Dear reader,
In this newsletter HKU University of the Arts Utrecht presents an inaugural lecture, research platforms, award winning alumni, an end to the loudness war and a sequel to the CREA Summer Academy.
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Watch the inaugural lecture of professor Hartmut Koenitz
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The inaugural lecture of Hartmut Koenitz, HKU’s professor of Interactive Narrative Design, is now available to watch online. Koenitz’s lecture and inauguration by the Board of Executives of HKU took place last May and involved an interactive boat tour and a compelling view into the possibilities of interactive narratives for education and meaning making.
Watch the lecture
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Practice-based research in daily reality
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Bart van Rosmalen, HKU’s professor of Art and Professionalisation recently contributed to a lecture by Daan Andriessen about practice based research at Festival De Onderzoekswerkplaats. One of the central tenets of the talk was that practice-based research needs to be even more grounded in daily reality. The talk in its entirety can be viewed on Youtube.
Listen to this talk (Dutch)
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Art as a mentor for sciences
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Bart van Rosmalen also contributed to a lecture series about the meeting of art and science at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In his contribution, he talked about how art can function as a mentor of the sciences.
Watch this lecture (Dutch)
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Elisabetta Lazzaro delivers keynote on cultural entrepreneurship in heritage digitisation in Florence
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Elisabetta Lazzaro, HKU's professor of Creative Economy, delivered a keynote on cultural entrepreneurship in heritage digitisation in Florence on 9 May. Prof. Lazzaro’s keynote provided a unique contribution to European best practices in a creative sector strategically merging culture, technology and the economy
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HKU researcher Joris Weijdom at Yale School of Drama
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HKU researcher Joris Weijdom has recently given a lecture at the Yale School of Drama in the United States. His lecture was positively received by the attending professors and master's students of the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism study programme. Weijdom shared his signature approach that puts the dramaturg and a dramaturgic view center stage in the development of innovative theatrical mixed reality experiences.
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Dean MaHKU Fine Art presents Exhausted Academies at Nottingham Contemporary
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Following the project To Seminar that Henk Slager, Dean MaHKU Fine Art, realized this spring at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Utrecht, a second edition of the project Exhausted Academies will be staged 30 June -5 July in Nottingham, UK. The project will encompass an exhibition and a symposium at Nottingham Contemporary as well as a workshop and a summerschool at Nottingham Trent University.
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Tidal and HKU will end the Loudness War
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Pop music has become increasingly loud over the decades, which is known as the 'Loudness War'. The shift from CD to streaming services as the dominant sales platform for music provides an opportunity to end this war because music can now be normalized in one central location. HKU researcher Eelco Grimm cooperated with streaming service Tidal to design an optimal loudness levelling algorithm. He concludes that album normalization should be turned on by default, even in a shuffled playlist. Eelco presented his foundings at AES Berlin. Contact him at eelco.grimm@hku.nl.
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International release for book on music mixing and mastering by Wessel Oltheten
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The book Mixen met Impact (Mixing with Impact) by HKU teacher Wessel Oltheten (HKU Music and Technology) will get an international release in 2018. In the book, Oltheten focuses on the creative and technical concepts behind mixing music tracks, ranging from acoustic tracks to a bombastic movie score. The Dutch language version is already in use for teaching classes at HKU, the English version will be published by Focal Press.
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CREA project for cultural entrepreneurship
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The CREA project, aimed at fostering creative entrepreneurship among students, will continue in the summer of 2017. This means that students can still apply for the new CREA Summer Academy, 3-14 July in Utrecht. HKU recently presented the final results of the initial CREA project at the Cumulus Conference in Denmark. In short, the project has had positive effects on regional and international cooperation and helped launch several succesful student companies.
Read the proceedings
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HKU alumni wins award at NIME Conference
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HKU alumni Dianne Verdonk has won the “Best Installation” Award at the NIME Conference for her self-made Bellyhorn musical instrument. NIME is the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression and took place 15-18 May in Copenhagen.
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Performative lecture by Tet Koffeman on 21 June
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Education innovator Tet Koffeman has been responsible for the creation of the Musician 3.0 programme at HKU Utrechts Conservatorium. Together with writer, researcher and director Anna Maria Versloot she has mapped out how this study programme came into existence. During a 30-minute performative lecture on 21 June at 12:30 PM, Koffeman (herself a jazz singer) will compare the creation of the study programme with the creative process of an artist.
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Professorship Platform 21st Century Skills
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STUDIO 21CS is a new, national platform in the Netherlands aimed at fostering 21st century skills among professionals in higher education. Together with professors and researchers of universities of applied sciences, participants will tackle the ‘wicked problems’ of our time that require a multidisciplinary approach to solve. The platform is funded by SIA and was officially launced on 13 June at HKU.
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Platform researching value creation of the arts
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HKU professor Nirav Christophe has initiated the research platform Kunst ≈ Onderzoek together with peers from other universities of the arts. This platform’s focus will be to investigate issues like the urgent societal demand for valorisation (value creation) of the arts and research into the arts, among other things. This platform is also supported by SIA. Interested? Please contact platform coordinator Debbie Straver: debbie.straver@hku.nl
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- PlayGuru: a music tutor, Marc Groenewegen. Linux Audio Conference 2017 (Proceedings) Read here
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21 June
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Performative lecture by Tet Koffeman
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30 June - 5 July
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Exhausted Academies, Nottingham Contemporary
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3-14 July
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CREA Summer Academy
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5-7 July
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8th ELIA Academy, Exploring elasticity in Teaching and Learning in the Arts, London
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