KF-407 Art and Context

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master's Programme in Fine Arts

Teaching language

Norwegian

Course contents

The course will give students the opportunity to collaborate with a variety of arts and cultural institutions, practitioners, networks and festivals in a regional and national context. The students will become familiar with various modes of collaboration, and gain practical experences from organisational and creative roles, and gain insight into planning, curating, production and the dissemination of art in relevant contexts. The course will simultaneously give the students the opportunity to start networking.

This will be relevant to the further study programme, e.g. by becoming acquainted with possible collaboration partners for completion of the master’s project and for the students’ following professional work. The course conveys knowledge of discourse about methods, and conditions in the field of art and culture and thereby promotes the students’ ability to reflect upon and evaluate these. In this context attention is drawn to how art and arts education is conditioned by institutional, infrastructural, economic and ecological contexts.

Learning outcomes

After course completion the student must:

• have experience collaborating with internationally oriented arts and cultural institutions, practitioners, networks and festivals

• have knowledge of and experience with practical organisation and production work in the fields of arts and cultures

• have in-depth knowledge of planning, curating and completion arts projects in different contexts

• have knowledge of a variety of forms of arts related dissemination

• be able to reflect and evaluate methods, and conditions in the field of arts and culture

• be able to reflect upon and evaluate how artistic practice and production methods, the associated results, dissemination and the aesthetic experience is affected by institutional conditions

Examination requirements

• Approved attendance of compulsory classes

• 2-4 approved compulsory assignments in the form of practical work

More detailed information will be available on Canvas at the start of the semester.

Teaching methods

Teaching is predominantly organised in the form of practical collaboration with arts and cultural institutions, practitioners, networks and festivals, both in the form of individual assignments and group work. The practical work is accompanied by regular colloquia to discuss and relate relevant discourse in relation to the students’ practical experiences.

During the course you will mostly work in collaboration with the Institutes partners, e.g. SAND International Performing Arts Festival, Kilden Performing Arts Centre, , Kristiansand Art Hall, Scenekunst Sør, Kunstsilo, PUNKT-festival, Platform Nord, regional arts institutes and art schools as well as international festivals in other towns.

The course includes compulsory attendance. Details thereof will be available on Canvas at the start of the semester.

Expected workload is 27 hours per credits.

Evaluation

The study programme manager decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Admission for external candidates

No

Assessment methods and criteria

Individual 12-day written home examination. Recommended length: 2500 to 3000 words.

Assessment terminology: Pass/Fail