The week is divided into three main sections. Views on Research I & II (Monday and Tuesday), features keynote lectures from international guest speakers and research presentations delivered by colleagues at Konstfack. This concludes on Tuesday evening with the inaugural lectures of three new professors. Research week continues on Wednesday and Thursday with the research Nodes, a series of two-day events which combine lectures and workshops focused upon specific research themes. The final session on Friday concludes the week with a series of closing events.
To see what events are open to the public - click here.
Read more about Konstfack Research Week, download the PDF booklet: Research Week booklet 2023.pdf
Download the Konstfack Research Week programme poster: Research Week 2023 programme.pdf
For inquiries about the programme, contact Mat Gregory, Project Leader for Research Week 2023, mathew.gregory@konstfack.se.
Refractions, Konstfack Research Week 2023, is organised through Konstfack Research and Doctoral Studies Committee (FFU), developed and coordinated by Magnus Bärtås and Mat Gregory.
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Programme
Monday 23 January: Views on Research I
Tuesday 24 January: Views on Research II
Wednesday 25 January – Thursday 26 January: Nodes I-IV
Node I: In search of the essence of light – Between the measurable, the immeasurable and the perceived
Node II: Wild Sound Objects
Node III: Crafts research – Now and in the future
Node IV: Counter Histories
Friday 27 January: Closing Events
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Views on Research I
Monday, 23 January
Location: Svarta Havet
10.00 – 10.15
Welcome
Maria Lantz, Vice Chancellor
10.15 – 10.25
Introduction to Research Week 2023
Mat Gregory, Project Manager
10.30 – 11.00
Refractions – on research at Konstfack
Magnus Bärtås, Head of Research Konstfack
11:00 – 11.10
Pause
11.10 – 12.00
Introduction to Nodes I – IV
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Keynote Lectures
13:00 – 14:00
The Elephant Who Was a Rhinoceros
Erik Bünger
14:15 – 15:15
Artistic research and Prosopagnosia of the South
Behzad Khosravi Noori
15:30 – 16:30
Fake News and Old Truths – Researching through Writing, Masking and the Double Empathy Problem
Elisabeth Hjorth
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Views on Research II
Tuesday, 24 January
Location: Svarta Havet
10.00 – 10.05
Introduction
Mat Gregory, Project Manager
10.05 – 10.30
Espèces d’Espaces / Species of Spaces: The sonic space experienced, projected, imagined
Ricardo Atienza
10.30 – 10.55
Sloyd and visual arts teaching: assessment actions and authoritative guiding
Camilla Gåfvels
10.55 – 11.10
Pause
11.10 – 11:35
Speculative Annotation
Agnieszka Knap
11.35 – 12:00
Odysseus in the Supermarket
Erik Sandelin
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Doctoral Student Node
Tuesday, 24 January
Location: Doctoral Project Space
13:00 – 15:30
This is how we D-I-G it
Workshop with the art- design & architecture group MYCKET
Pre-registration required: 13 participants (first priority will be given to doctoral students for this workshop)
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Tuesday, 24 January
Inaugural lectures
Location: Svarta Havet
16:00 – 16:20
Introduction
Maria Lantz, Vice Chancellor
16:20 – 16:50
The Weight of Images
Lina Selander
16:50 – 17:00
Pause
17:00 – 17:30
Learning from the tick
Patrick Lacey
17:30 – 18:00
Craft! Textiles! Body! <3!
