Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Nummer und Typ	MFA-MFA-Po00.24H.002 / Moduldurchführung
Modul	Pool:
Veranstalter	Departement Fine Arts
Leitung	Laura von Niederhäusern
Zeit
Anzahl Teilnehmende	maximal 14
ECTS	3 Credits
Voraussetzungen	Course language: English
Lehrform	Seminar
Zielgruppen	MA Fine Arts students Open for exchange students Open for students from other departments Interested students of other study programmes can register from 28 August - 08 September 2024 by email to: studium.dfa@zhdk.ch. You will be informed until the end of calendar week 37 about a possible participation.
Lernziele / Kompetenzen	Students are able to, to get familiar with various approaches of travelling and collecting in contexts of artistic research; to achieve critical awareness of the role of travelling and collecting and their ethical implications and problematics in processes of knowledge production; to develop a reflection on the function of such practices for one’s own artistic processes; to nourish the sense for inventive, unconventional and unruly ‘ways of knowing’.
Inhalte	“Exploration” or “journey” are terms often used when it comes to describe endeavours of research projects. Most of the time such expressions do not refer directly to an actual journey happening, but rather metaphorically point to the processes of “finding out” as a way to gain knowledge. On the other hand in what ways can we consider actual travelling – for example, field trips – and collecting as artistic research methods? Through the perspective of the concrete examples of three PhD-projects by artists from the DFA’s Transforming Environments programme, we will discuss different aspects and problematics of travelling and collecting. What ethical questions arise in research journeys involving foreign or unknown contexts? How can we find ways to collect without taking away? And when, or in what form, is “stealing” a productive method of artistic appropriation? Along these questions, the seminar proposes to look at research approaches from other disciplines, such as anthropology, geology, astronomy or psychoanalysis, that deal with the issues of finding non-exploitative and decolonial ways of engaging with and exploring ‘unknown territories’. We will discuss techniques and practices of problematic data collection and ask what potentials, risks and inspirations they offer for artistic enquiry. The participants will be encouraged to reflect on the function of collecting and travelling in their own practice. In a series of workshop experiments, different experiences of organising and processing collected materials will be developed and shared. About the lecturer: Laura von Niederhäusern is a research-based artist developing narrative inquiry methods by means of film, installation and writing. Currently she develops her practices towards forms of deceleration and post-productivism, engaging with more-than-human temporalities and possibilities of (post-)activism. She studied Critical Theory, Cultural Studies and Fine Arts at HEAD Geneva. In 2023 she concluded a practice-based PhD in the ZHdK cooperation programme at the University of Arts Linz, Austria. She is a research associate at IFCAR.
Bibliographie / Literatur	Will be handed out during the course.
Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung	Mandatory attendance (minimum 80%); active participation
Termine	Time: Monday - Thursday, 09:00 - 18:00 o'clock / Friday, 09:00 - 12:00 o'clock CW 42: 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 October
Bewertungsform	bestanden / nicht bestanden

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