Groans and muffled tones – hybrid, multidisciplinary realms of sounding bodies
The aim of the research project is to develop artist pedagogy and to subversively and horizontally alter the silo structures of the art university curricula.
About the project
By multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary projects the future artists learn to communicate their own points of being as experts of a particular art genre, to discuss shared topics from different viewpoints and together with another kind of artist. Furthermore, they learn to grasp or observe their own art from a slightly more distant perspective, and to get out of their ‘bubble’. I suggest that coming out of one’s own subject group in art can been seen as one of the most essential transitional phases (Kontinen et al.2013) of artistic individuation process, which often receives less attention in modern education system.
Especially music education has often been seen as individual, one-on-one tuition. The one-on-one tuition is crucially important in many art genres, especially in music. However, the future artists will increasingly collaborate with experts outside of their own field. The pedagogical and cognitive research support the idea, based on which the individuation process cannot even begin in a learning environment that merely emphasizes individual performance. Individuation does not mean that we only educate artists to become individuals.
According to contemporary gesture studies and the research of sound-producing movements, gestural is closely connected to the study on sounding bodies, vocal skills, and oral skills. This is a realm of research which is shared between several art academies. The concept of sounding bodies, embodiment, mutual dialogue, dialogic learning, interconnectedness, reflective practices, researchness, and collaboration are relevant for future artists and art pedagogues working at the future fields of art. The presented research idea focuses on developing communicative skills within multi- and interdisciplinary art projects of the future art professionals.
Project activity
- The Ethics of Interdisciplinary Realms of Sounding bodies in Artist Pedagogy (Soivien kehojen taiteidenvälisyyden etiikasta Taiteilijapedagogiikassa), Research Days, March 24-25, 2025
- Fluorescence – sounds of the deepsea – syvämeren ääniä, January, 2026, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. The interdisciplinary project will gather together artists willing to experiment in the realm of sounding bodies, vocal skills, and oral skills together with pedagogue, dancer-choreographer Maarit Mammu Rankanen and musician-pedagogue Assi Karttunen.
Literature
Gennepin, von Arnold: The Rites of Passage
Kontinen, T., Houni, P., Karsten, H., & Toiviainen, H. (2013). Liminaalitilan käsite työn muutosten jäsentäjänä. Aikuiskasvatus, 2013(4), 252-261.
About the researcher
Harpsichordist, researcher DMus Assi Karttunen has specialized in researching Artist Pedagogy, Ethics of Art, Early Music, Historically Informed Performance, Artistic Research and Artistic Thinking. She also performs as a soloist and chamber musician in interdisciplinary groups with experimental and contemporary repertory.
Karttunen has recorded 4 CDs of solo works by Couperin, Rameau, Froberger, Lynch and Frescobaldi (Jubal, Alba, Divine Art Recordings Group, Pilfilnk Records). As a soloist she has performed in Italy, Belgium, UK, Ireland, Germany, Scotland, Japan, Russia, Germany, Estonia, Norway, Denmark and Sweden and played in several orchestras and ensembles. Karttunen played for 11 years in FiBo and worked as an artistic director during 2006– 2016 in the Elysian Fields-workshop. She performs in the Superpluck Trio, which premieres vast amounts of contemporary music.
Karttunen works as a senior postdoc researcher at the Profi6 research project and as a supervisor and teacher at the DocMus, Doctoral school of Sibelius Academy and at the Early Music faculty. Karttunen has published her research in journals like a peer-reviewed quarterly journal Musiikki, Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics JCLA, Trio Research Publication, and Ruukku Studies in Artistic Research.
Project name
Groans and muffled tones – hybrid, multidisciplinary realms of sounding bodies
Time
01/2025-12/2026
Contact
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Assi Karttunen
Postdoctoral Researcher, DocMus Doctoral School, Sibelius Academy+358504084542assi.karttunen@uniarts.fi
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About the project
By multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary projects the future artists learn to communicate their own points of being as experts of a particular art genre, to discuss shared topics from different viewpoints and together with another kind of artist. Furthermore, they learn to grasp or observe their own art from a slightly more distant perspective, and to get out of their ‘bubble’. I suggest that coming out of one’s own subject group in art can been seen as one of the most essential transitional phases (Kontinen et al.2013) of artistic individuation process, which often receives less attention in modern education system.
Especially music education has often been seen as individual, one-on-one tuition. The one-on-one tuition is crucially important in many art genres, especially in music. However, the future artists will increasingly collaborate with experts outside of their own field. The pedagogical and cognitive research support the idea, based on which the individuation process cannot even begin in a learning environment that merely emphasizes individual performance. Individuation does not mean that we only educate artists to become individuals.
According to contemporary gesture studies and the research of sound-producing movements, gestural is closely connected to the study on sounding bodies, vocal skills, and oral skills. This is a realm of research which is shared between several art academies. The concept of sounding bodies, embodiment, mutual dialogue, dialogic learning, interconnectedness, reflective practices, researchness, and collaboration are relevant for future artists and art pedagogues working at the future fields of art. The presented research idea focuses on developing communicative skills within multi- and interdisciplinary art projects of the future art professionals.
Project activity
- The Ethics of Interdisciplinary Realms of Sounding bodies in Artist Pedagogy (Soivien kehojen taiteidenvälisyyden etiikasta Taiteilijapedagogiikassa), Research Days, March 24-25, 2025
- Fluorescence – sounds of the deepsea – syvämeren ääniä, January, 2026, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. The interdisciplinary project will gather together artists willing to experiment in the realm of sounding bodies, vocal skills, and oral skills together with pedagogue, dancer-choreographer Maarit Mammu Rankanen and musician-pedagogue Assi Karttunen.
Literature
Gennepin, von Arnold: The Rites of Passage
Kontinen, T., Houni, P., Karsten, H., & Toiviainen, H. (2013). Liminaalitilan käsite työn muutosten jäsentäjänä. Aikuiskasvatus, 2013(4), 252-261.
About the researcher
Harpsichordist, researcher DMus Assi Karttunen has specialized in researching Artist Pedagogy, Ethics of Art, Early Music, Historically Informed Performance, Artistic Research and Artistic Thinking. She also performs as a soloist and chamber musician in interdisciplinary groups with experimental and contemporary repertory.
Karttunen has recorded 4 CDs of solo works by Couperin, Rameau, Froberger, Lynch and Frescobaldi (Jubal, Alba, Divine Art Recordings Group, Pilfilnk Records). As a soloist she has performed in Italy, Belgium, UK, Ireland, Germany, Scotland, Japan, Russia, Germany, Estonia, Norway, Denmark and Sweden and played in several orchestras and ensembles. Karttunen played for 11 years in FiBo and worked as an artistic director during 2006– 2016 in the Elysian Fields-workshop. She performs in the Superpluck Trio, which premieres vast amounts of contemporary music.
Karttunen works as a senior postdoc researcher at the Profi6 research project and as a supervisor and teacher at the DocMus, Doctoral school of Sibelius Academy and at the Early Music faculty. Karttunen has published her research in journals like a peer-reviewed quarterly journal Musiikki, Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics JCLA, Trio Research Publication, and Ruukku Studies in Artistic Research.