Course syllabus

 
KHMF10 Advanced Project Studies in Craft 1, 15 credits

Mapping and Archiving Artistic Practices
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Aim of the course

Welcome to the course, KHMF10 V23. This course is the second semester for MA1 Craft. The course leader is Yuka Oyama. MA Program Manager is Klara Brynge. We will also welcome our  new colleague, Åsa Norman for Textile Art. Magnus Haglund will also join as a teacher for theory and writing. The duration of the course is 12.January – 19.April 2023.

The main objective of this course, KHMF10 V23 is for you to develop your artistic practices in depths. You will complete min. one to max. three finished artworks by the end of this course. You will focus on your studio work so that you will gain in-depth insight into your own working methods, artistic contextualization and expressions. You will follow your project plan based on your ‘Road Map’ written in December 2022. This plan will be discussed and re-adjusted together with consultations of your supervisors. The second objective of this course is to expand your knowledge in using text in tandem with your artworks—artistically. Here, we will explore the role of archive, archiving, map, and mapping that serves as a means of communicating key facts, histories, processes, and backgrounds of your artworks. Through demonstrations and practicing how to work with archives and maps as artistic practices, you will be encouraged to investigate how you as an artist think about and engage with archiving, archives, mapping, and maps.

Building a trusted collaborative working environment lies as one of the main emphasis of this course, which will lead to build solid basis for a group exhibition in the next course after April 2023. Therefore, your attendance and participation in the course will be taken into account to complete this course.

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How is this course designed?

A focused individual studio exploration is the main purpose of this course. You will attain in-depths knowledge of your artistic practice and clearer artistic inquiries through working intensively in the studio. Supervisors (Karin, Åsa, and Yuka) will guide you through individual and group tutorials. A two-day group tutorial will also be undertaken during this course, where you will have a one-hour thorough discussion about your studio progress among  MA1 students. Additionally, one group seminar with Dr. Emelie Röndahl will be hosted to have extensive discussions on the following topic: ‘Time’. You will also be introduced to how other artists, who work at HDK develop their artistic inquiries into practices and how they work with archives: Karin Blomgren, Åsa Norman, Birgitta Nordström, and Dr. Tintin Wulia.

 

As a means of expanding your knowledge of how synthesis of text, images, (research) materials, etc. can increase articulation of your artistic intent, Yuka and Magnus will introduce examples of artists who employ archives, archiving, maps, mapping, and making archive-like artist books as their creative methods.

Four Block Seminars
After a brief course introduction, a seminar by Emelie on 'Time’ will be hosted. The first block seminar (week 4) will start with a lecture by Magnus on historical development of archive art and examples of artists who work with artistic archives, maps, and archive-map books. You will then attend a field trip into the Haselblad Foundation archive. There will be an online lecture by Larissa Fassler (http://www.larissafassler.com/startside.html). There will be a group walk in Gothenburg lead by Magnus. He will then give the first five-day-assignment.

The second block seminar (week 5) starts with an assessment of the first assignment by Magnus. Yuka will give a lecture on ‘Archive Art’, where she will introduce a wide range of archive artists / artworks. Afterwards, the class will visit the World Culture Archive. The second assignment will be given. This assignment will be assessed in week 17.

The third block (week 10) will entail intensive group tutorials on the studio practices. We will split the class into two groups. Each student will receive a one-hour slot. You will also be introduced how other artists have developed their artistic practices and how they work with archive, archiving, map, and mapping. We will host four one-hour lectures by Karin Blomgren, Åsa Norman, Birgitta Nordström, and Dr. Tintin Wulia.

In the fourth block (week 14) you will start working intensively with your partner and make an archive / map for her/him/them. You will meet your partner and discuss by 3. April. Visit studio, show images, texts, materials, thoughts and more.

 

Assignments in the Course—Writing Practice Merged with Studio Practice

1. Complete min.one to max. three finished artworks.
2. Magnus will lead a group walk in Gothenburg. You will bring all sorts of documentation equipment. After the walk, you will make a map / archive based on the walk. The map / archive will consist of text (max. 1000 words) images, and more. This is going to be a five-day-assignment. Submit your work by 29. Jan. midnight.
3. In a similar way that the city-walk maps / archives were made, you will work in pairs and make a ‘walk’ into each other’s artistic practice. The finished map / archive of your partner’s artistic practice will consist of text (max. 1000 words), min. 20 images, materials, and more. Submit by 7. April midnight (draft).
   

