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: 23.09.2024 - 05.05.2025
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 teacher: 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.
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 sofia.pantouvaki@aalto.fi or co-responsible teacher susanna.suurla@aalto.fi
PLEASE NOTE! Attendance will be logged during the first 30 minutes of the lecture (13:15-13:45), if you arrive after that, contact: iida.nurminen@aalto.fi.
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.
Attending the first day of the course is required.
Missing credits can be obtained through independent work (short written essays) upon agreement with the responsible professor.
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
4 Quality Education
5 Gender Equality
10 Reduced Inequality
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language: English
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - Spring V
2025-2026 Autumn I - Spring VRegistration:
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
Details on the schedule
applies in this implementation
All lectures online. Some of the lectures are offered in Hybrid, when the presenter is visiting or based in Aalto University
SCHEDULE:AUTUMN 2024
Link to Zoom
Week 39
Mon 23.9.2024
13:15-15:00
Week 47
Mon 18.11.2024
13:15-16:00
Week 50
Mon 9.12.2024
13:15-16:00
SPRING 2025
Week 10
Mon 3.3.2025
13:15-16:00
Week 12
Mon 17.3.2025
13:15-16:00
Week 15
Mon 7.4.2025
13:15-16:00
Week 16
Mon 14.4.2025
13:15-16:00
Week 19
Mon 5.5.2025
13:15-16:00
Monday 18.11. 2024
13:15-16:00 HYBRID
In class: Väre, L101
Online: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/63236892155
Dr Erika Schwarz, Visiting researcher, Aalto University. Professor in Scenography and Costume Design at Department of Performing Arts, UNICAMP
Lecture title: Knowledges of hands and land
The lecture addresses emerging ecological and decolonial pedagogies and work procedures in the global south, with an emphasis on manual skills and ancestral technologies.
Tuesday 10.12.2024, 17:00-18:30
HYBRID:
In Class: Väre, F101
Online: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69066200975
Dr Marketa Uhlirova, Reader in Fashion, Cinema and Visual Studies, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
Lecture title: ‘Fashion in Film’ Festivals: Poking into Things****
OLD
Monday 23.9.2024
13:15-15:00 ONLINE
on Zoom, link: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/69599334421
Julie Fournier, Ecodesign consultant for costumes
Lecture title: Ecosceno's Approach to Ecodesign
In her lecture Julie Fournier will present the work and services of Écoscéno, a leading Canadian organisation in ecological sustainability. ‘Écoscéno’s mission is to support the artistic community in the socio-ecological transition by reducing the environmental impact of cultural production.’ She will also present various ecodesign strategies, supported by case studies of sustainable costumes from productions she consulted on. (https://ecosceno.org/en/)