ARF marked its 20-year history in 2024. From left to right: Cecilie Broch Knudsen (Chair of the Board, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme, 2015–2018), Nina Malterud (instrumental in establishing the programme), Geir Strøm (Director since 2014), Inger Stray Lien (Chair, 2019–2022), and Aslaug Nyrnes (Chair, 2011–2014). Foto: Linda Lien
Artistic Research Spring Forum 2025 took place in Oslo 17-19 March and online 21 March. The forum ran in parallel to the 7th annual AR@K symposium, and was hosted by Kristiania University of Applied Sciences.
Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2025 took place in Bergen 20-22 October and online 24 October. The forum was hosted by the Facultu of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen. ARF included 39 PhD project presentations, 1 project programme presentation, two panel debates, a VIS launche, and a social event.
Artistic Research Spring Forum 2024 took place 18-21 March in Oslo and online. The conference was hosted by Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, and did run in parallel to The 6th annual AR@K symposium: The Artist, The Ghost and the Machine. A social gathering took place at ROM for kunst og arkitektur on 19 March.
Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2024 took place 22-25 October in Trondheim and online. The conference was hosted by NTNU, and did run in parallel to the NTNU Artistic Research Week. A social gathering took place at Gallery KIT on 24 October.
Artistic Research Spring Forum 2023 took place in Oslo at the Norwegian Film School (Inland Norway University of Applied Sceinces) and digitally. 2 project leaders and 28 fellows did present their projects. VIS - Nordic Journal of Artistic Research released #9 Of memory and public space. A draft of guidelines for atistic research ethics was presented in a streamed session.
Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2023 took place 25-27 October in Oslo and digitally. The autumn 2023 marked 20 years since the establishment of the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme and the Norwegian Academy of Music was celebrating its 50th anniversary. We marked the round days by organizing the Artistic Research Autumn Forum together with NMH. On 25 October a social gathering took place at NMH. Former research fellows and board members of the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme and the Norwegian Artistic Research School were especially invited. This was a great opportunity to meet former and recent fellows in artistic research, as well as board members being involved in the establishment and development of the programme.
Artistic Research Spring Forum 2022 was a digital event. 3 project leaders and 27 fellows did present their projects. There was also a presentation of the graduate survey A door opener in the arts field and the Erasmus+-project Advancing Supervision for Artistic Research Doctorates. VIS - Nordic Journal of Artistic Research released #7 Metamorphoses – Tales of the Ever-Changing.
Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2022 took place in Stavanger, at the University of Stavanger, St. Peri Church and Tou. 9 project leaders and 32 fellows did present their projects. VIS - Nordic Journal of Artistic Research released #8 Of rules and alternatives.
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