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VALAND ACADEMY
Course Guide VSPTP1
Konst och publicering
Course Code
Course Name
VSPTP1
Konst och publicering, Art and publishing
Course Director
Phone
Mick Wilson
Please use email as this is more efficient.
+46766183457
E-mail
Term
mick.wilson@akademinvaland.gu.se
Höst 2015
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Course description and course content
Course objectives
Course’s educational bases and learning activities
Examination
Assessment criteria (if any)
Course literature
Course development survey
Student Handbook
Equal opportunity, equal treatment
Contact information and participating instructors
Course Description and Course Content
Kursen ger en historisk och praktisk introduktion i olika konstnärliga publiceringsformer. Under
kursen diskuteras och analyseras olika former av Artists' books, magasin och webprojekt.
Kursen är projektbaserad där det ingår att producera en kollektiv publikation. Kunskapen byggs
på de diskussioner som förs utifrån referensmaterial och de medverkande studenternas egna
bidrag.
This course provides students with an opportunity to explore the way artists have used
publishing as an art making strategy and as an alternative and as an additional support to
exhibition practices. The course also looks at the ways in which artists collaborate and take
control of the means of distribution of their work. The course considers what the role of the
public is in the development of experimental contemporary art. Students collaborate on the
conception, development, design and completion of a collective publication as a form of artistic
expression.
Valand Academy
vecka 36
September 4 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
Walkommen och introduction: Why do artists publish? Mick Wilson
vecka 37
September 11 Fredag 09:00-12:00 (EW & KH & KC) Eva Weinmayr
Some examples of artists publishing projects:
09:00-09:30 Kerstin Hamilton (Doctorand Konstnarliga Gestaltning A. Valand)
09:30-10:00 Kjell Caminha (Amanuensis MA Fri Konst A.Valand)
10:30-12:00 Eva Weinmayr (Doctorand Konstnarliga Gestaltning A. Valand) on
Interventionist Publishing (Cildo Mereiless: Insertions into ideological circuits,
The Yes Men, Black Amazon, The Piracy Collection)
Students identify examples of artist publishing projects they wish to explore.
vecka 38
September 18 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
Students present analysis of the example of an artist’s publication they chose.
Discussion of the differences between zines, books, & websites as artist’s media
vecka 39
September 25 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
Students present analysis of an example of an artist’s publication
Discussion of “commix” and graphic narratives: RAW Books, MAUS, Palestine
Visit to the Photo book (24 sep – 27 sep) show at Galleri A-Venue, Avenyn
vecka 40
October 2 Fredag 10:00-19:00 (All staff and students invited)
Jubileum Conference on Critical Art Education
October 3 Lordag 10:00-14:00
Jubileum Conference on Critical Art Education. This is an international conference
in the education of artists with special guests frpm London, New York, Berlin etc. Also, a
chance to meet the Jubileum Special Guest Artist in Residence Pepon Osorio.
You must book a place through the website: Participation is free but places are limited:
Advance booking recommended. To reserve your place at the conference please sign-up on
our website (http://akademinvaland.gu.se/aktuellt/e/?eventId=1907835848 ) The booking option
is at the bottom of this webpage.
vecka 41
October 9 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
What are the different relationships between exhibition and publication?
Are there different ideas of the public in exhibition and in publication?
Who do we make our work for? Who do we want to encounter our work?
Where do we want our work to be found?
vecka 42
October 16 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (EW) Eva Weinmayr
The format of the book — the page experimental formats, binding, codex, loose
leaf, boxes, posters. Aspen, Infinite Library, Sunset Strip, Marianne Wex,
You are asked also to begin to generate publication proposals
What should we publish? Why? Who for? How?
Formation of publishing idea groups
vecka 43
October 23 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (TBC)
Students work in groups to generate publication proposals
vecka 44
October 30 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
Introduction of the concept – Visual Essay
– the differences between the visual and the textual
Presentation of group proposals
Publication planning and distribution of work tasks
vecka 45
(paus vecka) ingen undervisning
vecka 46
November 13 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (EW) Eva Weinmayr
Presentation on Distribution networks
Independent publishing spaces, archives, shops and underground networks,
Samizsdat, Raubdruck Archiv (Düsseldorf) Aaaaarg, Monoscope, Memory of the
world
Presentation of further developed group proposals
Update on publication planning and distribution of work tasks
vecka 47
November 20 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
The power behind fanzines, activist comunities
Feminist Fanzines, Strike Magazine
Presentation of further developed group proposals
Update on publication planning and distribution of work tasks
vecka 48
November 27 Fredag all dag “Open House” – Akademin Valand- staff
vecka 49
Dec 4 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (TBC)
Guest presentation on artist’s publication Pelle Kronestedt on Tarby book project
Presentation of further developed group proposals
Update on publication planning and distribution of work tasks
Meeting to finalise draft publication for printing.
