Six Open Express Courses at Iceland University of the Arts
From 7-18 January 2019, the Iceland University of the Arts (IUA) is offering 10 available places in 6 different express courses. These places are offered to students in the networks of KUNO, CIRRUS, Norteas, Nordic Academy of Architecture and the networks under the umbrella of Nordplus Music.
All courses have a cross disciplinary approach in the sense that these courses are open for students with various background: fine art, design, music and performing arts.
How to apply?
-Each student can apply for maximum 2 courses.
-Follow the link for the course you would like to apply for below, and apply online with a motivation statement.
-Make sure that you have approval of your home school before you submit the application.
-Application deadline: 25 November 2019.
-Make sure that your home school belongs to one of the networks above. If you are not sure, consult your local international coordinator.
making rituals (2 ECTS)
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teachers: Thomas Pausz & Saga Sigurdardóttir
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
Description
This course is an exploration of the act of making as a self-driven and self-oriented activity beyond disciplines. The aim of the course is to build a platform for dialogues around Making between the disciplines of Design and Performance (and others).Our premise for these two weeks is that we will not make to perform for others or to communicate ideas or fulfill functions. We will make for ourselves, to find pleasure in making, and find new making processes and rituals.
harpa lights - tiny/massive (2ects)
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teachers: Atli Bollason & Owen Hindley
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
Harpa Music Hall is a monumental structure fitted with 714 LED lights in its geometrical facade. The lights essentially form a huge screen with a very low resolution, where each fixture is a single pixel. What can we do with such a massive screen? How can it make people’s experience of the city more beautiful, more interesting, more dynamic, more creative? Together, the group will come up with a concept for a functional piece for the facade of Harpa. The work will run live on the building during Winter Lights Festival in February. No technical skills are explicitly required to join the course but students will be expected to research and develop some ability in the group's chosen medium.
Learning Outcomes
-have an understanding of the influence different presentation forms have on the content of art works,
-have the skill to independently assess presentation methods and be able to communicate their ideas and knowledge in a creative way
-be able to make use of specialized methods, insight and critical engagement to art making
-be able to actively participate in collaborations
[the outer skin] (2ects)
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teachers: Atli Bollason & Owen Hindley
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
The course [THE OUTER SKINS] takes place on the borders of two disciplines: architecture and fashion design. In the most simple terms, both of these fields are concerned with sheltering the body from weather, wind and other exposures. Furthermore, these disciplines serve as forms of communication for individuals, as forms of representation for identity – social, religious and cultural, and a personal worldview.
moving image (2ects)
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teacher: Helena Jónsdóttir
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
In the workshop, the filmmaker Helena Jónsdóttir will introduce the concept of Physical Cinema, were movement is the vocabulary. The movement of the body, of the camera, the object, lights and even the sound. What moves us? Like Pina Bausch said “Im not interested in how people move, but what moves them”. That is point of departure for the workshop. The students will explore their voice and find it a pathway through this medium. A focus will be on concept and character development, connection between word and movement and between movement and visual composition. There will be dialogue about the international market for short films. The workshop is for people that are interested in filmmaking and movement, in front of and behind the camera, or both.
print workshop: production and space (2ects)
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teachers: Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson & Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
Students work with relief print, monotype and screen printing in unconventional ways, developing print works which extend into the surrounding space and create new spaces. The course is an experimental lab aiming at expanding visual thought, creative processes and technical skills through collaboration and conversation.
The course focuses on performing art in real time, using all available tools. Methods are investigated, and the context of performance art will be explored. Kinship with other methods such as video, photography, props and installation is reviewed as well as ideas about the relationship between the performer and the audience is disseminated.
At the end of the course, students should:
-Have enhanced their understanding of the relationship between art making and specialized field knowledge and technical skills with regards to print
-Have an understanding of the influence different presentation forms have on the content of art works
-Be able to make use of specialized methods, insight and critical engagement to art making
-Be able to engage in collaborative performance work.
listening with the soles of your feet (2ects)
-Sound as Musical/Artistic Content
Teaching period: 7-18 January (travel days excluded)
Teachers: Berglind María Tómasdóttir
Level: BA
Requirement: to have completed minimum 1 year of study BA level in art, design, architecture, music or performing arts.
Link to application - deadline 25 Nov 2018
In the course, the focus will be on the the sound/noise of our environment. Where do sounds come from? How much control do we have over what we hear? What is the difference between hearing and listening? What is silence? Does it exist?
In the course, the sounds of the environment will be explored through methods known as Deep Listening, as presented by American composer Pauline Oliveros. By the end of the course students will present their own work based on Deep Listening.
Assessment
Participation in classess, assignments, readings, final project.
Learning Outcomes
-Be familiar with Deep Listening and be able to use it in music making.
-Be familiar with various creative approaches to listening, performing and composing.
