LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Have a good understanding of working in wet/biolab.
- Reflect on experimental and/or laboratory practices and their artistic context of the field of art & science.
- Make experiments and/or constructed prototypes that are discussed in relation to individual interests and further project plans.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 25.10.2022 - 20.12.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Laura Beloff
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
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:
This course focuses on topics inherent for the field of art & science, such as: the emergence of hybrid ecology, modified organisms, artificial and biological life, enhanced humans, evolution, intelligence at large - among various others. This course will take experimentation from the ground up (understood widely from wet-lab and to physical computing and to artist studio) as a starting point for this strongly practice-based course.
Typically, laboratory is understood as a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. This definition leaves out artistic experiments, however, during the first decades of the 21st century increasing amounts of artists have begun entering scientific laboratories and using scientific methodologies in their work. Also, many artists consider their studio as a kind of a laboratory, a space for experimentations - systematic, messy and sometimes theoretical.
The course welcomes students from different disciplines with an interest in practice-based experimental artistic work, critical reflection and interest in the development of one's own practice in affiliation with art & science field.
It is recommended that students taking this course attend also the spring lecture-series course titled: Art & Science, which gives more grounding on the field of art & science at large.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Participation in teaching, completed assignments.
Minimum 80% attendance.
See MyCourses for more detailed information on evaluations methods and criteria.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
6 ECTS ≈ 162h
Contact teaching 42h/ Other 120
Lectures 8h, Groupwork 60h, Workshop and practice-based work 44h, Independent reading and writing 12h, Reflection and thinking 25h.
Other 13h: Making individual reflections for final presentation.
This is a strongly practice-based course and will involve for example: lab-work, design, construction, digital tools
and potentially a bit of electronics - depending always on the yearly study event. Additionally, there are given
compulsory humanistic and scientific readings - as well as just few lectures.
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
10 Reduced Inequality
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
13 Climate Action
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn II
2023-2024 No teachingEnrollment :
Minimum amount of participants: 8
Maximum amount of participants varies according to the implementation of the course.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