vecka 50
Dec 11 Fredag 09:00-11:00 (MW) Mick Wilson
översyn av delaktighet & kvalitet klassrummet diskussion
Update on publication planning and distribution of work tasks
Planning of assesment
2016
vecka 2
Jan 15 Fredag 13:00-16:00 Examen (MW) Mick Wilson (EW) Eva Weinmayr
Course Objectives
Kunskap och förståelse
redogöra för olika tekniker i utformandet av en Artists' book;
redogöra för vilka överväganden man gjort i planeringen av en Artists' book;
ge exempel på konstnärliga förhållningssätt inom olika publiceringsformer;
Färdigheter och förmåga
planera och genomföra ett konstnärligt projekt i form av en Artists' book;
utifrån de begränsningar som bokformatet utgör göra relevanta val av material
och teknik;
Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt
motivera val av material och teknik i utformandet av en Artists' book;
jämföra och kritiskt diskutera andra studenters arbete i relation till
referensmaterial och exempel från kursen;
kritisk redogöra för hur de egna verken och metoderna förhåller sig
till referensmaterial och exempel från kursen
The Course’s Educational Bases and Learning Activities
The course is based on:
Group meetings on Friday mornings (seminar and workshops on the pubishing project)
Group tutorial and critique also on Friday mornings.
Independent and collaborative practical production of art ideas for publication on Fridays after
the Friday morning meeting.
Examination
Muntligt genom examinerande seminarier;
Projektarbete i grupp
Participation in seminars and group meetings – active contribution in discussions
group project work– taking on work tasks and active contribution to the work process making a
group publication as an artistic work
EXAMEN: 13:00-15:00 Fredag Jan 15th 2016
Each student will present their contribution to the collective publication in terms of their (i)
artistic work and (ii) practical input.
Students will be informed of examination results within 15 days of the examination. Students
will be informed of their course grade within 15 days of the end of the course.
Students who did not sit the examination or who fail will be offered the following opportunities
for re-examination:
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Third Friday in March
Third Friday in August
Second Friday in December
In addition to the above dates, the course director may offer more opportunities for reexamination.
Assessment Criteria (if any)
Demonstrated active participation in seminar dialogue
Demonstrated active contribution to group project by taking on defined tasks within the group
Course Literature
Gwen Allen. Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art. MIT Press. 2011.
Course Development Survey
The course will be evaluated orally at its conclusion and also in writing and anonymously via a
course development survey where you will have the opportunity to provide your views on the
course. After this, the instructor will write a course report containing a summary of the various
evaluations, including the key observations made by the students and the instructor’s
summary, analysis and action plan for the course. The compiled course development survey
and course report will be published in GUL no later than eight weeks after the course ends.
Student Handbook
We have collected all the information needed by students studying at Valand Academy in the
Student Handbook.
http://akademinvaland.gu.se/english/education/student-handbook/
Equal Opportunity, Equal Treatment
Equal treatment means that harassment and discrimination against students or employees on
the basis of gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion or other belief, disability,
sexual orientation, or age may not occur at the university. It is also forbidden to commit
reprisals against someone who has lodged a complaint, i.e. to get revenge on someone who
files a report.
Students and staff may contact the head of department as their first recourse. As a student,
you may also contact any other representative of the university, such as your instructor,
programme director, study counsellor, the student union, or the equality representative.
Read more about GU’s equal opportunity/equal treatment work at:
http://akademinvaland.gu.se/english/education/student-handbook/plan-your-studies/equal
Contact Information and Participating Instructors
Mick Wilson mick.wilson@akademinvaland.gu.se
Eva Weinmayr eva.weinmayr@akademinvaland.gu.se
Guests include Kerstin Hamilton, Kjell Caminha and Pelle Kronestedt
Other
This course will involve working in both Swedish and English.
This document should be sent as a PDF file to Mia Lockman-Lundgren for publication in
GUL no later than 29 May 2015. mia.lockman-lundgren@akademinvaland.gu.se