Hollo-Instituutin tutkimusymposium 2014 TO BE, TO RESEARCH, TO ACT A Symposium on Artistic Development in the Higher Education of Art Students October 9. – 10. 2014 Academy of Fine Arts, KUVA/TILA Gallery Merimiehenkatu 36 Helsinki In the higher education of art students, “artistic development” can be understood not only as growth of the student’s self-expression, but also as growth in relation to oneself and the community in which art is created and received. The symposium discusses the education, artistic development and learning of artists. But what does the concept of “artistic development” really mean today? How do art students perceive their own artistic development as evolving during their training? What actually takes place in the exchange between the student and teacher during a studio critique? The first day of the symposium (October 9) will be dedicated to observation of artistic development in art universities. Invited lecturers are Ann-Mari Edström (Swe), Aslaug Nyrnes (Norway) and Riikka Stewen (Fi). The lectures will be in English. The second day of the symposium (October 10) will begin by Katariina Nummi-Kuisma who discusses the arts and emotions and their impact on learning. The day continues by looking at the environments supporting the creative process that takes place between the artist and the audience. The symposium is organized by Hollo-Institute, University of the Arts Helsinki – Academy of Fine Arts and CERADA – Center for Educational Research and Academic Development in the Arts. WELCOME (No enrollment required) Program Symposium day 1 – Thursday October 9 (in English) 9:30-10:00 Coffee 10:00 Welcoming words Teija Löytönen, Hollo-Institute Markus Konttinen, University of the Arts Helsinki – Academy of Fine Arts 10:00-11:15 Ann-Mari Edström: The space in between “I will base my talk on the space ‘in between’”, as a relational space that enables learning. In one way or another, I have been working with this space for the past ten years, as a researcher and teacher. The talk includes a brief introduction to a relational perspective on learning, along with examples from my previous and present research”. 11:15-12:15 Aslaug Nyrnes: The topology of knowledge. ”Research – also in the arts – is usually developed, described, explained and discussed employing vocabulary from traditional scientific theory. This means that the focus is on ideas, method, content, objectivity and truth. However, researchers in the artistic field are often dissatisfied since this terminology does not capture what we experience is the fascinating and even essential aspects of the arts and artistic research. My aim in this lecture is to explore and develop a model for discussing artistic research from within the artwork itself by activating a rhetorical point of view”. 12:15-13:30 Lunch (not included) 13:30-14:15 Riikka Stewen: From Studio to Academy: Heterotopic Spaces of Artistic Education “In my talk, I will discuss the art academy as a heterotopical space where unexpected encounters may take place. An art academy is also a space where innumerable monocular perspectives meet and collide creating the possibility for the new and unpredicted to occur. The passage from the studio to the academy is also passage between the interior and the exterior, where the disctinction between perception and expression is not always clear cut. I will discuss this theme with reference to Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concept the world of nature/the world of expression.” 14:15-14:45 Coffee 14:45-15:45 Call for papers presentations Marika Orenius : Everyday activism – about sensorial in artistic working, teaching and researching art Gianluigi Biagini: Capitalism as Medium. The anartist, the heteron, the stain 15:45-16:00 Discussion Closing Symposium Day 2 – Friday October 10 (in Finnish) 10:00-10:15 Sitting quietly and doing nothing -exhibiton 10:15-11:45 Katarina Nummi-Kuisma: Kuinka tukea luovaa prosessia oppimisen yhteydessä ”Musiikin tohtori Katarina Nummi-Kuisma esittää luennollaan, kuinka opettaja voi taiteenalasta riippumatta luoda tilanteen, jossa oppilaan on mahdollista päästä elävään suhteeseen taiteensa ja yleisönsä kanssa. Oppimistilanteessa keskeisinä piirteinä nähdään läsnäolo, kokemisen liikkeellisyys ja aito jakaminen. Nummi-Kuisma pohtii uusinta tietoa taiteen merkityksestä ja tunteiden vaikutuksesta oppimiseen. Tavoitteena on valottaa, miten tästä lähestymistavasta käsin voi ohjata oppilasta suorittamisen sijasta luovaan prosessiin. Tämä nähdään keskeisenä piirteenä taidepedagogiikassa ja kaikissa oppimisprosesseissa.” 12:30-13.30 Lounas (omakustanteinen) 13:30-15:30 Tapoja katsoa, kokea ja puhua Keskustelua Kuva/Tilassa olevaan näyttelyyn “sitting quiet and doing nothing” osallistuvien opiskelijoiden teoksista ja tavoista hahmottaa maailmaa. Vapaamuotoinen keskustelu käydään opiskelijoiden ja seminaarin osanottajien kesken. Seppo Salminen, KUVA/TILA koordinaattori (Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia) Ville Sandqvist, taideyliopistopedagogiikan lehtori, näyttelijä, ohjaaja (Taideyliopiston Teatterikorkeakoulu) About the lecturers Ann-Mari Edström’s research focuses on learning in visual art practice in higher education. She is a lecturer at Malmö University, Sweden, and received her Ph.D. in Education in 2008 at Lund University, Sweden. She is also a glass artist, and received her MFA at the University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. Aslaug Nyrnes studied literature at The University of Bergen, Norway, and holds a dr.art in rhetorics from 2002. From 2007 she is a professor in the didactics of literature and the fine arts at Centre of Arts, Culture and Communication, Bergen University College. She is the leader of the steering committee of the Norwegian Program for Artistic Research from 2010-2015. Riikka Stewen is the professor of Art History and Art Theory at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. She holds a PhD and is Docent of Art History at the University of Helsinki. Stewen’s research addresses topics such as theory of the subject, the history of the visual and the memory, symbolism in the 19th century, the turning point of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and contemporary art. Marika Orenius (b. 1971) is currently doctoral student at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Helsinki. Works with moving image, photography, drawing, performing art and installation art. Graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, with additional studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Valand School of Fine Arts at the University of Gothenburg Katarina Nummi-Kuisma opiskeli pianistiksi Sibelius-Akatemiassa ja täydensi opintojaan Lontoossa ja Wienin musiikkikorkeakoulussa. Vuodesta 1977 hän on työskennellyt Espoon musiikkiopistossa opettaen pianonsoittoa ja kamarimusiikkia. Katarina on erikoistunut pedagogiseen koulutukseen ja luennoi sekä jatkokouluttaa opettajia Suomen lisäksi eri puolilla Eurooppaa. Katarina Nummi-Kuisma on kehittänyt innovatiivisia opetusmetodeja instrumenttiopetukseen hyödyntäen perusteellisia mielikuvatekniikoiden opintojaan. Hän vaikuttaa myös muusikoiden ja taiteilijoiden mentaalivalmentajana.Tällä hetkellä Nummi-Kuisma toimii PostDoc -tutkijana Helsingin Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemiassa sekä Raudaskylän Soivan Kesän Kansainvälisten mestarikurssien ja Visionova Oy:n taiteellisena johtajana.