Art and Ocean 1

This course investigates the role of art and the work of artists when it comes to addressing global challenges regarding the future of the oceans. Uncertainty, complexity, and fluidity within ocean research are challenging the borders of conventional forms of knowledge production. It opens up opportunities for interventions carried out within new alliances of agencies and collaborations. The production of knowledge across different fields of artistic practices and scientific research creates new understandings of the world we live in.

By the completion of this course the student has basic knowledge of artistic research methods and is familiar to the discourses on art and science in art history and theory.

Through assignments or/and a collective project the student is able to create an outline of a project informed by existing theories, methods and interpretations on the subject of art and artistic research and to use relevant methods for his or her own research and artistic development work.

Through lectures and assignments, the course will introduce different research methodologies from the fields of life sciences, technology, social sciences and the humanities and compare them with methods of artistic research. The class will get familiar with issues of interdisciplinary methods and artistic research in general and on the topic of ocean in particular. Through theoretical and practical exercises, introduction to relevant research projects and literature, fieldtrips, presentations, and group discussions the student will be able to start developing ideas and concepts for an individual or a collective project to be carried out in Art and Ocean Course 2.

Additional information will be provided at the start of the semester.