HDK-Valand Research Days is an opportunity to explore current research themes and projects at the department, and to engage in discussions together with researching staff and other participants.
In the programme, you find information about who is presenting, what they will talk about, and when and where they will take part. The formats range from 20-minute individual presentations to workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions, and book launches. The afternoon of Thursday 22 January is arranged in collaboration with our sister institution, the Academy of Music and Drama, and we end the day with a joint celebration on Vasagatan.
Register by 12 January 2026
You need to register by 12 January 2026.
Registration form: HDK-Valand Research Days 2026.
Design by Felicia Roos
Felicia Roos, student in design at HDK-Valand, is the designer behind the visual identity of the Research Days 2026.
Abstracts
All abstracts in the pdf at the bottom of the page. A mobile and a printed version is available.
NOTE! There may be some last minutes changes in the programme. Keep yourself updated through this page.
Programme Thursday 22 January
08:00–08:30: FIKA
Venue: HDK-Valand Café, Kristinelundsgatan
08:30–09:00: Introduction and welcome
Venue: Baulan, Kristinelundsgatan
09:00–10:00: Panel & Workshop Session 1
09.00–10.00, Stora Hörsalen at Kristinelundsgatan (338)
Ulises Navarro Aguiar: Education +/x Research (Panel)
Moderator Ulises Navarro Aguiar, Co-Moderator Johan Redström
09.00–10.30, 2044B at Vasagatan
Beatrice Persson: Image Interpretation as a Democratic Act (Workshop)
09.00–10.00
, Image Workshop at Kristinelundsgatan
Eva-Teréz Gölin: Dear Riso (Workshop Introduction, part 1)
09.00–11.00 in 2017, Vasagatan
Lina Petersson & Katarina Andersson: Make:connect – exploring attachments and improvised connections (Workshop)
10:00–12:00: Individual presentations
Venue: Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan (338)
Moderator Ulises Navarro Aguiar, Co-Moderator Britta Teleman
10.00–10.30
Niclas Östlind: High Quality and Low Budget: Tailored Collaborative Research Methods as Alternative to Large Scale Research Projects
10.40–11.10
Emiliano Battista: The Observatory of Artistic Research
11.20–11.50
Magnus Haglund: The Essay as Learning Process
Venue: Baulan, Kristinelundsgatan
Moderator Daniel Jewesbury, Co-Moderator Sanskriti Chattopadhyay
10.00–10.30
Nick Aikens: The Radio Show
10.40–11.30
Jokum Lind Jensen: Exploring action painting techniques in iron
11.20–11.50
Jessica Hemmings: Carceral Craft: South African prison memoir writing
Venue: X-Library, Vasagatan
Moderator: Margaretha Häggström
10.00–10.30
Lasse Lindqvist & Samuel Ian McCarthy: Flower Power Photography: An artistic inquiry exploring non-violence, resistance, and environmental photographic practices
10.40–11.10
Johanna Zellmer: Speculative experimentation: Studio practice as research enquiry
11.20–11.50
Emma Linde: From the tactile and intimate to the monumental and public – an investigation of the craft technique of bobbin lace
Venue: Bio Valand, Storgatan 43
Moderator: Nils Olsson
10.00–10.30
Christina Vildinge: Shedding light on designed environments
10.40–11.10
Annelies Vaneycken: Sous les Pavés, la Plage
11.20–11.50
Maddie Leach: Olof Palme, Örebro and 198.7 m²
13:00–14:00: Panel & Workshop Session 2
13.00–14.00
in Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan (338)
Theo Harper & Elena Raviola: Open flow; movement data as sculptural material (Panel)
Moderator Ulises Navarro Aguiar, Co-Moderator Britta Teleman
13.00–14.00
in 2044B, Vasagatan
Susanne Ewerlöf: A chaga-brew reading ceremony about connecting to the land (workshop)
13.00–14.00
it the Textile Print Workshop, Kristinelundsgatan
Åsa Dybwad Norman: Gloria washes again! / Gloria tvättar igen! (Workshop)
13.00–16.00 in Bio Valand, Storgatan 43
Linda Sternö & Anna Nygren: Störiga arbeten i förskola och pysslets utopiska orättvisa (Workshop på svenska)
Thursday 14.00–17.00: Joint Session HDK‑Valand & Academy of Music and Drama
Venue: Aula, Vasaparken, Unversitetsplatsen 1
- 14.00–14.30: Fika
- 14.30–15.00: Palle Dahlstedt
- 15.10–15.40: Klara Källström: Annotation Fever! On Critical Aesthetic Practice in Generative AI
