Reaerch Fellow at Apass
(2022)
author(s): Christina Stadlbauer
published in: Research Catalogue
This post master program called Apass enables me to engage deeper with my artistic process and work profoundly with research questions and artistic research. The institution Posthogeschool voor Podiumkunsten is located in Brussels.
The proposed topics of my research revolve around other than humans, the imaginary Institute for Relocation of Biodiversity and the philosophy of Kin Tsugi that follows the principles of Wabi Sabi and imperfection.
NEUROPOSTHUMAIN : expérimentation transcyberféministe des techniques de l'hybridité en tant que critique des biopouvoirs dans une pratique de l'art performance technologique
(2022)
author(s): Archie S. Reid
published in: Research Catalogue
Archie Reid (i(e)l) explore une pratique expérimentale du rapport à ses perceptions. Par une approche de l’hybride et des multiples (mad, trans, non-binaire, gender hacker), ses expérimentations du posthumain déconstruisent et reforment, par la méta-cognition, une exploration transformative de soi, des sens et des synesthésies.
Pikatreffit
(2022)
author(s): Christina Stadlbauer
published in: Research Catalogue
A participatory performance proposes intimate encounters with floral life forms. Potentially unexpected effects could be observed. Work in collaboration with The Hot Box.
Tvísöngur - Tradition Icelandic Folk Music
(2022)
author(s): Björg Blondal
published in: Research Catalogue
Tvísöngur, Icelandic two-part parallel fifth polyphonic oral folk practise.
De Mémoire
(2022)
author(s): Poli Wilhelm
published in: Research Catalogue
Depuis le début de ma maîtrise, je réalise des explorations à partir de matériaux imprimés d’archive, datant d’une autre époque, dans le but de signifier et créer des dialogues entre la couleur, le temps et la mémoire.
Transformer l'image imprimée par la peinture, créer un dialogue entre l'image photographique et le motif, c'est tenter d'évoquer les parts de récits que la mémoire peut conserver et celles que, nécessairement, elle oublie. Cet oubli n'est pas l'effacement d'un savoir, mais la transformation du récit, afin d'accéder à l'histoire par les vestiges des événements.
Exploring taboos through Socially Oriented Design
(2022)
author(s): Yann Charles M Bougaran-Faivre d'Arcier
published in: Research Catalogue
Visualising taboos and societal issues.
For the last 5 years we've been investigating the possibilities to inform and communicate several societal issues and taboos such as loneliness, mental issues related problems and failure.
S.O.D. has been working with students, graphic designers and teachers in Russia, England, France, Norway, Finland and South Korea to investigate these problems within an international framework.
S.O.D.’s primary goal is to communicate. Based on the fact that graphic design is one of the best tools available to do so, I am constantly reminding our members to develop their ideas and to design in order to reach our goal, not to win awards. Graphic design is not a sport, but a set of tools and skills that allow us to do a specific work to solve a specific problem.
This approach is in line with the general understanding of design and its difference from art: in the Design: Creation of Artifacts in Society, it is understood as an activity where a gap is first defined and a solution is proposed, prototyped and developed. In the case of S.O.D the gap is a lack of attention to the problems of societal issues and taboos, and the design process focuses on developing solutions that could affect these issues in a positive way.
Our work can be seen as a non commercial use of Graphic Design, tending to communicate based on emotional responses from the audience instead of consumer's needs.
These projects have been a stepping-stone towards future investigations of societal or cultural themes may be put under a new light by using the means of S.O.D. By exposing societal issues as something different than an individualized fiasco. Perhaps S.O.D will make a small, but significant gesture of emancipation to those who feel the need to share their thoughts and make a change.