LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of the course, students are able to:
- Identify ideas related to design in live and mediated performance, its meanings, role and functions.
- Develop discussions on various aspects of performing and screen arts design, and related areas.
- Explore practices, methods and processes related to design for live/screen/media-based performance and related areas by different scholars and creative professionals.
- Analyze a work of performance, film or media from a design perspective.
Credits: 3
Schedule: 19.09.2022 - 27.03.2023
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Sofia Pantouvaki
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Professor Sofia Pantouvaki, email: sofia.pantouvaki[a]aalto.fi
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
The Scenography, Production and Costume Design Lectures address the theory and practice of design for the performing and screen arts and related areas through encounters with different aspects of design for live and screen/media performance, and with the work and ideas of various professionals. The lectures stimulate critical and analytical thinking on design, culture and performance through the presentation of case studies, comparative studies, artistic work, technical aspects or theoretical concepts. The course is based on presentations by, and discussions with, invited scholars and design professionals from various fields of performance, film, media and design. The lectures include visual and audio-visual materials or other samples of work.
applies in this implementation
Autumn 2022
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/63580059848
Two decades of costume design for dance
Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila, Costume Designer
Monday 26 September 2022
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/61760092688
Kimmo Karjunen, Lecturer in Lighting Design, TeaK, UniARTS
With Aalto & VÄS alumni: Anders Karls, Susanna Suurla and Eero Erkamo; Oscar Dempsey and Vilma Vantola
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68710719703
Sensory perception in digital character costume design
Dr. Maarit Kalmakurki, Costume designer and researcher
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64430073398
Costume design for digital characters in computer-animated films
Dr. Maarit Kalmakurki, Costume designer and researcher
Spring 2023
*Please note that the spring lectures have a recurring Zoom link ( =the same link for all lectures)
Monday 23 January 2023
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68182909275
Dressed bodies in produced spaces: Theoretical reflections upon materiality, environment and the living body
Dr. Anna-Mari Almila, Senior Researcher in Cultural Sociology, Sapienza University of Rome
Monday 6 February 2023
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68182909275
Ancient Costumes for a Young Nation - the film Sampo (1959) and other Kalevala inspired productions constructing the Finnish Identity
Dr. Joanna Weckman, Costume designer, costume historian and independent researcher
Monday 13 February 2023
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68182909275
Performing Architectures: spatial dramaturgy as a tool in the design process
Andreas Skourtis DipArch, MArch, MA, PGCTLHE, FHEA, architect-scenographer, Lecturer in Scenography, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK
Monday 27 March 2023
13:15 – 16:00, on Zoom, Link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68182909275
Digital and physical bodies: somaesthetics as a framework for studying embodied experience in digital costume design
Maarit Kalmakurki, DA, Costume designer and researcher
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Students' attendance, motivation and active participation in discussions. Outcome of independent work, if undertaken.
applies in this implementation
Credits:
Attendance to four (4) lectures gives 1 credit (ECTS). The students are free to attend as many lectures as they wish.
Additional credits can be obtained if students are interested in undertaking a written or research assignment or prepare a presentation, upon agreement with the responsible professor.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Attendance to lectures/presentations and participation in in-class discussion 65 hours and reflection 16 hours of the total workload.
Attendance to four (4) lectures gives 1 credit.
Missing credits can be obtained through independent work (short written essays) upon agreement with the responsible professor.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
4 Quality Education
5 Gender Equality
9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10 Reduced Inequality
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
The course is open to all.
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I - Spring V
2023-2024 Autumn I - Spring VEnrollment :
Registration for courses: Sisu. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture, https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts
applies in this implementation
The course can be taken over two years but can also be done in one year:
8 lectures are offered each year: this immediately gives 2 credits as per the course description (4 lectures give 1 cr).
The third credit to complete the course can be taken the following academic year (by attending another 4 lectures) or it can be done via an independent task during the same academic year. Please contact the responsible professor if you wish to undertake an independent task within the same academic year.
There is a course archive of attendances, and the attendances can accumulate over more years for completion.
- Teacher: Pantouvaki Sofia