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: 18.09.2023 - 25.03.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Sofia Pantouvaki, Susanna Suurla
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Responsible teachers:
Sofia Pantouvaki, sofia.pantouvaki@aalto.fi
Susanna Suurla, susanna.suurla@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.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Students' attendance, motivation and active participation in discussions. Outcome of independent work, if undertaken.
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.
At least 80% participation in face-to-face teaching is mandatory to complete the course. If, due to absences, the student does not achieve the learning outcomes defined in the course description, the remaining 20% may have to be compensated as determined by the responsible teachers of the course.
All absences must be reported to the teachers in charge. The responsible teachers of the course will specify the necessary compensating assignments.
Study methods changed by decision of Academic Committee for Arts, Design and Architecture on 1st of February 2023.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Texts used in the class will be handed out during the course.
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 lectures are open to all – to everyone interested, students, professionals as well as the general public.
Credits can be acquired only through student registration.
Details on the schedule
applies in this implementation
All lectures online
PLEASE NOTE CHANGES IN SCHEDULE 14.9.2023!
AUTUMN 2023
Monday 18.9.2023
12:45-14:45 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67146622196
Previs for film production: Real-time previsualization with Unreal Engine 5.
Antti Ahokoivu, Cinematographer, Laskos Virtuals (https://laskos.fi/)
Monday 9.10.2023
12:00-14:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67148284795
“Digital and physical production design”
Kari Kankaanpää (MA) Production Designer
Monday 11.12.2023
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69668929485
LET'S DESIGN TOGETHER! International Costume Design Collaboration in E-Bloc Catwalk Performance.
Fruzsina Nagy (DLA) Costume Designer (Hungary), Simona Rybáková (Ph.D.) Costume Designer and Independent Researcher (Czechia), and Zuzu Hudek (MFA) Costume Designer and Visual Artist (Slovakia)
SPRING 2024
Monday 22.1.2024
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69037911427
Insubordinate Costume: creating and performing with modular elements.
Susan Marshall (PhD) Adjunct Professor of History of Fashion at FIT in Milan (Fashion Institute of Technology New York), Professor of Costume Design Afol Moda Milan
Monday 5.2.2024
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/64781998598
”Pukusuunnittelija, taiteellisen työryhmän jäsen, joka herättää luonnokset henkiin ja käytäntöön – työ tanssitaiteen, oopperan ja nykytanssin pukujen parissa” (in Finnish)
Erika Turunen (MA) resident Costume Designer at the Finnish National Opera and Ballet
Monday 12.2.2024
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69771065385
Naked body as the costume choice in live performance
Tua Helve (DA) Costume Designer, Visiting Researcher Uniarts Helsinki, Theatre Academy
Monday 26.2.2024
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/66436849490
Drawing costumes - concept art, sketches and illustrations
Laura Malinen (MA) Costume Designer
Monday 25.3.2024
13:15-16:00 on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/62196880080
The Consciousness of Costumes
Liz Vandal, Costume Designer (Canada)