Guest Teachers
Dr. Emelie Röndahl, seminar 3 hours
Dr. Adriana Munos, tour, Weltkulturmuseum Archive, 2 hours
Larissa Fassler, online lecture, 1.5 hours
Birgitta Nördstrom, lecture, 1 hour
Dr. Tintin Wulia, lecture, 1 hour (Cancelled changed to Yuka Oyama)
Åsa Norman, lecture, 1 hour
Karin Blomgren, lecture, 1 hour

Timeline
Week 2
Thursday, 12.Jan.
13.00 – 13.15 Course introduction by Yuka Oyama
13.20 – 16.00 Discussion ‘On Time’ with Dr. Emelie Röndahl

Seminar Block 1
week 4
Tuesday, 24. Jan.
10.00 – 12.00 Magnus lecture
13.00 – 15.00 fieldtrip to Haselblad

Wednesday, 25. Jan.
10.30 – 12.00 zoom lecture Larissa Fassler
13.00 – 15.00 Magnus leads a walk in Gothenburg. The first assignment is given.

Seminar Block 2
week 5
Day 1
Monday, 30. Jan.9.00 – 12.00 Magnus assesses the assignment 2. 15 mins per student. Magnus will write reports to the students.

Day 2
Tuesday, 31. Jan.
10.00 – 12.00 Yuka lecture on archive
13.00 – 15.00 field trip to The World Culture Archive

Day 3
Wednesday, 1.Feb.
9.00 – 12.00 Discussion on archive. Think about: how would your archive / map look like; how would your classmate’s map / archive look like? A small assignment will be given overnight.

Day 4
Thursday, 2.Feb.
13.00 – 16.00 Discussion on how would your archive / map look like; how would your classmate’s map / archive look like? The second assignment is given.

UPDATED ON 9.FEB

Seminar Block 3

week 10
Day 1
Monday, 6. March
9.00 – 15.00 Group tutorial half class on studio work

Day 2
Tuesday, 7. March
13.00 – 16.00 Group tutorial half class on studio work

Day 3
Wednesday, 8. March
9.30 – 10.30 Åsa Norman lecture
11.00 – 12.00 Karin Blomgren lecture
13.00 – 16.00 Group tutorial half class on studio work

Day 4
Thursday, 9. March
9.30 – 10.30 Birgitta Nördstrom lecture
10.40 – 12.00 Yuka Oyama lecture
13.00 – 16.00 Group tutorial half class on studio work

You will undertake partner tutorials on your own before 3.April. I will not join.

week 14
Seminar Block Four
Day 1
Monday, 3. April
9.00 - 12.00  Discussion about map, mapping, archive, archiving. Bring images either printed or in data that you think you would use to make your partner's map, mapping, archive, archiving. We will work in class. Bring scissors, glue, a knife, paper, USB stick, and more to make your map, mapping, archive, archiving. I can print out images for you.

Day 2
Tuesday, 4. April
9.00 – 12.00 Work in class. For those who are interested, I can also show survival graphic design tricks that make graphic layouts look ok using InDesign.
13.00 – 14.30 Yuka’s Lecture on archive

Day 3
Wednesday, 5.April
11.00 – 12.00; 13.00 - 14.00 Evaluation group critique on the archive that you have made for your partner. The idea is that you will continue developing the archives afterwards until the final exam on 18.April.

Week 15
Tuesday, 11. and Wednesday, 12. April
9.00 – 15.00 Individual tutorials with Magnus, 30 mins per student.

Week 16

Monday, 17. April
9.00 – 16.00 Final examination on studio artistic results. Individual exam with a note taker. 35 mins per student. Attended by Karin and Yuka

Tuesday, 18. April
9.00 – 16.00 Assessment assignment 3. Attended by the whole group of students, Yuka and Magnus. 20 mins per student.

Wednesday, 19.April
9.00 – 16.00 Final examination on studio artistic results. Individual exam with a note taker. 35 mins per student. Attended by Åsa and Yuka

 

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