December 12–14, 2023
This year’s the Academy of Fine Arts (KuvA) at Uniarts Helsinki Research Days examines the diverse contexts of artistic research from the perspectives opened up by three independent program days. The unifying line of thought is a curious and open-minded return to phenomena and skills that have not received the attention they deserve. Welcome to think together!
The onsite venue for the KuvA Research Days 2023 is the White Studio, Uniarts Helsinki’s Sörnäinen campus, in the Academy of Fine Arts building Mylly (Sörnäisten rantatie 19, Helsinki).
The program on December 12–14, 2023 will also be partly streamed on the Uniarts Helsinki YouTube channel. Time zone: UTC +2.
Program
For full programme information, with YouTube links, please go to the KuvA Research Days 2003 webpage.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Romantic irony
Host: Miklos Gaál, Doctoral researcher, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki
At the symposium day, romantic irony makes up the context to discuss artistic means of creating subversive spaces of fiction. Romantic irony is an idea about art in its “modern state” developed by a group of poets of Jena romanticism.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Material Matters
Host: Andy Best, Professor, Sculpture, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki
Investigations into vernacular and indigenous methods and materials at the Rural Turn. Keynote by Ivan Morison, with presentations and workshops during the day by Finnish based artists and designers researching techniques and materials in tune with the natural world for new ways of making and thinking about art.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Object Studies
Host: Nina Liebenberg, Postdoctoral Researcher, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki
The focus of this day is a strange collection of objects. These objects were sourced from research environments at the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Uniarts Helsinki, and the city archives, and represent human-disease-plant relationships from a variety of perspectives.
Parallel program
Aala Nyman and Tuomas Lehtomaa Installation: Lobby December 11–17, 2023
Venue: The Academy of Fine Arts main building Mylly (Sörnäisten rantatie 19, Helsinki)
Aala Nyman and Tuomas Lehtomaa (Sculpture studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki) have been working together on a shared practice based on sculptural explorations on material processes of the everyday. For the KuvA Research Days 2023 they are working on an active installation that takes as its starting point the place in which it is situated in, a lobby.
Read more about the installation here.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Screenings: Select art films related to romantic irony
Venue: The Academy of Fine Arts main building Mylly (Sörnäisten rantatie 19, Helsinki)
The selected art films related to romantic irony shown during the screenings are curated by Doctoral researcher Miklos Gaál, Academy of Fine Arts.
Read more about open screening December 11, 2023 at 1pm. Read more about screening December 11, 2023 at 7:30pm. Contact: kuva.researchdays.info [at] uniarts.fi.
