Above: Conference Programme and the Book of Abstracts in pdf/printable format. Click on the images to download.
See the Conference Programme. Check FAQ page for accommodation.
Below: Read about RUUKKU journal call related to the conference theme.
The 8th International Conference on Artistic Research in Helsinki was held on 28 & 29 April, 2017 at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland.
With any inquiries regarding the conference, please contact us at sar@uniarts.fi.
RUUKKU – Studies in Artistic Research
There is a possibility of working towards a peer-reviewed exposition to be published in the thematic issue on Specificity of RUUKKU – Studies in artistic research, which is a Research Catalogue journal hosted by the Uniarts Helsinki.
CALL for RUUKKU 8: Conditions of Sharing
Research activities are always structured with regard to some kind of specificity. A group of researchers might come together to work on a distinct object of study, through a specific question, with a certain methodology, and in a particular context. Depending on circumstances, specificity thus can appear as a socio-cultural parameter, a disciplinary variable or it can become a question of the medium of research.
This special issue of RUUKKU explores new perspectives on conditions of sharing research in the artistic field. How can specific interests, methods, discourses, positions and ways of knowing be more widely disseminated and made useful within and beyond artistic research? The traditional frameworks for sharing research have been built on ideas about the research object, method, context or medium. We ask if the conditions of sharing research can be thematised in other terms? What if these conditions relate to provocation, excess, limited resources, reduction, mise en abyme, absurd argumentation, populism, conspiracy, amateurism and the like? How do these or other invented specificities inform your take on artistic research? How can these issues be shared?
The RUUKKU special issue Conditions of Sharing supplements the Please Specify! conference organized by Uniarts Helsinki together with the Society for Artistic Research by offering a peer-reviewed publication platform related to the conference theme.
We invite artist-researchers – all participants of the SAR conference as well as others interested in the issues addressed in the call – to submit theme-related research expositions and contributions for the eighth issue of RUUKKU. The issue is edited by Mika Elo, Tero Heikkinen and Leena Rouhiainen.
We ask you to write your proposals for research expositions in the Research Catalogue at http://www.researchcatalogue.net/ Note! The catalogue requires user rights and registration (see ‘register'). Please submit your proposals via the Research Catalogue (‘submit to publication', ‘submit unlimited publication to', and ‘ruukku') no later than 21th May 2017.
We offer an optional Research Catalogue workshop for potential contributors in Helsinki at Theatre Academy on Thursday April 27, 3–6pm. Please register in the workshop by sending an email to Tero Heikkinen tero.heikkinen@uniarts.fi
Further information concerning RUUKKU: tero.heikkinen@uniarts.fi
RUUKKU is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, peer-reviewed journal on artistic research launched in 2013. This biannual journal is published and supported by the University of the Arts Helsinki, Aalto school of Arts, Design and Architecture and the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland, with a particular focus on multi-lingual publication. The primary languages of publication are Finnish, Swedish and English.
[RUUKKU website]
The 8th International Conference on Artistic Research in Helsinki is held on 28 & 29 April, 2017 at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland.
With any inquiries regarding the conference, please contact us at sar@uniarts.fi.
The conference registration includes:
-Participation in all plenary sessions
-Participation in three different group sessions
-Lunch on Friday and Saturday
-Helsinki City Reception and buffet on Friday 28 April
The registration does NOT include:
-Banking costs
-Travel and accommodation costs
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The 8th International Conference on Artistic Research in Helsinki will be held on 28 & 29 April, 2017 at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki, Finland.
THE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION ---- Full ----
The Conference is now fully booked and the registration has been closed.
With any inquiries regarding the conference, please contact us at sar@uniarts.fi.
The Conference Programme: [link]
CONFERENCE FEES
SAR members: 100 €
Non-members: 160 €
Reduced student fee
There are 50 places reserved for students and for non-affiliated SAR members for a reduced 60-euro fee. Once the 50 places have been sold, the student/non-affiliated fee is 100 euros. Valid student ID card must be presented at the registration desk at the conference.
To get the reduced fee, use this campaign code when registering: SAR2017Specify06
The use of campaign codes is monitored, so please be careful and use a correct one. You will find more instructions on the use of campaign codes on the registration form.
