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VIS issue 9 was published 14 March 2023. The Issue features seven expositions within the theme “Of Memory and Public Space”. Editors are Serge von Arx and Eliot Moleba.

The world premiere of the documentary film "After Work" and a prestigious nomination in the main competition at the documentary film festival CPH:DOX is Erik Gandini's everyday life right now. Erik is a Researcher and Professor of Documentary Film at SKH and is also one of Sweden's leading documentary film directors, with a long and solid experience of filmmaking and socially critical investigation.

On 9 March, UKÄ decided to give SKH the overall assessment of approved quality assurance work! SKH's analysis for the areas that were previously assessed as unsatisfactory is now considered satisfactory.

Are you interested in deepening or broadening your artistic practice? Now you have the chance. We offer a range of courses for those working in circus, dance, dance pedagogy, film and media, opera, performing arts and acting. Autumn courses are open for application until April 17.

Tempo Documentary Festival, Sweden's largest documentary film festival, has just ended. SKH Film and Media held a number of programs and there were alumni and students with their productions. The festival week ended traditionally with award ceremonies in various areas and several SKH alumni were recognized.

The call for VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research issue 11 is open! The theme is “Play, come what may” and editors are Cecilia Roos and Gunhild Mathea Husvik-Olaussen. Deadline for expositions is 9 June 2023.

On Thursday, 9 March, the climate calculator Elsa will have its official release at the Tempo Documentary Festival. Its ambitions are no less than fundamentally changing the way the film industry operates – and to change our own narrative of how we can see the world. In this video report, researcher and creator of Elsa Lina Persson explains the ideas behind the project.

Three summer courses in circus, dance or opera are available to apply until 15 March.

Our opera education has a long and successful collaboration with the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a university that is a burgeoning nursery for opera singers internationally. Last week, we were visited by Jeremy Silver and Sindile Patrick Tikolo.

In the artistic research course The Impact of Research, nine different students learn how to conduct research over two semesters. In January, as part of the course, they participated in a film workshop with cameras from the 1950s and 60s, where they even got to develop their own films in coffee!

The SKH’s annual Research Week, which ran from 17–20 January 2023, ended last Friday. During the week, SKH researchers and PhD students gave a total of 25 presentations of ongoing and completed research projects in circus, dance, dance pedagogy, film, media, opera, performing arts and acting. The Research Week was held both on-site and live-streamed via our website.

Welcome to Stockholm University of the Arts Research Week 17–20 January 2022, which this year will be held both on-site and live-streamed via our website.