Teaching period: 21st October– 1st November, 2024

Location: MALMÖ ART ACADEMY, Sweden

Teacher(s):  Michael Portnoy

ECTS: 6

Number of available places for KUNO students: 3

Level: BA

Course description:
The focus of this practice-based course is experimental creative writing. We’ll be looking at a diverse selection of short fiction and experimental texts from authors such as Richard Kostelanetz, Sheila Heti, Raymond Queneau, M. NourbeSe Philip, Lucy Corin, Edouard Levé, Claudia Rankine, R.A Lafferty, Padgett Powell, Greg Bordowitz, Lucy Corin, Daniil Kharms, Lydia Davis, Lucy Ives, László Krasznahorkai, Jamaica Kincaid and Olga Ravn, among others, as well as visual and performance artists who have innovative approaches towards language. The core of the course is the engagement in daily writing which follows from different formal and conceptual prompts. Through practice and discussion, we’ll do things with words both on the page and in the mouth in order to build a toolbox of techniques which can be drawn upon when incorporating text into one's work. The course will culminate in a PDF produced by the class including a selection of the writing created as well as prompts devised by the students designed to inspire future prose stylists.

Application deadline: 29th of September, 2024

How to apply:  Please apply by sending a motivation letter to Maj Hasager:
maj.hasager@khm.lu.se Please state the course name “Doing Things With Words” in an email subject title.

Financial Support by KUNO:
Travel support between countries: 330 € (except 660 € to/from Iceland)
Subsistence per week: 250 € per week.

In case of any questions please contact charlotta.osterberg@khm.lu.se