Videos – Meet our researchers

Here are six newly released short films in which our researchers and PhD students share their artistic research projects. Get an insight into their creative work and the methods that drive their research forward. Watch the films here!

A film camera with a picture on it and with a blurred human in the foreground — Photo: Johan Palme/SKH

Research at SKH: Meet PhD student Erik Åberg

Erik Åberg is a PhD student and teaches juggling and circus history at SKH. In the video, Erik presents his research, where juggling and sculptural practices are used in conjunction with archival materials of individuals and events from the history of circus.

Research at SKH: Meet Assistant Professors Åsa Johannisson and Katarina Lundmark

Åsa Johannisson is an Assistant Professor of Mime Figuration and Katarina Lundmark is an Assistant Professor of Jazz Dance at SKH. In the video they present their research about movement, body, choreography and AI technology.

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Research at SKH: Meet Professor John-Paul Zaccarini

John-Paul Zaccarini is the Profile Professor for the profile area Bodily and Vocal Practices at SKH. In the video, he presents his research about blackness in the arts sphere, meeting the white gaze, and using art to transport people into a new afro-future.

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Research at SKH: Meet Assistant Professor Gunilla Pettersson Thafvelin

Gunilla Pettersson Thafvelin is Assistant Professor of Make-Up and Wig Design at SKH. In the video, she presents her research on using human hair as a material in art installations, and all the emotional reactions that entails.

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Research at SKH: Meet Professor Erik Gandini

Erik Gandini is Professor of Documentary Filmmaking at SKH. In the video, he presents his research on using a documentary filmmaker's toolkit in order to investigate what might happen in the future.

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Research at SKH: Meet Professor Chrysa Parkinson

Chrysa Parkinson is Professor of Dance at SKH. In the video, she presents her research on the specificities of authorship, ownership and control in the context of a dance performance.

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About research

At SKH artistic research is generated via artistic practice. Our mission is to research art and the contributions art makes to society, by practicing, processing, producing, and thinking in, with, and through art whether via subject specificity or in inter subjective relation with other artistic and/or related fields.

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