This course provides insight into ongoing research projects relating to the history of art (all periods), contemporary art, architecture, and various fields of design. The course includes approximately 10 public sessions per semester, during which speakers from diverse backgrounds (including some from the HEAD–Genève teaching staff) present a research project of their own, followed by a discussion with students. Examples of topics covered in previous semesters include AI, feminist art history, dating app design, video games and social sciences, history of creative software, humanitarian design, and architecture for reuse.
This course is co-organised with the art history department of the University of Geneva and takes place alternately on both sites, in person only. Allow approximately 30 minutes of travel time to get from the HEAD campus to the UNIGE site.
Practical information: The course requires an advanced level of French (written and spoken). Some sessions may be given in English. The use of computers is not permitted in class. Assessment combines visual work and the writing of texts.