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
On a successful completion of the course, students
- are familiar with the studio equipment and facilities in Väre
– know how to use the light and a lighting studio as a tool for his/her own work
– knows how to apply a score as a working method
Credits: 6
Schedule: 14.09.2020 - 16.10.2020
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022): Niko Luoma
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Christian Jakowleff, Harri Pälviranta
Contact information for the course (valid 04.09.2020-21.12.2112):
Harri Pälviranta
mobile +358 40 5811770
harri.palviranta@aalto.fi
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:
Students will work on given assignments. However, they are encoureged to "go experimental", mix techniques and challenge the boundaries of photography. Guidance on contents and techniques are given in individual studio tutorials, discussions and group meetings.
The workshop includes lectures on contemporary topics related to experimental working methods.
Applies in this implementation:
The title for the theme is
Picturing Untouchable
How to make photographic images of issues and things that are beyond
immediate contiguity (kontakti, kosketus,
läheisyys, samanaikaisuus)? How to activate studio to visualise something
absent?Experimental Studio focuses on picturing something
that is at that very moment untouchable or exists mainly as a thought. Within
this course, studio appears as a stage or setting which, as such, provides a
platform for imagining. Studio is a location and a tool to create, to give
visual appearances to something not yet existing in that form. Photography,
then, follows studio settings as a fixer: within this course, photography is
activated to transform the imagined into visual objects.
Following this point of departure, studio can
also function as a time capsule. While in the studio, pasts can become present,
and futures can be pre-concretised. Studio can also make distances shorter:
i.e. Mururoa Atolls can resurface in Väre studios. Similarly, studio has a
potential to function as an operating room where something hidden and invisible
can be studied and turned into pictorial form.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Active participation in the course (80% attendance required). Completing the course assignments.
Workload
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Contact teaching 84 h.
Independent work 45 h.
Applies in this implementation:
Course days are Mon, Tue and Fri, and the scheduled days include contact teaching and time for individual work.
DETAILS
Study Material
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
According to the course events.
Substitutes for Courses
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
DOM-E3042 Valokuvataiteen työpajat
Prerequisites
Valid 01.08.2020-31.07.2022:
Basic photography techniques.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Details on the schedule
Applies in this implementation:
Tentative schedule:
WEEK 38
Monday 14.9.
Opening session, intro lecture, in the afternoon Christian Jakowleff joins
us and playes the studio!Group work
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Tuesday 15.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
Friday 18.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
WEEK 39
Monday 21.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Tuesday 22.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Early-course project evaluation, everyone present
Friday 25.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
WEEK 40
Monday 28.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
Tuesday 29.9.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
Friday 2.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Documentary club
-vierailu klo 10-12, mulla siisWEEK 41
Monday 5.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Late-course project evaluation, everyone present
Tuesday 6.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
Friday 9.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Christian Jakowleff
WEEK 42
Monday 12.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Tuesday 13.10.
Both studios reserved 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
Friday 16.10.
Final presentations 9:15–17:15
Studio with Harri Pälviranta
- Teacher: Pälviranta Harri