The conference registration includes:
-Participation in all plenary sessions
-Participation in three different group sessions
-Lunch on Friday and Saturday
-Helsinki City Reception and buffet on Friday 28 April
The registration does NOT include:
-Banking costs
-Travel and accommodation costs
See the FAQ [link] for accommodation offers.
in case of cancellation, unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds of paid conference fees.
PRE-REGISTRATION FOR SAR MEMBERS
14 February 2017 at 8:00 o'clock CET
This option is open for both our individual members and all officially affiliated to one of our Institutional members. However, in order to use this opportunity for pre-registration and get your reduced SAR membership conference fee, please be aware that the membership fee for 2017 must have been paid before the registration!
Please, find more about how to become a SAR member at the panel to the right.
Society for Artistic Research - How do I become a SAR member?
The Society for Artistic Research (SAR) is an international, non-profit organisation, that is based in Switzerland and seated in Zürich. SAR nurtures, connects and disseminates artistic research as specific practices of creating knowledge and insight. SAR facilitates a range of encounters for its community of artistic practitioners in the pursuit of transformative understanding that impacts on political and societal processes as well as on culture of research and learning.
As a SAR member, you will receive a reduced conference registration fee!
Keynote speakers
Associate Professor, Dr
Director MFA Fine Arts
School of Art, Media & Technology
Parsons School of Design, The New School (USA)
Professor in Artistic Research, Docent
Theatre Academy at the Uniarts Helsinki (FIN)
Dr, Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, University of York (UK)
and Senior Artistic Research Fellow, Orpheus Institute, Ghent (BE)
Dr, Head of Critical and Theoretical Studies in Art
Victorian College of the Arts
Faculty of VCA and MCM
University of Melbourne, (AUS)
Dr, Faculty of Philosophy
University of Zaragoza (ESP)
Choreographer
Independent Artist (ESP)
Director emeritus, Dr
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin (GER)
About the Conference Call
Proposals in the conference follow these presentation formats: Performative Presentations, Text-based Working Groups, Interventions and Collaborative Sessions. The language of the conference is English. All proposals are peer reviewed.
Conference Call for contributions --- CLOSED ---
Artistic research is maturing. The period of inauguration characterized by multi-faceted discussions concerning institutional and disciplinary questions has, in many contexts, reached a saturation point. Diverse perspectives have emerged. Artistic research consists of a variety of approaches and solutions and often functions as a multi- and transdisciplinary venture. As a developing multi-methodological research culture artistic research enriches methodological innovation and cross-over projects.
Furthermore, research activities are structured with regard to some kind of specificity. A group of researchers might come together to work on a distinct object of study, through a specific question, with a certain methodology, and in a particular context. Depending on circumstances, specificity thus can appear as a socio-cultural parameter, a disciplinary variable or it can become a question of the medium of research. The Please Specify! Conference explores new perspectives on conditions of sharing research in the artistic field. How can specific interests, methods, discourses, positions and ways of knowing be more widely disseminated and made useful within and beyond artistic research?
The traditional frameworks for sharing research have been built on ideas about the research object, method, context or medium. We ask if the conditions of sharing research can be thematised in other terms? What if these conditions relate to provocation, excess, limited resources, reduction, mise en abyme, absurd argumentation, populism, conspiracy, amateurism and the like? How do these or other invented specificities inform your take on artistic research? How can these issues be shared?
The Please Specify! conference offers an opportunity for presenting and reflecting upon specific research constellations in which artist-researchers engage. How can such specificities be shared, presented and disseminated both in and out of academia? We invite proposals for presentations and workshops that examine the questions of specificity and sharing. We especially encourage the participation of postdoctoral researchers.
Contact
Riitta Pasanen-Willberg
Conference Manager, Senior Advisor, D.A. (Dance)
Theatre Academy at the University of the Arts Helsinki
The Conference Committee includes members from SAR and Uniarts Helsinki:
- Co-Chair: Professor Mika Elo (Uniarts Helsinki)
- Co-Chair: Professor Leena Rouhiainen (Uniarts Helsinki/SAR Executive Board)
- Dr. Alexander Damianisch (Zentrum Fokus Forschung at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, SAR Executive Board)
- Vice-President Johan A Haarberg (SAR Executive Board)
- Professor Kristiina Ilmonen (Uniarts Helsinki)
- Professor Mieko Kanno (Uniarts Helsinki)
- Associate Professor Anya Lewin (Plymouth University and SAR Executive Board)
- Conference Manager Riitta Pasanen-Willberg (Uniarts Helsinki)