Conversations in Art
The main focus of the course is in the production of one´s own individual artistic work, not only starting a new project but also looking back, surveying one´s own production and points of interests. In a working process one often finds him or herself encountering, facing questions, perhaps problematics, that lead into intuitive decision making. What triggers you? What or who is your inspiration? Which other artists or artworks have changed your way of thinking or making?
The aim is to open a discussion, a conversation with works produced by other artists and to study and use that knowledge as a guiding light towards something you want to accomplish in your own work. Art is communication. Placing yourself and your work in a discourse, using that as one kind of a method in the working process, results in new way of thinking, making and understanding.
Workform:
The course will be divided between lectures and discussions, one´s own photography related work and presentations.
Times and dates are to be confirmed during the first days of the workshop.
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SCHEDULE:
Course starts (week 37): Monday 13.09.2010 at 10.00 at Vaskerelven
Course ends (week 44): by Friday 5.11.2010
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1. Period: weeks, uker 37–38: Lectures, presentations, making of a workplan
Monday 13.9
- kl. 10-15 Beginning of the course, Lecture: Skein of Thoughts, Heli Rekula in conversation with Avant-gard film maker Maya Deren (1917-1961)
- Text for Tuesday: Reading of Photography and Liquid Intelligence by Jeff Wall; Published in Jeff Wall, Selected Essays and Interviews (The Museum of Modern Art , New York, 2007), pp. 109–110
Tuesday 14.9
- kl. 10 -12 Lecture: First Meeting with Jeff Wall by Heli Rekula. Discussion on Wall´s text Photography and Liquid Intelligence (1989)
- kl. 13 - Afternoon dedicated to individual worktime with presentation -assignment
Wednesday 15.9
- The whole day dedicated to individual worktime with presentation -assignment
Thursday 16.9
- kl. 10 -12 Artist Presentation: Heidi Nikolaisen (Bergen)
- kl. 13 -15 Individual student presentations and discussions on projects
Friday 17.9
- kl. 13 -15 Artist Presetation: Kurt Johannesen on BLU at Bergen Kunsthalle (read the introduction to the exhibition www.kunsthalle.no)
Monday 20.9
- kl. 10 -15 Individual student presentations and discussions on projects
Tuesday 21.9
- kl. 10 -12 Individual student presentations and discussions on projects
Wednesday 22.9 – Friday 1.10 Independent workperiod
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2. Period: weeks, uker 39–43: Independent work, individual and group tutorials, presentations, discussions within the group and with lecturers present in those weeks.
Duncan Higgins´s workshop “What Matters?”, Christine Hansens theory period “Photography and the Archive” and Øystein Hauge´s writing course for 3rd year photography students are overlapping with this course but this is taken in consideration within the course schedule.
Uke 39
- Monday 27.9 – Friday 1.10 Independent workperiod
Uke 40
- Independent workperiod
- Individual tutorials (booking via email)
- Friday 8.10 kl. 13.00, Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room. Guest lecturer: Wencke Qvale on Techné/Poiesis
uke 41
- Wednesday 13.10 kl. 13.00, Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room. Artist Presentation: Duncan Higgins
- Independent workperiod
- Individual tutorials (booking via email)
Uke 42
- Independent workperiod
- Individual tutorials (booking via email)
- Wednesday 20.10 kl. 10.00 Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room
Uke 43
- Independent workperiod
- Revision of the written project description. Delivery of the texts Thursday 28. by noon kl.12
- Individual tutorials (booking via email)
- Friday 29.10, kl. 10 Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room
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3. Period, Uke 44; Presentations, analysis and evaluations on individual projects
Last versions of texts are sent to everyone by email Tuesday afternoon and discussed during meetings on Thursday and Friday.
Group meeting schedule:
- Thursday 4.11 kl. 10.00, Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room.
- Friday 5.11 kl. 10.00, Group meeting at Vaskerelven 4th floor Lecture room.
We will start at 10 and continue as long as needed. Individual start times vill vary.
The detailed schedule is delivered via email.
Prequalifications:
Language: English
The course starts 13/09/2010 / Week 37, and ends 05/11/2010 / Week 44
Location: Vaskerelven 8, 4th floor lectureroom
Provider: Foto
Target group: Akademiet
Foto
Grafikk
Target year of study: Bachelor 2
Bachelor 3
Capacity: 12
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