STATUS FOR MY PHD JANUARY 2024 (THINGS I HAVE DECIDED, QUESTIONS I HAVE AND THINGS WE HAVE TO DISCUSS):

 

2 WEEKS IN HELSINKI


I will be in Helsinki 29 January untill 11 of February focusing on writing. 

Before arriving I will send Julia an updated version of chapter 5. I will get Julias feedback one of the first days in Helsinki and work based on this feedback during the rest of my stay. My goal is to have chapter 5 finished by the time I go back to Bergen so I can use it as a core to write the other chapters in my thesis/reflection from. 


During my stay in Helsinki I also want to discuss my exhibition and final artistic outcome and the concept of Resonance.

ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL


I want the finished PhD work to be presented both digitally and analogous. This includes all the artistic works and the Thesis/Reflection. I am collaborating with visual communication designer Mads Andersen on this. He is designing a series of printed publications of the visual works in my PhD. He is also designing what will be the printed version om my thesis/Reflection and making the grid/layout for the Research Catalogue presentation of my PhD. Dummies of printed versions of chapter five (design process, outcomes, and findings) and the work ‘Disobedient Objects’ will be ready 26th of January and I will bring them with me to Helsinki. All the printed publications will have the same format (a little bit smaller than A4 format) and design. The printed Thesis/Reflection will have the same design as the printed publications of the visual works yet be twize as big (a little bit smaller than A3 format) and be the ‘mother’ of all the parts it consists of.

 

The design of all the printed work listed above will be based on this simple, flexible design principle (see images below). 

This is a design that is easy for me to print and update myself later in the process if needed. Coloured sheets is to demonstrate that the colours on the covers of the publications are versatile and easy to combine with my colourful project. Couloured sheets of paper can easily be added, for example for reflection texts.

EXHIBITION OF FINAL OUTCOME


I have changed my mind when it comes to where to present my final work. The plan was to use the big performance room in Møllendalsbakken, but I realize it is not well suited since it is a room that is not possible lo lock, people pass through it all the time and the security is not good enough. I must find out where I want to present. Room 61 at KMD? Other place on/off campus? Easier to decide on this when I know what I want to show as final outcome and the timeframe for the exhibition.