Events open to the public during Konstfack Research Week 2023 on 23-27 January.
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 at 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
*****
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 III
Wednesday, 25 January
Location: Svarta Havet
Crafts research – Now and in the Future
Organised by Mårten Medbo
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
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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
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Node IV
Thursday 26, January
Location: Mandelgren
9.00 - 10.30
Lecture: Matts Leiderstam
What Does the Grid Do? – an artistic research project that is nearing its end
11.00 – 12.15
Lecture: Susan Hansen
Negative curation and contested claims over the public visual landscape
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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.
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 (alum) and Jan Sandred (Vinnova).
16:45 – 17:30 Mingle, drinks and music from KMH
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Questions?
For inquiries about the programme, contact Mat Gregory, Project Leader for Research Week 2023, mathew.gregory@konstfack.se.