Co-creative research on what is required to feel like a human being
At Uppsala Art Museum (21, 26 and 28 September) and in the Segerstedt Building (8, 9 and 10 October) you will have the chance to experience and participate in co-creative research on what is required to feel like a human being. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt.
Take the opportunity to experience and participate in co-creative research in the form of a sound installation. Sound artist Anna Haglund, in collaboration with the Child Health and Parenting research group at Uppsala University, has created an electroacoustic composition.
As artist-in-residence at Uppsala University, artist Haglund has created the work "In(ter)vention: I felt like a human being” in a collaboration with the Child Health and Parenting research group at Uppsala University.
The role of artist-in-residence involves universities inviting practising artists to exchange experiences, broaden perspectives and work on co-creative research. The artist Anna Odell was previously artist-in-residence at Uppsala University.
“In(ter)vention: I felt like a human being" explores what is required to feel like a human being. The work is based on collective and individual listening and simple choreographic movements that provide a special experience of being with others, but also of being an individual in the collective.
Co-creative research
Co-creative research can be described as research conducted with or by the public, rather than to, about or for the public. It can also be described as an active collaboration between researchers and people who have first-hand experience of what is being researched. This could mean an experience of illness or a particular life situation. The general public may include patients or a community group, the elderly or people living in a particular neighbourhood, for example – it depends on the focus of the research. They are seen as experts on their own life situation, in the same way that researchers are experts on scholarly matters.
"In(ter)vention: I felt like a human being" has been created by the artist Anna Haglund in collaboration with the research group that includes researchers Elin Inge, Georgina Warner and Professor Anna Sarkadi, together with Nimo Elmi and Yasmin Cumar who are target group representatives with experience of migration and working in research, and finally the communications officer Helena Conning.
At Uppsala Art Museum and Segerstedt Building
Experience and co-create the artwork at Uppsala Art Museum on 21, 26 and 28 September and at the Segerstedt Building (Dag Hammarskjölds väg 7) on 8, 9 and 10 October.
Update 19 September:
In Segerstedthuset the tour is at 12.30pm and the number of seats is limited. Pre-register for the tour here.
Anders Berndt