- 15.50–16.20: Julia Tedroff + PUF Panel: What pedagogical questions occupy artistic education? An inventory of the recurring questions raised by teachers within our programs
- 16.20–16.30: FIK presentation
- 16.30–17.00: HSM performance
Thursday 17.00–20.00: Party
Venue: Entrance Vasagatan 50, Gallery Tripp
Party with bar and refreshments
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Programme Friday 23 January
Friday 08.30–09.00: FIKA
Venue: HDK-Valand Café, Kristinelundsgatan
Friday 09.00–10.00: Panel & Workshop Session 3
09.30–10.00
in Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan
Cathryn Klasto & Franz Kristen: Dense Interior Bodies (Panel)
Moderator: Margaretha Häggström, Co-Moderator Katarina Jansson Hydén
09.00–12.00 in BW Darkroom, Storgatan
Lasse Lindqvist & Samuel Ian McCarthy: Flower Power Photography: An artistic inquiry exploring non-violence, resistance, and environmental photographic practices (Workshop)
09.00–12.00 in Image workshop, Kristinelundsgatan
Eva-Teréz Gölin: Dear Riso (workshop) – part 2
Friday 10.00–12.20: Individual Presentation Session 2
Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan
Moderator: Margaretha Häggström, Co-Moderator Katarina Jansson Hydén
10.00–10.30
Arne Kjell Vikhagen: Inventering och säkring av Västsveriges digitala konst från 90-talet och framåt (Svenska)
10.40–11.10
Kerry Guinan: Distance and the Distancing Effect
11.20–11.50
Gloria López Cleries: The Unknown: Exploring Hidden Dimensions of a Technological Landscape
Venue: X-Library, Vasagatan
Moderator: Karin Peterson, Co-Moderator Amra Heco
10.00–10.30
Jesper Norda: Two Diptychs
10.40–11.10
Mattias Gunnarsson: (Material) Site Recordings – On collaborative practice
11.20–11.50
Gertrud Olsson: “He painted as an architect, and he built as a painter” – Le Corbusier’s travel to Turkey
11.50–12.20
Daniel Jewesbury: The Death of Venus
Venue: Bio Valand, Storgatan 43
Moderator: Niclas Östlind
10.00–10.30
Kjell Caminha: Rehearsing walkscapes
10.40–11.10
Tobias Birgersson: Grave Marker / Iron Notes
11.20–11.50
Lieselotte van Leeuwen & Mills Dray: Art & Everyday Democracy – How do you want art to change your world?
11.50–12.20
Maja Gunn: Make it Together: Exploring Methods of Co-Design Art Processes
Friday 12.45-13.00: FIKA
Venues: HDK-Valand Café, Kristinelundsgatan + Entrance Vasagatan
Friday 13:00–14:00: Panel & Workshop Session 4
13.00–14.00
at Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan
Thomas Laurien & Åsa Ståhl: Transformative change and fractal agency – a panel on emerging design practices (Panel)
Moderator Margaretha Häggström, Co-Moderator Katarina Jansson Hydén
13.00–14.00
at X-library, Vasagatan
Nick Aikens: The Climate Forum Reader (Book launch)
13.00–15.00
at 2017, Vasagatan
Lina Petersson & Katarina Andersson: Make:connect – exploring attachments and improvised connections (Workshop)
Friday, 14:00–16:00: Individual Presentation Session 2
Venue: Stora Hörsalen, Kristinelundsgatan
Moderator Daniel Jewesbury, Co-Moderator Sanskriti Chattopadhyay
14.00–14.30
Luka Jelusic: Floating neighbourhood
14.40–15.10
Seda Yildiz: Earwitnessing situated voices
15.20–15.50
Mick Wilson: We That Swarm Among the Living and the Dead
Venue: X-Library, Vasagatan
Moderator: Niclas Östlind
14.00–14.30
Malena Fockstad & Tina Olsson: En inblick i och återblick av en kulturskolepedagogsalumns bild- och formundervisning i kulturskola
14.40-15.40
Tarja Karlsson Häikiö: Knowledge for all – but on what ground
Margaretha Häggström: Visual Arts Education under Negotiation
Joakim Andersson: Framtagande av kommentarsmaterial till den tilltänka nya kursplanen i slöjd
Venue: Bio Valand, Vasagatan
Moderator: Nils Olsson
14.00–14.30
Fredrik Svensk: Article presentation: “A Critique of Participatory Photography”
14.40-15.50
Andjeas Ejiksson: The Discontent of Voice and Image
15.20–15.50
Jason E. Bowman: Torn Face and Back Chat: a mystery of how collaboration communicates
Research displays
Tobias Birgersson: Grave Marker / Iron Notes
Space: Outside Stora hörsalen
Kerry Guinan: Portraits (2025)
Space: 2012
Åsa Dybwad Norman: See Me Make, Make Me See
Space: Outside Stora hörsalen
Kerstin Hamilton: The Choreography of Science
Space: 2012
Linda Sternö & Anna Nygren: Störiga arbeten i förskola och pysslets utopiska orättvisa
Space: Outside Bio Valand
