Art has the potential to create strong connections through experiences, activities and creative processes that require presence, openness, and an explorative way of seeing the world. Aesthetic experiences and expressions can challenge our usual ways of thinking and give us new perspectives on the world, ourselves, and our priorities.
Which social challenges does the lab want to address?
The social challenge the lab focuses on is the distance seen in increased polarization, loss of nature and increasing loneliness. The aim is to meet this challenge by creating new arenas for meaningful exchange through art and aesthetics. New arenas for meaningful exchange mean to enable people to interact through, and with artistic forms, as joint music-making, co-creating visual art, collaborating on local theatre productions, writing stories, and exploring together. Arenas are the shared space and time for these intersubjective experiences to take place.
What are the Lab's core values?
The core values of the lab are to:
The three core values of the lab are:
- Promoting artistic integrity and autonomy,
- liberating and empowering individuals and communities through artistic practice, and
- enhancing dialogue, listening and collaboration,
represents a dynamic arena for negotiation with artistic autonomy on the one hand (1) and art and aesthetic approaches as an empowering force on the other (2 & 3).
Who can join?
The lab will be a transnational co-creation arena, where different sectors and stakeholders, such as researchers, artists, musicians, citizens, students, and regional partners, can collaborate to boost the impact of education, research and innovation and produce new knowledge on practices for implementing and evolving art practices within contemporary societies. This will be achieved through professional facilitation of co-creation methodologies, workshops, think tanks, and artistic productions.
We depend on, and welcome and encourage, students and staff from other disciplines to bring new connections and perspectives. In this way, the lab will act as a catalyst for positive change, transformative processes, and deeper understanding in society.
If you are interested in joining the lab, please reach out to the contact persons listed below.
What should the lab result in?
The Art & Aesthetics in Contemporary Society lab was created in 2023.
Efforts and results will be published here.
Contact
- marius.l.igland@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 22 95
- linn.eriksen@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 20 46