Topic outline

  • Schedule

    All course work and assignments are shared to this folder and the relevant subfolder.

    Assignments needed for the completion of this course:

    1 Your contribution to the course publication (book).

    2 Your contribution to the Reading Room event (reading, performance, video... or something else)

    Items 1 and 2 can be the same project, done individually or with other people.

    3  Course diary submitted at the end of the course (Friday 24 May at the latest). Describe your ideas, findings, readings, learnings, thinkings on the course, as well as feedback. Length: 2–3 average pages.


    WEEK 1 


    Tuesday 16 April 9–15
    Q201
    Designer as writer. Writing tools and technologies

    We get to know each other and the course. 
    We discuss how we read, how we write, if and when we do. 
    We try to find out we think of ourselves as writers.
    We get to work immediately, to think how text is made. We write collectively in groups using different tools.

    An assignment for tomorrow: Retyping. Choose a text (in English) to retype. Copy everything in it by retyping it on a computer. There should be roughly three A4 pages of text. Print it on paper and bring to class tomorrow (one sided prints).
    Also: Bring a favourite book, with no images in it.


    Wednesday 17 April 9–15
    Q201
    Uncreative writing

    Prints on wall! We look at the results of the retyping assignment and discuss. 
    We consider creative and uncreative writing. 
    We continue experimenting with words. 
    We do exercises in citing, stealing, and appropriating the words of others. 
    We refer to collage, Oulipian writers, Situationist practices, Conceptual poets.

    An assignment for next week: Switch the retyped text to another person. Do a layout that is as unreadable/illegible as possible. Print it on A3 paper and bring to class on Tuesday.


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    WEEK 2 


    Tuesday 23 April 9–15
    Q201
    Text as image, image as text

    Prints on wall! We look at the results of the illegibility assignment and discuss.
    We talk about the borderlines of text and image. 
    We refer to asemic writing, concrete poetry, and duck-rabbits.

    We read and write.
    We talk about the course book, and the course event.


    Wednesday 24 April 9–15
    Q201
    A day with Mikael Brygger, poet

    We do writing exercises prompted by Mikael and discuss.



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    WEEK 3  


    Tuesday 30 April 9–15
    Q201
    Grids, maps, constellations

    We discuss grids and typographic conventions. We do small exercises.
    We discuss independent projects.


    Thursday 2 May
    L101
    Working day

    We discuss independent projects.


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    WEEK 4 


    Tuesday 7 May 9–15
    Q201
    A visit by Ulla Vanhatalo, researcher in linguistics

    With Ulla, we discuss Natural semantic metalanguage, 65 words shared by all cultures.

    Ulla’s lecture here as pdf.

    We read and write.
    We talk about the course book, and the course event.


    Wednesday 8 May 9–15
    Q103
    Working day
    We discuss independent projects.



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    WEEK 5


    NOTE: Upload a draft (layouts AND OR description) on the current status of your work latest on Monday 16.00 in the folder ’MONDAY 13th DRAFTS’


    Tuesday 14 May  9–15 WITHOUT ARJA
    L102
    Working day

    You can work independently on your project, the classroom L102 is reserved work working with coursemates. Talk to each other about your projects!


    Wednesday 15 May 9–15 WITHOUT ARJA
    Q201
    —with Mikael  Brygger. 

    We prepare for submitting the book material, and the readings next week. 
    Everyone presents their final open questions Mikael and each other.



    THURSDAY 16 May, 12.00 DEADLINE FOR BOOK CONTENT 
    Submit your pdf in the relevant folder in Drive according to the instructions provided by Marika+Brittaney.


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    WEEK 6 READING ROOM, in F102, Väre lobby area

    Monday 20 May 
    From 15 > the space is available, you can go and start setting up your work

    From 17 > Preparations for Reading room led by Ellu
    Please join and help if you can!!!


    Tuesday 21 May 9–15 
    F102
    READING ROOM
    We read our work, and read with others.

    Let’s meet at 9.15 and prepare for the day.
    Alexandra Antonopoulou from London College of Communication will join us.
    The event is public from 10-14.


    Wednesday 22 May 9–15
    F102
    READING ROOM

    We read our work, and read with others.

    Let’s meet at 9.15 and prepare for the day.
    The event is public from 10-14.

    At 14-15 we discuss, give feedback, and close the course.