News

  1. 2023

    • VIII Art of Research Conference

      PhDArts candidates will attend and present their research at the eighth Art of Research conference from 30th November - 1st December 2023 at Aalto University,…

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    • Public Defense Spiritual Corporeality: Towards Embodied Gnosis through a Dancing Language

      Dancer and choreographer Suzan Tunca publicly defends the research project entitled 'Spiritual Corporeality: Towards Embodied Gnosis through a Dancing Language'. On 31 October…

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    • Joint Research Day

      You are invited to meet fellow (artistic) researchers to exchange ideas, experiences & inspiration on PARC's Joint Research Day, 27th of October 2023.

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    • A Softer Sense of Self Symposium

      Virtuosity is a complicated term. On the one hand, it refers to a mastery of skill that has been honed over years of dedicated study;…

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    • After Work Conversations Symposium

      'After Work Conversations' is a two-part symposium about issues of emancipation and political organization in the context of work within digital capitalism. Artists, workers, activists,…

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    • PhD Information Session

      Platform for Arts Research in Collaboration (PARC) hosts a hybrid PhD information session together with the Academy of Creative & Performing Arts (ACPA) and its…

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    • Researching collectivity as an individual

      Metropolis M, an independent magazine for contemporary art, published an interview with PhDArts alumna Anja Groten about her PhD research project…

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  2. 2022

    • Public Defense Figuring Things Out Together: On the Relationship Between Design and Collective Practice

      Designer and educator Anja Groten publicly defends the research project entitled 'Figuring Things Out Together: On the Relationship Between Design and…

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    • Public Defense Word and whetstone: Perspectives on writing at the intersection of art and academia

      Novelist Maya Rasker publicly defends the research project entitled 'Word and whetstone: Perspectives on writing at the intersection of art and academia' on…

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    • ACPA Appoints New Professor and PhDArts Director

      The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) recently appointed a new Professor. The institute is bidding farewell to Professor Janneke Wesseling and…

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  3. 2021

    • Public Defense Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a Model for Artistic Practice

      Visual artist Eleni Kamma publicly defends the research project 'Taking Place: Parrhesiastic Theater as a Model for Artistic Practice' on 2 December. At…

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    • Public Defense The Emergent Artistic Object in the Postconceptual Condition

      Artist Jack Segbars publicly defends the research project 'The Emergent Artistic Object in the Postconceptual Condition' on 18 November. At 11.30, Segbars will…

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    • New Platform for Research Collaboration in the Arts

      The Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatoire have a long tradition of stimulating research in the arts. Together with the Academy of Creative…

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    • ACPA appoints new academic director

      The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) recently appointed a new academic director. Erik Viskil is taking over from Henk…

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  4. 2020

    • Making Matters Symposium

      You are cordially invited to join the second edition of the Making Matters symposium, which will take place online on Thursday 19, Friday 20 and…

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    • Public Defense Territoriality and Choreography in Site-Situated Performance

      Artist k.g. Guttman will publicly defend her dissertation on the research project TERRITORIALITY AND CHOREOGRAPHY IN SITE-SITUATED PERFORMANCE on 10 November at 16.15…

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    • Public Defense Guava جوافة//גויאבה

      Artist Thalia Hoffman defends her dissertation on the research project GUAVA: A CONCEPTUAL PLATFORM FOR ART-ACTIONS at Leiden University. The exhibition GUAVA جوافة//גויאבה,…

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    • PhDArts Website

      The PhDArts website has been renewed and expanded to accommodate the growing archive of projects by PhDArts staff, doctoral students, and doctors. The website and…

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    • The ‘Option’ aftermath in South Tyrol

      In November 2019 visual artist Riccardo Giacconi obtained the doctoral degree with the research project 'The Variational Mode'. This summer Giacconi has been…

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    • Collaboration HfK Bremen

      Since the fall of 2020, PhDArts, The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), collaborates with the Hochschule für Künste Bremen (University of the Arts…

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    • DEFENSE BLIND MAPS AND BLUE DOTS

      It is a pleasure to announce that graphic designer Joost Grootens successfully defended his dissertation on April 23 to obtain the…

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  5. 2019

    • Public Defense The Variational Mode

      The public defense by visual artist Riccardo Giacconi of the research project entitled 'The Variational Mode: Three cases about documents, artworks and animation'…

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    • ACPA Conference 2019

      Is This Thing On? The Public Dimensions of Artistic Research

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  6. 2018

    • Public Defense Ebifananyi

      The public defense by visual artist Andrea Stultiens of the research project entitled 'Ebifananyi' takes place in two stages. On 20 November at…

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    • PhDArts Conference

      Celebrating 10 years PhDArts

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    • Public Defense Propaganda Art from the 20th to the 21st Century

      The public defense of the research project entitled 'Propaganda Art from the 20th to the 21st Century' by visual artist Jonas Staal takes…

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  7. 2017

    • Public Defense Writing Performance

      On 24 October 2017 the public defense by visual artist Lilo Nein of the research project entitled WRITING PERFORMANCE takes place in two…

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    • Critical Making Project

      The Dutch research council NWO has awarded a grant to a consortium headed by Prof. Dr. Janneke Wesseling (Leiden University) as main applicant…

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    • Publication: The Perfect Spectator. The Experience of the Art Work and Reception Aesthetics

      By Janneke Wesseling

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