Border as a place: collisions in time is a course which focuses on investigating and being immersed in sites in the environment where traces of time mark the surroundings. The course is a five day process where participants engage in field work individually and in groups at different places in Iceland.
Hosted by the Iceland University of the Arts (IUA) this couse is a collaboration between the IUA, Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) and Oslo National Academy of Arts (KHiO). Teachers in the course come from across these institutions along with guests teachers.
In the five day course, participants will investigate through walks and exchange of experience several locations which embody the relationship between human and geological time scales. The focus is on process, being in contact with the environment through observations, listening and focusing on how time is present in the natural and built environment through traces, structures, the tangible and invisible elements around us.
Participants will visit different locations in the vicinity of Reykjavik along with a longer distance trip to Iceland‘s south east region where Vatnajökull glacier is a predominent marker of the environment and a container of deep time in the information stored in the ice.
The workshop is funded under the Nordplus/KUNO framework.
Level: Bachelor&Master
Participating countries: Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway
Number of students: 20
Number of teachers: 4
Number of ECTS: 3
Duration in days: 5
Workshop dates: 28 August - 1 September 2023
Eligible students:
4 fine art (and related fields) students from BA and MA levels at each of the following institutions:
VDA, Vilnius
EKA, Tallinn
KHiO, Oslo
IUA, Reykjavik
Additionally, 4 slots will be open across the KUNO network.
How to apply: please submit an online application.
Application deadline: 20.04.2023
