Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Credits: 1

Schedule: 26.02.2019 - 15.03.2019

Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Sofia Pantouvaki, Merja Väisänen

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Sofia Pantouvaki

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (applies in this implementation):

Language of instruction and studies (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022):

Teaching language: English

Languages of study attainment: Finnish, Swedish, English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  The students are introduced to a special area in costume design. The content of the course may vary in different years and addresses the theory and practice of costume in an advanced level.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Learning outcomes:

  ·      
  To stimulate the students to experiment
  with embodied sensors, sound- and light-based and sound- and light-led embodied
  technologies.

  ·      
  To explore how body, sound and light
  can generate new performance ideas.

  ·      
  To encourage design students to
  collaborate on an interdisciplinary project with an open theme.

  Content:

  ‘Wearable
  Electronics’ is a short intensive course based on the collaboration of the
  fields of Costume Design, Sound Design, Lighting Design and Choreography. The
  course aims to explore the potential of sound and light as a spatial and
  body-related element, and the potential of costume as a site for sound- and
  light-based performance. Additional exploration involves the impact of light
  and sound in relation to the materiality of costume and body, as well as how
  light and sound translate different sensor impulses into spatiality.Can sound or light become a ‘material’ that creates a
  bodily experience beyond the visual?

  The course investigates
  the relationship of sound, body, light and costume both through current
  technologies as well as throughout traditions - considering that sound and light
  have been elements related to the body/costume throughout history in different
  cultures.The
  starting point for this experimentation is embodied sound-based tools and light-
  and sound-led technologies.

  The course
  includes lectures and a research assignment (first week) and continues with
  hands-on work (second and third week). It is important to attend the lectures
  before joining the practical part of the course. The students will work in
  interdisciplinary teams. Based on their interests, each team will decide on the
  focus of their exploration, will develop an original concept, and will create a
  performance dramaturgy that will be presented in a demo. Throughout this
  collaborative work, the students will present their ideas, get feedback,
  experiment with materials and develop their work supported by guest tutors.

  Guest tutors
  (spring 2019):

  Jukka Hautamäki,
  Media artist (http://jukkahautamaki.com/)

  Emmi Pouta, Textile designer, eTextiles
  (http://ftfutures.aalto.fi/author/emmi-pouta/)

   

  The course is
  jointly organised by the majors of Costume Design (Aalto ARTS), Sound Design and
  Lighting Design (VÄS,
  UniARTS), and Choreography (TeaK, UniARTS).

  Method of
  implementation: The course includes lectures, hands-on independent work and
  group work.

  
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  Students' development during the course, motivation, attendance and active participation in discussions, independent work and completion of assignments.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Mode of
  performance: Students are expected to participate in the lectures,
  presentations and feedback sessions, to develop a design concept and to present
  it in practice (demo). The course concludes with an audiovisual portfolio (the
  format will be discussed during the course), a short essay presenting the concept,
  and a learning diary.

  Assessment
  criteria:Students’
  development during the course, motivation, attendance and active participation
  in discussions, independent work and completion of assignments.

  
  

Workload

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  The workload depends on the type of content offered in each version of this course, and will be specified in the syllabus.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Workload: The
  course is planned for 6 cr. Anyone unable to attend fully should inform in
  advance the responsible professor.

  
  

DETAILS

Study Material

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  Depends on the type of content offered in each version of this course, and will be handed out separately.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Reading
  materials will be handed out during the course.

  
  

Prerequisites

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  -

Registration for Courses

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  WebOodi registration

   

  The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)

  The order of priority is as follows:

  1. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
  2. exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
  3. students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
  4. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
  5. students, for whom the course is part of his/her major s or programme s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  6. students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
  7. students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
  8. students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
  9. other students.

   

  Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.

  This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Space:

  Project space 147 (1st floor) and
  Aalto Studios Costume Workshop (2^nd floor), support by FabLab (1st
  floor). All spaces are in Otakaari 7. The building is open 9-16.

  
  

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

5 Gender Equality

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:

  This course has many versions, not all of them are open to all students. This information will be given separately with each version of the course.

  Minimum group size 3

  Students will be accepted to the course in the following order:
  
  -Students of costume design major
  - Exchange students of costume design
  - Minor students of costume design, whose major is production design or design for the performing arts
  - Minor students of costume design, whose major is another than production design or design for the performing arts
  - Other students of production design and design for the performing arts
  - Other students of the department of Film, Television and Scenography
  - Other students

  Teaching period changed by decision of Academic Committee for Arts, Design and Architecture on 18 May, 2021.

• Applies in this implementation:

  Space:

  Project space 147 (1st floor) and
  Aalto Studios Costume Workshop (2^nd floor), support by FabLab (1st
  floor). All spaces are in Otakaari 7. The building is open 9-16.

  
  

Details on the schedule

• Applies in this implementation:

  Schedule:

   

  WEEK
  9

  Tues
  26.2.

  9-12      Introduction
  to the course, students are given a small research assignment

  13-17    Independent
  work on research assignment

  Wed
  27.2.

  9-12      lecture
  Professor Jari Kauppinen (electronics and sound)

  13-17    Independent
  work on research assignment

  Thurs
  28.2.

  9-12      lecture
  Professor Sofia Pantouvaki (wearable technologies and costume)

  13-17    Students
  meet together to discuss their interests (no tutors)

  Fri
  1.3.

  9-12      lecture
  by guest Valtteri Wikström (biosensors and sonification)

  13-17    Independent
  work on research assignment

   

  WEEK
  10

  Tues
  5.3.

  9-12      Student
  presentations of their research assignment (10’ mins/each)

  13-17    Introduction
  to practical part of the course, formulation of groups. Experimentation with
  available materials

  Wed
  6.3.

  9-17     Group
  work and TECH lecture-demonstrations by the guest tutors

  Thurs
  7.3.

  9-17      Group
  work (concept development)

  Fri
  8.3.

  9-12      Group
  work continues (concept development)

  13-16    Preliminary
  presentation of group work and feedback by tutors

   

  WEEK
  11

  Specific individual tutorials and
  feedback sessions will be held for each student group during both weeks; exact
  times to be planned with the tutors as the course develops.

   

  Tues
  12.3.

  9-17      Group
  work

  Wed
  13.3.

  9-17      Group
  work

  Thurs
  14.3.

  9-17      Group
  work

  The works are ready for
  presentation

  Fri
  15.3.

  9-12      Group
  work (finalising the project for demo presentation, set-up, rehearsal)

  13-15    Final
  presentations: demos

  
  
  15-17    Feedback,
  discussion & conclusions
  

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