There are no prerequisites for this course.

This course offers students an opportunity for in-depth self-reflection within a shared, interdisciplinary learning process. Taking emotion as their starting point, they are challenged to actively articulate, analyse and share their artistic sensitivity and intuition. Through exchanges with fellow students from other disciplines, they sharpen their understanding of how form, experience and meaning intersect – both within and outside their own practice.

For this class, every participating student is invited to share about a moving encounter with an artwork (theatre, opera, music, concert, film, choreography, graphic design, illustration, fashion silhouette and so on) or another event. The students try to answer two questions. Firstly: which themes and textural qualities (sounds, materials, colors, patterns, rhythms, temporal structure and so on) might have evoked these powerful feelings? Secondly: how did these elements succeed in doing this? In other words: which elements were already present in the student to make him or her vulnerable or suitable for this encounter? Whenever possible and or necessary the discussions will be broadened and put in a larger context by the teacher. The students will be evaluated on the basis of their own presentation and on their weekly contributions to the discussions.
Attendance to each class is compulsory. This is an optional course. Students that cannot attend it, cannot enlist.

Hans Theys, 'Knockando', Tornado Editions, Brussel, 2019

Semester 1

• Students are assessed on the basis of active participation in the classes, with particular attention being paid to their own presentation.
• Attendance at all classes is compulsory.
• There is no second opportunity to take the exam.