Ambitions:

• To explore artistic processes through the development of works in performance, composition, improvisation, installations and production. 
• To develop shared understandings and language around the diversity of individual working methods and resulting forms of knowledge.
• To reflect on how artistic choices are also ethical and always situated in relation to a given context, and to examine how awareness of this can be strengthened throughout the entire professional education.
• To draw connections and create dialogues between artistic practice and artistic research at the Department of Music.
• To invite interdisciplinary dialogues emerging from music’s creative and performative practices, engaging with fields such as philosophy, technology, pedagogy, aesthetics, and more.
• To document and communicate artistic research and highlight the relevance of this type of knowledge production in contexts where it appears necessary.
• To support performing and creative research fellows and master’s students in the development of their own projects.

 Activities

• Series of seminars and workshops focusing on creative practice, reflection, and interdisciplinary dialogue (with and without guests from other fields).
• Publishing and dissemination of artistic research in relevant forums.
• Contributing to public discourse both within and around the field, through the artistic research itself and by highlighting artistic research as a form of knowledge (i.e. in journals, podcasts, digital platforms, or in collaboration with educational and cultural institutions).
• A forum for project development for research fellows and master’s students, offering opportunities for supervision and professional exchange.
• Identifying and connecting with natural external collaborators in art, technology, and education (as part of project affiliation, not as formal partners).
• Building competence and experience, and seeking possible resources and frameworks for:
  • Developing and carrying out art projects in new arenas and/or public spaces.
  • Developing artistic projects that comment on or explore social, political, or cultural issues.
  • Exploring opportunities for dialogue and project-based collaboration with organizations and actors working on important topics such as freedom of expression, diversity, environment, or social justice, where music is used as a form of knowledge and means of expression.
• It will be natural to collaborate with other R&D groups at the department that focus on artistic research, including the Platform for Artistic Performance and Curation (PAPC).