Teaching Period: 28 September – 2 October 2026
Teachers:
Sculptor and Professor Henrik B. Andersen, with assistance from Associate Professors Antanas Snaras and Vytenis Burokas of the Sculpture Department, Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Host institution: Vilnius Academy of Arts
Number of Available Places for KUNO Students: 10
Level: BA / MA
Application Deadline: 10 July 2026
How to Submit an Application:
Please submit a description of your artistic practice and its potential relationship to science (maximum half a page). Alternatively, you may describe your interest in the relationship between art and science and its potential for artistic practice. Please attach visual documentation of your artwork or artistic practice.
The documents should be sent to lina.koseleva@vda.lt with a subject line “Art and Science – Processes, Systems and Histories of Entangled Knowledge”
Course Description
The programme starts on 28 September at 11:00 and ends on 2 October at 4:00 PM.
On 28, 29, and 30 September, the KUNO course is dedicated to participation in the international seminar Art and Science – Processes, Systems and Histories of Entangled Knowledge, which will be held at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. The seminar is organised by the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania), the PASS Centre at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Visual Arts (Denmark), and the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts (Sweden).
The seminar will consist of 12–14 lectures exploring the relationship between art and science.
The lectures will address the relationship between art and science from a contemporary perspective, focusing on current developments in the arts while also examining this relationship through historical contexts. The topic will be approached from various philosophical perspectives, and several interdisciplinary art–science projects will be presented. In addition, scientific institutions that collaborate with artists will present their work and outcomes. Please see the attached PDF for the detailed programme.
Keywords
From object to process; non-linear systems; aesthetics; dynamic systems; entanglement; Earth systems; ecology; geography; particles; feedback; performance; self-regulation; negative entropy; circuits; interdisciplinarity; quantum mechanics; superposition; landscapes; energy; philosophy; art in the expanded field; transition; phase space; form; medialisation; microcosm; emergence; organisational forms; scale; pattern; structure; technology; space-time; experiment; research; etc.
For KUNO students, the course will continue on 1 and 2 October. During these two days, each participant will give a presentation to the plenary, drawing on the seminar lectures and their own artistic practice. Students are expected to present ideas and possible approaches to the relationship between art and science within their future artistic practice.
Each presentation should be a maximum of 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of questions and discussion with the KUNO plenary.
The KUNO course concludes on Friday, 2 October, at 4:00 PM.
Additional Information:
The course will take place from at Vilnius Academy of Arts. Address, Maironio St. 6, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Financial support by KUNO:
Travel support between countries: 330 € (except 660 € to/from Iceland)
Subsistence: 250 € per week (5-7 days), 100€ per second week.
General KUNO Eligibility Rules:
- only BA and MA full-degree students from the KUNO network schools can participate;
-exchange students from other institutions, which do not belong to the KUNO network, studying at one of the KUNO network schools, CANNOT participate;
- full-degree students from the KUNO network schools, currently on exchange at another institution, CANNOT participate (neither with nor without the KUNO grant).
In case of any questions please contact: Lina Koseleva, lina.koseleva@vda.lt
