The Iceland Art Academy organized an international conference on Artistic Research, October 3-4 2008.

The aim of the conference was to launch academic discourse on research in and through the arts, cutting across disciplines such as fine art, drama, music, architecture and design. The Academy is now planning practice-based MA programs in various departments, and the conference was meant to be a steppingstone into a future discourse on the complex issues surrounding artistic research.

The event seeked to include a broad range of stakeholders; such as academics, practicing artists, critics, museum and gallery workers, and, of course, students.

The conference took place in Sölvhólsgata 13 in Reykjavik (department of theater and music).

Conference program

Keynote speakers
Henk Borgdorff
Amsterdam School of the Arts

Mary Anne Francis
Brighton University and Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London

Terry Rosenberg
Goldsmiths University

Georg Weinand
Das Arts

Simon Bayly
Roehampton University

Ph.D Students
Mark Curran
Dublin Institute of Technology and Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire

Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir
Gothenburg University

Katrine Hjelde
Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London