The Norwegian Academy of Music’s online RAPP Lab program was shared between presentations and workshops, plenary discussions, themed breakout groups and break-out into individual time and institutional time.
Prof. Darla Crispin’s presentation “A research architecture: explaining the theory behind the NMH RAPP Lab”, was given as a presentation of the concepts and ideas behind the Lab. This was followed by presentations of two research projects by participating faculty that showed different methods for generating reflections:
- an online screening of the documentation movie “Performing Precarity: a search for qualities in unpredictable performance situations” (Ellen Ugelvik and Jennifer Torrence)
- “From PhDs to Goodbye Intuition: an introduction to open-to-public laboratories” (Ivar Grydeland and Morten Qvenild).
Ivar Grydeland also presented the Lab’s open canvas in Research Catalogue – a space for documentation of the individual outcomes of the RAPP Lab week. See documentation for detailed information.
The following 4 workshops were designed for the participants’ individual work during the Lab. The workshops represented 4 different methods to generate reflection and to document reflection, both in words, and as music.
When it hurts – the qualities and potential of friction
- In this workshop, Ellen Ugelvik shared thoughts and experiences from the research project ‘Extended Composition’.
Reflections in sound/reflections in public
- In this workshop, Ivar Grydeland presented his concept that reflection can be shown and experienced from the music-making itself, without relying solely – or even primarily – on words.
Coming to Terms: Mapping terminology, locating fruitful tensions, and applying models as lenses for reflection
- In this workshop, Jennifer Torrence presented a series of strategies for reflection using models (spectrums, graphs, spreadsheets, word splashes, etc.) which have been used in her own research projects. She shared how she used these models as lenses for reflection, and in what ways they have challenged, redirected, and/or clarified her research.
An iterative performing, watching and writing method. How to start building a poetic lexicon
- In this workshop, Morten Qvenild presented his concept of building a poetic lexicon as a tool for generating written reflection that is artistically attuned.
You can find all 4 workshops explained in documentation.
Themed breakout groups
Based on information from the questionnaire we send before NMH’s RAPP Lab, break-out groups were organized in these themes:
- Virtuosity in Classical, folk and present-day performance practices
- Embodiment, flow, intersubjectivity
- Meta-level discourses in artistic research
- Improvised musics
Each breakout group was moderated by members of the NMH RAPP Lab team.