The PhD programme is intended for those who have the confidence to carve out a position for themselves within the โcreative artsโ (fine arts, transdisciplinary work with a background in, say, composition or literature, etc.) and would like to take a doctorate in an arts subject.
Starting from a more general approach to research โ which promotes the ongoing development of the discipline in question, favours โsharingโ and encourages specialists (artists, in our case) to โchallengeโ each other โ this PhD programme is based on the model of artists coming together as a group. It is a case of bringing creators of art into closer contact, with a view to them challenging and supporting each other, asking questions with a critical eye and continuously searching together for new forms. So working towards the PhD also means participation โ in a spirit of critical collaboration โ in a group of artists, with doctoral students dedicating themselves over 4 years to the ongoing development of the arts as a discipline and putting their work up for internal and external scrutiny and therefore criticism.