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2024
Public Defense Bureau of Operational Landscapes
Photographer Donald Weber publicly defends the research project entitled 'Bureau of Operational Landscapes'. On 10 December, Weber will elucidate his work for the…
moreOpen PhDArts Colloquium at the Joint Research Day
You are invited to meet fellow (artistic) researchers to exchange ideas, experiences & inspiration on PARC's Joint Research Day (JRD24).
moreIn Memoriam – Ruchama Noorda
It is with sadness that we share the news of the passing of Ruchama Noorda, alumna of PhDArts.
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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,…
morePublic 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…
moreJoint 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.
moreA 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;…
morePhDArts Trailers & Installation
The PhDArts team is proud to present two short video works – trailers – featuring artistic presentations by two PhDArts candidates Maya Rasker…
moreAfter 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,…
morePhD 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…
moreResearching 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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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…
morePublic 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…
moreACPA 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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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…
morePublic 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…
moreNew 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…
moreACPA 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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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…
morePublic 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…
morePublic 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,…
morePhDArts 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…
moreThe ‘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…
moreCollaboration 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…
moreDEFENSE 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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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'…
moreACPA Conference 2019
Is This Thing On? The Public Dimensions of Artistic Research
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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…
morePhDArts Conference
Celebrating 10 years PhDArts
morePublic 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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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…
moreCritical 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…
morePublication: The Perfect Spectator. The Experience of the Art Work and Reception Aesthetics
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