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The Royal Institute of Art offers Individual in Project Moving Image (18 credits) as summer course 2026.
Applications are made via an application link that can be found under on the course page below during the application period.
Application deadline was March 10 2026.
The course Individual Project in Moving Image is aimed at those who want a focused work period and a forum to deepen and discuss issues related to moving image within their own and other students’ artistry. Large parts of the course are based on the student’s independent work where the student focuses on their artistic process and works with their project.
The course includes individual supervision where we discuss the content, technique and form of each student’s work in order to deepen the understanding of one’s methods of creating moving images and develop the work process. The course also includes moments when the works are discussed with the whole group and invited artists. These moments create a forum for in depth discussion and knowledge sharing. The aim is also to contribute to a dialogue about what the role of moving image can have as an art form in today’s hyper-mediated world and how the individual creative process relates to this.
Your project can be within different forms of moving image, such as multi-channel spatial installations, documentary film, animation, essay film, 360 video or other. Participation in the course requires that you have the technical skills needed to independently film, collect and edit video or film material for your project. The course does not include basic instruction in filming or editing, nor can we provide technical equipment other than editing computers.
Never before have there been so many moving images as there are today. They surround us through devices such as mobile phones, game consoles, screens, projectors, at home, in the workplace and in commercial and public environments. For many of us, technology is available to create, reproduce and disseminate moving images.
But what images are being created? We are almost constantly fed with impressions from different sources, senders and for different purposes. What role can the moving images created by artists play in this audiovisual world? Do they disappear in the mass of images or can they, through their form, material, purpose and context, provide a counterpoint or reflection of today’s vast flow of moving images?
Since the emergence of video art, artists have experimented with the medium’s potential to tell stories over time, combining colour, sound, image and text. They have approached film as a mass medium, questioning its commercial nature and its importance in documenting and representing reality and creating fantasy worlds.
In Individual Project in Moving Image, the student works on and develops a project of their own. Within the course, the student will receive both personal and group supervision to deepen, critically reflect on and develop their own artistic work in moving image. The conversations and guidance are based on the type of questions, mediums and methods that exist within the group and reflect on how these relate to the present.
At the centre of the course is the student’s own individually designed project and the work to achieve the goal that the student has set for the project. During the course we will have a number of counselling sessions and joint meetings to reflect, discuss and support the student in the artistic process.
The course starts in the beginning of June with two introduction days. During these days, the course participants will present themselves and their projects to the group. Then these days are followed up with individual supervising meetings with the teacher responsible for the course. During these meetings the students receive guidance to further develop their projects and project plans. After this, the students have a period where they work independently on their projects.
In July, the students have further sessions with individual guidance on their projects, this time with a guest teacher with competence within moving image. During the same month a joint seminar day is also organised where an invited artist presents their work in moving image.
During August, the students continue to work independently on their projects until the last common course week. During this week, the students present the work and receive feedback from the rest of the student group, the teacher responsible for the course and an invited guest artist.
Throughout the course period, students have access to the Royal Institute of Art’s video department and the editing computers at Mindepartementet on Skeppsholmen, open Monday to Friday between 09.00-15.30. Please note that the Royal Institute of Art’s other workshops, including Teknikförrådet (the technology lending centre), are closed during the summer.
Application deadline: 10 March.
| Credits | 18 hp (100%) |
| Level | First cycle course, not beginners |
| Language | Swedish and/or English |
| Entry Requirements | General entry requirements: General requirements for freestanding courses at a first cycle level. Specific entry requirements: 60 ECTS-credits in fine art, fil, moving image or equivalent knowledge. The student’s knowledge of digital video and/or the film medium should be sufficient to independently film and edit their individual project. |
| Selection | Selection is based on a proposed individual project plan of maximum 2 A4 pages. The project plan should describe the project idea, including artistic issues, processes, technological choices and theoretical aspects, and preferably a timetable and 3-4 work samples, out of which at least two should be within moving image. |
| Academic Year | 8 June–28 August 2026 |
| Responsible teacher | Rut Karin Zetterqvist |
| Contact | rutkarin.zetterqvist@kkh.se (regarding course content), helena.falldin@kkh.se (regarding study administrative questions) |
