Course detail
Research Through Art and Design 1
FaVU-4RTA-1Acad. year: 2024/2025
The course consists of lectures followed by seminars. Lectures familiarize students with the historical roots, institutionalization, and current developments of artistic research. In seminars, students engage in a discussion about the production of knowledge in the field of art and about the new avenues that artistic research opens up in this respect. Students develop their ability to recognize and describe research aspects of their work and to articulate research contribution of their artistic practice.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
3
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Offered to foreign students
The home faculty only
Entry knowledge
None.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Credits awarded on the basis of lecture and seminar participation. Attendance of more than 70% is required.
Lectures and seminars take place at the premises of the FFA BUT according to the course schedule. Attendance of more than 70% is required.
Lectures and seminars take place at the premises of the FFA BUT according to the course schedule. Attendance of more than 70% is required.
Aims
Lectures aim to familiarize students with the historical roots, institutionalization and current developments of artistic research. In seminars, students are encouraged to engage in a discussion about the production of knowledge in the field of art and about the new avenues that artistic research opens up in this respect.
Students acquire ability to recognize and describe research aspects of their creative work. Upon completion of the course, students are able to articulate research contribution of their artistic practice in a clear, comprehensive, and confident way.
Students acquire ability to recognize and describe research aspects of their creative work. Upon completion of the course, students are able to articulate research contribution of their artistic practice in a clear, comprehensive, and confident way.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Borgdorff, Henk. 2012. The Conflict of the Faculties: Perspectives on Artistic Research and Academia. Leiden: Leiden University Press. (EN)
Elkins, James, ed. 2009. Artists with PhDs: On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art. New Academia Publishing. (EN)
Hannula, Mika, Juha Suoranta, and Tere Vadén. 2005. Artistic Research — Theories, Methods and Practices. Helsinki and Gothenburg: Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki and University of Gothenburg. (EN)
Holert, Tom. 2009. “Art in the Knowledge-Based Polis.” e-flux, Journal #3, February. https://www.e-flux.com/journal/03/68537/art-in-the-knowledge-based-polis/ (EN)
Jobertová, Daniela, and Alice Koubová, eds. 2017. Artistic Research: Is There Some Method? Prague: Academy of Performing Arts (AMU Press). (EN)
Klein, Julian. 2017. “What Is Artistic Research?” JAR — Journal for Artistic Research, April 23. https://www.jar-online.net/what-artistic-research (EN)
Rogoff, Irit. 2008. “Turning.” e-flux, Journal #0, November. https://www.e-flux.com/journal/00/68470/turning/ (EN)
Rogoff, Irit. 2010. “Practicing Research: Singularizing Knowledge.” MaHKUzine: journal of artistic research 9: 37–42. https://issuu.com/hku-online/docs/mahkuzine09_web (EN)
Schwab, Michael. 2019. “Expositionality.” In Artistic Research: Charting a Field in Expansion, edited by Paulo de Assis, and Lucia D`Errico, 27–45. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield. (EN)
Steyerl, Hito. 2010. “Aesthetics of Resistence? Artistic Research as Discipline and Conflict.” MaHKUzine: journal of artistic research 8: 31–37. https://issuu.com/hku-online/docs/mahkuzine08_web (EN)
Wilson, Mick, and Schelte van Ruiten, eds. 2013. SHARE: Handbook for Artistic Research. ELIA — European League of Institutes of the Arts. (EN)
Elkins, James, ed. 2009. Artists with PhDs: On the New Doctoral Degree in Studio Art. New Academia Publishing. (EN)
Hannula, Mika, Juha Suoranta, and Tere Vadén. 2005. Artistic Research — Theories, Methods and Practices. Helsinki and Gothenburg: Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki and University of Gothenburg. (EN)
Holert, Tom. 2009. “Art in the Knowledge-Based Polis.” e-flux, Journal #3, February. https://www.e-flux.com/journal/03/68537/art-in-the-knowledge-based-polis/ (EN)
Jobertová, Daniela, and Alice Koubová, eds. 2017. Artistic Research: Is There Some Method? Prague: Academy of Performing Arts (AMU Press). (EN)
Klein, Julian. 2017. “What Is Artistic Research?” JAR — Journal for Artistic Research, April 23. https://www.jar-online.net/what-artistic-research (EN)
Rogoff, Irit. 2008. “Turning.” e-flux, Journal #0, November. https://www.e-flux.com/journal/00/68470/turning/ (EN)
Rogoff, Irit. 2010. “Practicing Research: Singularizing Knowledge.” MaHKUzine: journal of artistic research 9: 37–42. https://issuu.com/hku-online/docs/mahkuzine09_web (EN)
Schwab, Michael. 2019. “Expositionality.” In Artistic Research: Charting a Field in Expansion, edited by Paulo de Assis, and Lucia D`Errico, 27–45. London and New York: Rowman & Littlefield. (EN)
Steyerl, Hito. 2010. “Aesthetics of Resistence? Artistic Research as Discipline and Conflict.” MaHKUzine: journal of artistic research 8: 31–37. https://issuu.com/hku-online/docs/mahkuzine08_web (EN)
Wilson, Mick, and Schelte van Ruiten, eds. 2013. SHARE: Handbook for Artistic Research. ELIA — European League of Institutes of the Arts. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
14 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Emergence of artistic research, definitions of artistic research.
2. Historical origins and institutionalization of artistic research.
3. Typologies of research in art and design: practice-led research, research-led practice, design research, art-based research, artistic research, research about/for/through art, art about/for/through research.
4. Artistic research as a hybrid practice: convergences and collisions of art and research, specific and singular methods, “singularization of knowledge,” “undisciplining.”
5. “Turning”: educational turn, research turn, “postresearch condition.”
6. Methods of artistic research and artistic research as a method.
7. “Articulations” and “expositions” of artistic research: articulating practice as research, “expositions” of artistic research in Research Catalogue.
2. Historical origins and institutionalization of artistic research.
3. Typologies of research in art and design: practice-led research, research-led practice, design research, art-based research, artistic research, research about/for/through art, art about/for/through research.
4. Artistic research as a hybrid practice: convergences and collisions of art and research, specific and singular methods, “singularization of knowledge,” “undisciplining.”
5. “Turning”: educational turn, research turn, “postresearch condition.”
6. Methods of artistic research and artistic research as a method.
7. “Articulations” and “expositions” of artistic research: articulating practice as research, “expositions” of artistic research in Research Catalogue.