Research

Unique research environment

The faculty’s overall breadth and its links to other subject areas at the University of Gothenburg create unique conditions for cross-artistic and interdisciplinary research.

Research at the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts combines intellectual reflection and creative production from a holistic perspective and is based partly on the close relationships between the different art forms within the Faculty and partly on the close connections with the other disciplines within the various areas of scientific research.

Artistic research is a concept that is undergoing constant development and redefinition at The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts.

Innovative research

The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts has started developing research within the area of artistic knowledge building, which is not only innovative within the University, but also within the field of the fine, applied and performing arts in Sweden. Artists document, reflect and exchange ideas about their own knowledge-building processes at research level
 

      .…art as a catalyst in processes of social change

Our focus is on art as an agent of change and as a source of understanding about real life, the world and society as well as on the study and development of artistic practices.

In artistic research, the inquiring attitude, which informs the research,
is also a significant part of the art forms themselves. Research is about taking that extra step and consciously establishing strategies, themes and skills. In artistic research, this is done within the framework of artistic practice.

We also have strong ambitions to use art as a catalyst in the various processes of social change.

Interdisciplinary and in-depth research projects

A number of major interdisciplinary research projects are being pursued within the Faculty. The research project Intervention – Art in Urban Life and Planning includes contributions from the fields of design, fine art, philosophy, urban sociology, photography, etc. The project The Passion for the Real: On Documentarism and the Arts focuses on the flight from ‘art’ and its cultural and educational institutions into various medial perceptions of real life. Here design, opera, fine art and film-directing meet in four sub-projects.

The establishment of the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts and its association with the University of Gothenburg facilitate and encourage the building of networks that span many areas.

In-depth, subject-specific research projects in design, interpretation, literary composition, the performing arts, etc. are also carried out within the Faculty.

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