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Research Lab Arts: Are you a hunter or an observer?

Course
2014-2015

Description

Are you a hunter or an observer?

Find out in the Research Lab ‘Artistic Research in Documentary Photography’, an elective for an interdisciplinary group of students.

The research lab offers students from all departments the opportunity to further investigate the possibilities of imagination in documentary photography. Documentary photography can be defined as an attitude to the world around us with an implicit interest in mankind, our surroundings and current social processes. We have long passed the stage of objective representation of reality. This implies that research into the representation of content is inextricably linked to research into visual language itself.

The visual strategy and positioning of each individual student will be the focus of research in the lab.

Course objectives

– Stimulate and offer insights into the ongoing work process and related research;
– Establish a general methodology for the organisation of work and think processes;
– Centralise the visual strategy and positioning of the artist in relation to his/her theme;
– Conduct research on strategies of photographers to gain insight into their methodologies;
– Analyse and critically reflect on the image from the perspective of the maker: what are the choices? What cannot be seen? How to create a bridge between theory and practice?

Timetable and location

17 September 2014, 1 October, 8 October, 15 October, 29 October, 12 November, 26 November, 10 December, 17 December;
8 January 2015, 28 January, 5 February, 4 February, 11 February.

Mode of instruction

Research lab/workgroup

The research lab consists of eleven half-day meetings in semester 1, with a possible extension into semester 2. Each meeting covers both input by the tutors (theory, suggested methodology) and student presentations. The research lab combines research, analysis, experimentation and production, and is concluded with a final presentation.

Assessment method

  • Each Leiden University Student formulates research targets and methods, and then conducts the choosen research. This is all done in close co-operation with Visual Arts students. – Student at Leiden University write a research report on basis of the outcomes of the research done.

Blackboard

No.

Required reading T.b.d.

Contact

For further information please contact:

Please also refer to:
http://lectoraatktp.nl/en/ResearchLab

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

Full attendance is obligatory. The course will be in English.

Other courses within the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts

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