Key words
Objectives
Students participate in four seminars, depending on the theoretical needs encountered in the course
of their study and from the perspective of their own artistic practice and theoretical interests.
Seminars are incorporated into the Master’s programme as a specific form of study, in which
theoretical content is transmitted in a flexible and open working structure, subject to intervention and
dialogue on the part of students.
Seminars are partly supported by the artistic and theoretical investigations currently being conducted
at the KASK, so that students are engaged in seminars that focus on pertinent problems and themes.
Topics
Each seminar comprises a single unit of study within this segment of the programme.
Seminars focus on specific problems and investigations.
The seminars are thematic in nature and are not intended as overviews. In terms of content, seminars
in the Master’s programme may be on any subject or theme linked to the study areas of the visual
and audiovisual arts.
The specific focus of a seminar evolves from investigation by an instructor/lecturer.
The seminars may reach beyond the standard limits of specific artistic disciplines.
Madness and Culture
The modern era can be said to have begun with the more or less simultaneousproduction of three
statements: "I think therefore I am" (Descartes), "All the world's astage" (Shakespeare), and "Life is a
dream" (Calderon). This seminar will deal with therelationship between madness, art, and philosophy
in modernity (from Descartes till thepresent), examining how the investigation and construction of
mental illness has informedour ideas of rationality and imagination, reality and fantasy, desire and
social order. Theearly sessions will provide an introduction to psychoanalysis, and we will look at
parts ofthe films The Century of the Self (Adam Curtis) and The Pervert's Guide to Cinema(Slavoj
Zizek with Sophie Fiennes). We will devote some time to the anti-psychiatrymovement of the 1960s
and 70s and its legacy, focusing on a reading of Deleuze andGuattari's Anti-Oedipus. Other possible
readings include the Foucault-Derridacontroversy on Descartes's Meditations, texts by Antonin
Artaud, and selections fromLouis Sass, Madness and Modernism.
Prerequisites
It is strongly advised that students have the required competencies of the Bachelor’s programme in
visual or audiovisual art.
Final Objectives
- In a well-grounded manner, students can share thoughts and reflections concerning a scientific or
artistic investigation.
- Students demonstrate their capacity for originality and creativity in expanding knowledge and
acquiring insight.
- Students demonstrate the potential added value of collaboration that goes beyond specific artistic
- Students have advanced understanding of and insight into scientific and/or artistic knowledge
inherent to their specific domain in the visual or audiovisual arts.
- Students have insight into the most recent contemporary knowledge in a specific area and can
follow current research and interpretation.
Materials used
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Teaching materials vary according to the seminars selected.
Study costs
Syllabuses are provided through studio funding.
Students purchase any handbooks that may be required.
Study guidance
Instructors/lecturers are always available for consultation by appointment.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical discourse and group discussions.
When appropriate, visiting lecturers may hold seminars in languages other than Dutch.
Assessment
Each seminar requires a verbal examination, possibly prepared by means of a written paper.
Students must pass each unit in order to receive full credits for this programme segment.
Each unit is 25% of the total credits.
Second settings are possible.
Attendance is obligatory.
Lecturer(s)
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