius

Preparations

Before the seminar, all participants need to: 

1. Read the literature on the mandatory reading list. 
2. Provide a work-in-progress example of reflection: Make yourself familiar with your institution's criteria for the reflection, and relate the example to one or more of the criteria. Depending on the project, this can be in the form of a text, video, sound file, exposition at Research Catalogue or similar, that shares explicit reflections. Language: English. Material is to be sent by 1 November 2025 to pku@hkdir.no as a PDF or as a link to online mixed or multimedia material.
   - If delivered in writing, a text of 1000-2000 words is expected.
   - If delivered as media files or a mixed media exposition, it should take approx 10 min for others to study the material.
3. Please be prepared to present your project and submitted material at the seminar - maximum 20 minutes. 
4. All participants must study each other's material in advance of the seminar in preparation for discussions on plans for dissemination of other candidate's projects. The participants will be placed in small groups, and should especially make themselves acquainted with the material provided by the other participants in their group. 
5. Choose an exposition from VIS, JAR or a reflection by a former research fellow published on Research Catalogue, as an example of how you would like to present your own artistic research project in its final form. This might also be a book, a film or something similar that presents, documents and/or shares an artistic result. Prepare a very short presentation for the seminar on how this might relate to your own project and final reflection.

Reference list

Mandatory:

• Vis - Nordic journal for artistic research, the expositions awarded the SAR’s Annual Prize for Best Research Catalogue Exposition (as examples of sharing artistic research): Srrjei – Do Not Mourn That Your Happy Times Have Passed | VIS (2023), IN CIRCLES LEADING ON | VIS (visjournal.nu) (2022), MINUTING. RETHINKING THE ORDINARY THROUGH THE RITUAL OF TRANSVERSAL LISTENING | VIS (visjournal.nu) (2021) and Reclamation : Exposing Coal Seams and Appalachian Fatalism with Digital Apparatuses by Ernie Roby-Tomic (researchcatalogue.net) (2020). Read the jury´s statements: Annual Prize for excellent Research Catalogue Exposition – Society for Artistic Research
• Borgdorff, H. (2012). The Production of Knowledge in Artistic Research. In The conflict of the faculties: Perspectives on artistic research and academia (pp. 140–173).
• Raes, G. W. (2014). Experimental Art as Research. In D. Crispin & B. Gilmore (Eds.), Artistic Experimentation in Music, An Anthology (pp. 55–60). Leuven: Leuven University Press, Retrieved from: 
• Crispin, D. (2019). Artistic Research as a Process of Unfolding. Unfolding the Process, An International, Peer Reviewed Issue, Published by Norwegian Academy of Music. 

Make yourself familiar with your institution's regulations:

• Regulations for the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
• Regulations for the University of Bergen (UiB)
• Regulations for the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH)
• Regulations for the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO)
• Regulations for the Inland Norway University of Applied Science (INN)
• Regulations for University of Stavanger (UiS) and University of Agder (UiA) (joint degree)

Program

Tuesday 11 November

Wednesday 12 November

Thursday 13 November

* Two parallel groups, where the fellows present their work, followed by discussions.