Name: FORUM: Why Are Artist-Researchers Better Storytellers? From Textbook to Artist’s Book to ...
Start: 2025-11-27T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-11-28T16:30:00+02:00
Location: VDA parodų salės Titanikas

$FORUM: Why Are Artist-Researchers Better Storytellers? From Textbook to Artist\u2019s Book to ...$

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Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA) Doctoral department invites you to the Forum
“Why Are Artist-Researchers Better Storytellers? From Textbook to Artist’s Book to Performative Publishing” (2010-2025)
November 27–28, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Participants: Aldis Gedutis, Arnas Anskaitis, David Maroto, Irina Gheorghe, Jan Georg Glöckner, Jelena Škulis, Julijonas Urbonas, Kęstas Kirtiklis, Marquard Smith, Mika Elo, Miki Ambrozy & Sophie Durand, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, Oleksandra Nenko, Sara Bédard-Goulet & Otso Aavanranta, Vytautas Michelkevičius.
Curator / Moderator Vytautas Michelkevičius.
Presentations, performances, heated discussions and intellectual coffee breaks!
FULL PROGRAMME: https://www.vda.lt/en/doctoral-studies/news/why-are-artist-researchers-better-storytellers-from-textbook-to-artist-s-book-to-performative-publishing-2010-2025
The forum takes place within the research exhibition Compo(s)t and Detritus, showcasing the work of doctoral students in the arts.
Artists, philosophers, art historians, and sociologists will gather around one table to discuss questions such as:
• Do artists produce knowledge when they tell convincing stories?
• Are artists better storytellers than other researchers?
• What are the five generations (5G) and five cultures of doctoral theses in the arts?
• Are philosophers artist-researchers too?
• How can research be performed in space and in text?
• What is the role of other research modes in the social, natural, and human sciences in relation to artistic research—are they allies or competitors?
• Is artistic research (still) a counter-mode or counter-discipline to scientific research?
We have lived through fifteen intensive and dynamic years of doctoral education in the arts in Lithuania, and now is a good moment to pause, reflect on what has happened, and rewind time in order to review, propose, and even forecast possible futures. Although this period has been relatively short, we can already identify at least three generations of PhD/DA cultures. How do these generations situate themselves within the broader context of other modes of research, as well as art, design, and architecture practices beyond academia?
Fifteen years of experience in preparing artists as researchers within third-cycle education at VDA has both empowered them and legitimized diverse modes of storytelling, writing, and publishing. In recent years, it is no longer surprising when a doctoral thesis reads more like a novel than an art historian’s account. Are we approaching a time when, during the final defence (Viva Voce), an artist might present nothing but their artwork?
The forum will also introduce other perspectives on artistic research — from the French-Canadian concept of Research-Creation to the Nordic artwork-in-the-front thesis model. The event will not only host traditional presentations but will also experiment with various modes of knowledge exchange: heated panel discussions, performative sessions, conversations with artworks, coffee breaks, intellectual dining feasts, (in)formal (not)working, and more.
These diverse participation formats are supported by the equally diverse architecture of VDA. The main events will take place in exhibition spaces, while others will unfold in Gothic and Baroque vaulted halls and research laboratories.
The forum will conclude with the public defence (Viva Voce) of artist and designer Julijonas Urbonas, presenting his doctoral thesis “Gravitational Aesthetics” in front of a committee of five members.
Full program of the forum.
Participation is free of charge. Please register by November 25th at [email protected], so that we can ensure there are enough coffee cups for everyone
The forum will be hosted inside the Research exhibition Compo(s)t and Detritus which brings together 19 doctoral candidates from Vilnius Academy of Arts. These practice-based researchers come from the fields of fine art, design, and architecture.
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Tarptautinis forumas Kodėl menininkai-tyrėjai yra geresni istorijų pasakotojai? (programa PDF) vyks 2025 lapkričio 27-28 dienomis, VDA Parodų salėse "TITANIKAS" doktorantų parodos Kompo(s)tas ir detritas 2025 kontekste.
Mes išgyvenome 15 intensyvių ir dinamiškų metų, per kuriuos Lietuvoje buvo vykdomas meno doktorantūros studijos, ir dabar yra tinkamas momentas apmąstyti, kas įvyko, ir atsukti laiką atgal, kad galėtume apmąstyti ir pateikti pasiūlymus ar netgi prognozes ateičiai. Nors šis laikotarpis buvo trumpas, galime išskirti mažiausiai tris meno doktorantūros kultūros kartas. Kaip jos atrodo platesniame kontekste, palyginti su kitomis tyrimų formomis, taip pat su meno, dizaino ir architektūros praktika už akademinės bendruomenės ribų?
Menininkai, filosofai, meno istorikai ir sociologai susirinks prie vieno stalo aptarti tokių klausimų kaip:
• Ar menininkai kuria žinias, kai pasakoja įtikinamas istorijas?
• Ar menininkai yra geresni pasakotojai nei kiti tyrėjai?
• Kokios yra penkios kartos (5G) ir penkios kultūros meno srities daktaro disertacijose?
• Ar filosofai taip pat yra menininkai-tyrėjai?
• Koks yra kitų tyrimų metodų vaidmuo socialiniuose, gamtos ir humanitariniuose moksluose, palyginti su meniniais tyrimais – ar jie yra sąjungininkai, ar konkurentai?
• Ar meniniai tyrimai (vis dar) yra priešingas metodas ar priešinga disciplina moksliniams tyrimams?
Dalyviai: Arnas Anskaitis, David Maroto, Oleksandra Nenko, Sophie Durand, Miki Ambrozy, Jan Georg Glöckner, Marquard Smith, Jelena Škulis, Kęstas Kirtiklis, Mika Elo, Irina Gheorghe, Aldis Gedutis, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Nelly Ben Hayoun- Stépanian, Julijonas Urbonas, Sara Bédard-Goulet & Otso Aavanranta.
Kuruoja Vytautas Michelkevičius. Renginys vyksta 15 metų meno doktorantūros proga.
Pilna programa https://www.vda.lt/en/doctoral-studies/news/why-are-artist-researchers-better-storytellers-from-textbook-to-artist-s-book-to-performative-publishing-2010-2025</lietuvi>