Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, the students are able to:
- Recognise, discuss, describe, critically reflect upon, apply and deepen knowledge on a special area of costume design.
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:
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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:
- 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);
- 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;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
- 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
- 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;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
- 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;
- students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
- 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 (2nd 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 studentsTeaching 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 (2nd 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
9Tues
26.2.9-12 Introduction
to the course, students are given a small research assignment13-17 Independent
work on research assignmentWed
27.2.9-12 lecture
Professor Jari Kauppinen (electronics and sound)13-17 Independent
work on research assignmentThurs
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 assignmentWEEK
10Tues
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 materialsWed
6.3.9-17 Group
work and TECH lecture-demonstrations by the guest tutorsThurs
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 tutorsWEEK
11Specific 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
workWed
13.3.9-17 Group
workThurs
14.3.9-17 Group
workThe works are ready for
presentationFri
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