Kristiania University of Applied Sciences | AR@K26: Reclaiming art!
The symposium AR@K26 (Artistic Research at Kristiania) titled "Reclaiming art! Creative expression as a building block in our social foundations" will take place on April 14-15th in Oslo. The call for contributions is open.
Topics
AR@K 2026 seeks to take stock, rekindle original impulses of creativity, (re)stimulate senses, and reconnect with artistic communities across disciplines. The symposium aims to gather researchers from all creative fields, build bridges between theory and practice, and welcomes research contributions (both artistic and academic) on topics such as, but not limited to:
- Art and the commodification of creativity
- Art as “a significant part of an organized community”
- Artistic practice and/or research as community building
- The arts and the authoritarian turn: Practices of resistance
- How can artistic research cultivate solidarity, public value, and imaginative counterworlds?
- Anti-authoritarian performative practices
- Art and the body - traditional and alternative ways to knowledge
- Art as communal leadership
- Artistic practice and/or research as catalysts for change
- Explorative forms of teaching and learning in the arts
- Art education and democracy
- Reaching new audiences - art and inclusivity
- Creative practice in the age of algorithmic governance
- Artistic research as cultural critique
- Artistic responses to political polarization
- Reclaiming slowness, care, and attention in artistic practice
- Exploring art in times of crisis and climate imaginaries
- The limits and possibilities of institutional critique
- Artistic practice as a form of civic engagement
- Speculative practices and radical imagination in rehearsing futures
- Art and the body – traditional and alternative ways to knowledge
Formal requirements
Abstracts must have a title, belimited to 200 words, and include: 3–4 keywords, disciplinary field, format of presentation, your name, affiliation, contact information, and a mini-CV (max. 100 words) summarizing your artistic and research practice. All materials should be submitted as a single PDF document.
More information: https://www.kristiania.no/en/about-kristiania/calendar/call-for-contributions-ark26/