Double Exposure: Artistic Research and Pedagogy Across the Three Cycles
HOSTED BY ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS HELSINKI
REGISTER (Please register by Friday, 18 September 2026.)
WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER
19.00 Unofficial welcome dinner for early arrivals at own expense (Bistro Le Coin, Siltasaarenkatu 10)
THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER
Venue: Academy of Fine Arts, Sörnäisten rantatie 19
9.00 Registration for participants open (until 16.00)
10.00-12.00 KUNO intensive course presentations for early arrivals and networking possibility to present new course ideas (Theatre Academy auditorium)
(10.00-12.00 KUNO steering group meeting)
12.00-13.00 Lunch for international coordinators (meeting in Theatre Academy lobby, Haapaniementie 6)
Other participants may have lunch at their own expense in nearby restaurants: Campus restaurant Kookos, Restaurant Bruket, Tanner , Lintu 2
13.00-15.00 International coordinators’ meeting (K-218)
15.00-16.30 Opening of KUNO Annual Network Meeting (Academy of Fine Arts, 2nd floor lobby)
Drinks
Welcoming words by Leevi Haapala and Julija Fomina
NOBA exhibition presentation by Harri Monni
Music performance: Duo Severi Tikkinen & William Tarvainen
BFA show opening in Kuva/Tila gallery
16.30-18.00 Tours in the Mylly building and presentations of workshops
18.00-21.00 Dinner in campus restaurant Kookos (Theatre Academy)
FRIDAY, 9 OTOBER
Venue: Auditorium, Theatre Academy
10.00-10.15 Welcome! Words from Dean of Academy of Fine Arts and KUNO Steering group
Artistic intervention: Tea Sirén “ANTI-ELON: Austerity Politics in the Era of Chainsaws, Other Tools, Pushbacks and Naked, Horny Organizations (Everybody Is So Vocal About What They Really Are Doing)
10.15-11.30 Presentation of the theme of the meeting and panel discussion
Double exposure: Artistic research and pedagogy across the three cycles.
How did research become a part of my art? How did making art become part of my research? How have my research skills developed as part of my own art education and art-making?
Panelists:
Chloe Lewis, Professor of Sculpture and Head of Education, Faculty of Fine Art Music and Design (KMD), University of Bergen
Taina Erävaara, Head of Education and Research, Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences
Vytautas Michelkevicius, Head of Doctoral Programme, Vilnius Academy of Arts
Nabil Ahmed, Professor of Visual Intervention, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
Facilitated by Magnus Quaife, Professor of Artist Pedagogy, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki and Mika Elo, Professor of Artistic Research, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
11.30-13.00 Kuno Network matters
KUNO annual report and launching the new website
Presentations of the new steering group candidates and voting
Presentation of a new KUNO member candidate and voting
Presentations of KUNO members via the topic of the meeting
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-16.00 Working groups (please register)
Art History ( Chair Julija Fomina and Annette Busch)
Double Exposure: Rethinking Art History through Images, Comparison and Montage
This discussion explores how teaching art history can be produced collectively using the means of both art historical and artistic research. Starting from our different local contexts, we will try to identify themes and historical questions - such as migration, shifting borders, center and periphery, colonial and post-socialist histories, or ecology - that could be productively investigated across the Nordic–Baltic region. We will consider how comparison, montage and working with images might help students research these questions across national and disciplinary boundaries. What connections, differences or tensions become visible through such encounters? The discussion aims to generate a set of concrete themes and questions that could later be developed into shared course assignments and students' research.
Artistic Research and Artist Pedagogy (Chair Magnus Quaife)
Curriculum Development and Teaching Practices (materiality and workshops) (Chair Bjarki Bragason)
16.00-16.30 Summaries of working groups (K-218)
Free time
19.00 Dinner (Restaurant Bruket, Kaikukatu 3)
SATURDAY, 10 OCTOBER
9.15 Bus transportation from Hakaniemi Square to Aalto Studio and the Aalto House in Munkkiniemi
10.00-12.00 Visits to Unesco Heritage sites: Alvar Aalto Studio and The Aalto House (Places limited to 40 persons)
https://www.alvaraalto.fi/en/location/studio-aalto/
https://www.alvaraalto.fi/en/location/the-aalto-house/
Alternative programme: exhibition tour in the city centre (meeting point in Kiasma lobby)
10.15 Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art https://kiasma.fi/en/
11.15 Helsinki Kunsthalle https://taidehalli.fi/en/
12.15 Bus transportation from Kiasma bus stop
12.30 - Closing of the KUNO Network Meeting at Studio GNTV, Ritokalliontie 18 B
Lunch, presentation of the studio & artists: Tommi Grönlund, Petteri Nisunen, Mika Taanila and Marko Vuokola. (Instagram: _studio_gntv)
Sauna option
14.00 & 16.00 Bus transportation back to Hakaniemi Square
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
RECOMMENDED HOTELS
Other options near Academy of Fine Arts:
LOCAL TRANSPORT
Tickets can be purchased via HSL app or by credit/debit card on readers in buses, trams and train (select the zones and tap your debit/credit card on the reader). When using metro, buy the ticket before entering escalators/platforms.
ARRIVING FROM THE AIRPORT
Bus 600 (nearest stops Haapaniemi and Hakaniemi)
Ticket 4,80 (zones ABC)
ARRIVING BY THE FERRY (From Länsiterminaali)
Tram 7 to Haapaniemi
Tram 9 to Hakaniemi
Ticket 3,50 (zones AB)
KUNO REIMBURSEMENT INFORMATION & SUPPORT
KUNO supports up to 3 participants to take part in the network meeting: 1 international coordinator, 1 teacher and 1 leader (dean/rector/head of department for network meeting). KUNO supports the 3rd night for those choosing to stay in Helsinki until Sunday for the networking night.
What is reimbursed? Following the annual meeting, each participating school should send an invoice to KUNO Secretary for reimbursement of travel and hotel.
How to invoice: Following the KUNO network meeting in Helsinki, your academy should send an invoice addressed to Estonian Academy of Arts / KUNO. It should be sent by email to KUNO Coordinator: kuno@artun.ee / Reference: “KUNO Helsinki” . The invoice should include the names of participants and receipts of the purchased flight tickets and hotel. The invoice should be sent no later than end of Nov 2026.
