The fourth conference in the Sensuous Knowledge Project titled “Context, Concept, Creativity” was concluded Friday 9 November 2007, thus marking the end of three days of presentations and discussions in the field of artistic research.
- It has been most interesting and challenging – and we are already discussing potential refinements for next year, rector Nina Malterud of KHiB remarks. She is pleased with both the key notes and the group workshops.
- Our experience, referring back to the first conference, is that the critical quality in the conference’s discourse gradually is advancing to become more precise. The group discussions and meeting between motivated professionals are important aspects of this working conference, Malterud points out.
The conference took place at Solstrand hotel, just south of Bergen. During the three days, the rugged Norwegian weather displayed all from autumn hail storms to the first snow of winter. Time was spent in four parallel groups, dealing with the ways artistic research present itself through various project presentations by participants.
Three key note speakers contributed with artistic as well as theoretical perspectives:
Entertaining Otherness
Sally Jane Norman, Director of Cultural Lab at Newcastle University, UK, started out on Wednesday. “Sensuous Knowledge is enhanced when shared” was one of her many statements highlighted in her presentation – which will now be developed to be published in the Sensuous Knowledge series.
Learning from a Potato Perspective
Thursday commenced with a key note by Åsa Sonjasdotter, visual artist and Professor of Contemporary Fine Art at the newly founded Academy of Fine Art at Tromsø University College, Norway.
Artistic Research within the Fields of Science
The last key note speech was held on Friday by Henk Borgdorff, Professor in Art Theory & Research at Amsterdam School of the Arts, Netherlands – following up on the issues from his previous Sensuous Knowledge publication: The Debate on Research in the Arts.
From one of the four group presentations: Eva Nässén has just finished her presentation in Group D and the discussions can begin. Photo: Peter Klasson
