Examination arrangement

Course content

The course offers an introduction to entrepreneurial thinking, endeavours and realisation, that takes the artistic practices and interests of the students as a starting point, but everyone is encouraged to take one's own practice further, to build teams with complementary skills, to reach out and investigate, to make practice a project. To get a more concrete idea of possible roles artists can play in society.

An artistic entrepreneurial venture, an undertaking, can take many shapes and includes a wide range of artistic practices. It involves an awareness of economic systems and societal conditions in which artists are operating. It’s a process that may begin with a longing for something that doesn’t seem to exist yet. That may begin with the question, what does it mean to create something new? That may begin with questioning the surroundings within which we are moving, the environment—close and distant, the complexities of the world we are living in. We may ask, what is needed, how can art contribute? What do we want? An intuition towards the not yet known is the beginning of any process of creation, the crucial difference is, an artistic entrepreneurial venture goes beyond studio practice, it might become a collaborative project that involves conceptualizing, research, conversations, negotiations, planning, budgets.

Learning outcome

On completion of this course, students can:

• participate in a group project and develop an understanding of engagement within a cultural, professional context.
• contribute to a collective presentation format
• reflect upon the use of their own artistic practice and that of others in a larger context
• use new and different arenas for the integration of artistic projects

Learning methods and activities

The course aims to cooperate with external partners in the city or elsewhere. The course stresses both practical and theoretical work and input: lectures, screenings, guest presentations, field trips, group discussions, readings will be employed. Each project concludes with a presentation of the idea-developments and artistic results. Additional information will be provided at the start of the semester.

Compulsory assignments

• Participation in course activities
• Presentation

Further on evaluation

Details about the content of the final submission will be published in the beginning of the semester.

The coursework can be completed individually or in groups.

Specific conditions