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Thesis Lab: THE ARTIST AS RESEARCHER AS WRITER AS ARTIST

Course
2014-2015

Description

Do you want to follow a more in depth thesis trajectory?

Are you looking for inspiration from your fellow students in dealing with the thesis?

Then the Thesis Lab is perfect for you!

The Thesis Lab is a monthly one-day workshop for students who feel they need a more in depth thesis trajectory. The workshop offers stimulating interaction and dialogue with teachers and fellow students from different departments and feedback from guest teachers. The individual theses of the participating students will be the starting point for the dialogue and discussions with the guest teachers.

The topics of the monthly meetings include: the artist as a researcher, the psychology of writing, the artist as a writer, the art of winning a thesis prize, from thesis to artist’s book, highlighting content by graphic design, …

Timetable and location

Wednesday 24 September 2014 – The management of writing – Winnie Koekelbergh
Wednesday 22 October 2014 – The craft of writing
Wednesday 19 November 2014 – The artist publication part 1 Academic versus artistic research
Wednesday 17 December 2014 – The artist publication part 2 Artist publication versus a thesis
Wednesday 28 January 2015 – Winning the thesis price
Wednesday 25 February 2015 – Intermezzo State of Affaires
Wednesday 25 March 2015 – Basic Design issues
Wednesday 29 April 2015 – Presenting the theses
Wednesday 27 May 2015 – Presenting the theses

Location:
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Room: pb004
Prinsessegracht 4, 2514 AN Den Haag

Mode of instruction

Workgroup

Assessment method

Students of Leiden University will work on a ‘creative writing’ assignment, based on a self-conducted interview with an artist.

Blackboard

No.

Required reading

To be determined.

Contact

For further information please contact:

For more information please refer to:
http://lectoraatktp.nl/en/ThesisLab

Registration

NB: this course is NOT listed in Usis. Students are obliged to register for this course through the application form that can be downloaded via this link.

Application form

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