Maja Gunn
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Node I
Wednesday, 25 January - Thursday 26 January
Location: The Perception Studio and A6
In search of the essence of light – Between the measurable, the immeasurable and the perceived
Organised by Johanna Enger and Johannes Lindén
Two-day Workshop
Pre-registration required: 20 participants
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Node II
Wednesday, 25 January
Location: 3D printing workshop
Wild Sound Objects
Organised by Martin Avila and Design Academy Eindhoven
10:00 Introduction
10:30 Sound design with VCV rack
11:00 Sound design challenge
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Object research and experimentation
14:00-17:00 Sound design on Daisy
Node II
Thursday, 26 January
Location: 3D printing workshop
10:00 Prototyping
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Prototyping
15:00 Break
16:00-18:00 Presentations with Design Academy Eindhoven
Pre-registration required: 15 participants
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Node III
Wednesday, 25 January
Location: Svarta Havet
Crafts Research – Now and in the Future
Organised by Mårten Medbo
Open session (no pre-registration required)
13.00 - 13.15
Introduction
13.15 - 14.00
Lecture: Emelie Röndahl
Crying Rya – A Practitioner’s Narrative Through Hand Weaving
14.00 - 14.45
Lecture: Nicolas Cheng
After Noticing
15.00 - 16.15
Panel discussion
Node III
Thursday, 26 January
Location: S1
9.00 - 12.00
Workshop: Emelie Röndahl
Drawing-for-writing method
Pre-registration required: 15 participants
13:00 – 16:00
Workshop: Nicolas Cheng
Unlearning one’s learning
Pre-registration required: 13 participants
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Node IV
Wednesday 25 January
Location: Mandelgren
Counter Histories
Organised by Siri Homlong, Cecilia Järdemar and Patrick Lacey
Open session (no pre-registration required)
9.00 - 9.15
Introduction
9.15 - 10.00
Lecture: Maryam Fanni
Document, Device, Discourse – a response to (sub)urban imaginaries
10.15 - 11.00
William J Andersson, Sissela Jensen, Oskar Laurin (Projektrum: Augsburg)
Welcome to Projektrum: Augsburg, your downtown non-profit editorial book-space workshop
11.15 - 12.15
Lecture: Mårten Snickare
Colonial Objects in Early Modern Sweden and Beyond. From the Kunstkammer to the Current Museum Crisis
13.30 - 14.30
Lecture: Lisa Rosendahl (Zoom)
The Ghost Ship and the Sea Change – On Curatorial Research and the Production of Counter-Narratives
14.40 - 15.25
Lecture: Nina Mangalanayagam
Colouring-in Sweden: revealing hybridity in Swedish past
15.30 - 16.30
Panel discussion
Node IV
Thursday 26, January
Various locations
9.00 - 10.30
Location: Mandelgren
Lecture: Matts Leiderstam
What Does the Grid Do? – an artistic research project that is nearing its end
11.00 – 12.15
Location: Mandelgren
Lecture: Susan Hansen
Negative curation and contested claims over the public visual landscape
Node IV: parallel workshops
13.15 - 16.00
Workshop #1
Location: Allmänna metall
Freddy Tsimba & Simon Westling: The Spirit of Metal
Pre-registration required: 10 participants
13.15 - 16.00
Workshop #2
Location: S4
Svante Larsson and Patrick Lacey: A systematic antisystematization of color - a workshop involving the history of colorchecking and the possibilities and flaws of color reproduction
Pre-registration required: 12 participants
13.15 - 16.00
Workshop #3
Location: BI5 (IBIS)
Susan Hansen & Jacob Kimvall: Conversational iconoclasm
Pre-registration required: 12 participants
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Closing Events
Friday 27 January
Location: Svarta Havet
10:00 – 12:00
NAVET - Centre for research in Art, Technology and Design
NAVET wants to take a leading role in positioning Sweden within the intersectional area “Art, Technology and Design”, with a practical and critical approach that stimulates research, innovation, creativity, and the development of a sustainable society. This session includes interactive workshops
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13:00 – 17:30
Beyond Konstfack
12:40 – 13:00
Music from KMH, Royal College of Music, outside Svarta Havet
13:00 – 13:05
Introduction
13:05 – 14:05
Alumni presentations
- Thomas Watkiss (Fine Art)
- Simon Klenell (Crafts)
- Jan Klingler (ID)
- Matilda Dominique (Textiles)
- Vidar Francke (Visual Communication)
- Marcus Badman (Interior Architecture)
14:05 – 14:20
Break with coffee
14:20 – 15:20
Presentations from organizations
- Agnes Török (Transit Incubator for the Arts): How to pay your rent after graduation
- Emilie Lidgard (KHM, Royal College of Music)
- Ellina Miron (SSES)
15:20 – 15:35
Break with coffee
15:35 – 16:05
- Sara Lönnroth (Konstnärsnämnden)
- Jan Sandred (Vinnova)
- Tommy Fondelius, COO and Omid Ekhlasi, CEO (Techarenan)
16:05-16:45
Panel discussion
Panel discussion with Marwan Ayache (SSES), Thomas Actaedius (KMH), Sara Lönnroth (Konstnärsnämnden), Simon Klenell (alumni) and Jan Sandred (Vinnova).
16:45 – 17:30
Mingle, drinks and music from KMH