Costume Design 20|10 Research
The 2023 iteration of Costume and Research in Finland was part of a broader celebration of costume reseach and education at Aalto University. 2023 saw the 20 year anniversary of dedicated Costume Education in Finland and 10 years of the Costume in Focus research group.
Over the 24 and 25 November 2023, CiF and the Costume Design: Performing Arts & Film course celebrated these dual anniversaries. On the the evening of the 24th a reception for costume design alumni, guest teachers, close partners from UniARTS including TeaK and SibA, cultural foundations partners such as the Theatre Museum and the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI), the Finnish Film Foundation, the union of professional costume designers LP/Teme, and costume designers.
The Costume and Research in Finland program featured presentations for the exchange of ideas about the past, present and future of costume design pedagogy and profession, and costume research, alongside a costume exhibition, which ran for three weeks in the main Väre lobby.
session 1 / Introduction & costume research, post doctoral researchers session 2 / Costume research, doctoral students
session 3 / Costume alumni greetings
session 4 / Teme-LP members roundtable discussion