Master's Programme in Live Art and Performance Studies | Master's degree | Art & Design | On Campus | 2 years | University of the Arts Helsinki | Finland

A full-time, two-year Master's Program in English that uniquely combines performance theory with live art and performance art. The LAPS Program provides an interdisciplinary approach to performance art / live art and performance studies, which is reflected in the diverse fields of our lecturers, mentors, visiting artists and theorists. LAPS is partly constructed around rotating 1-to-1 mentorships, and includes group seminars in areas of core knowledge, art criticism, actionism and live art. LAPS combines critical thinking with practice-led research, and seeks to flesh out synergies between research and practice. The program’s lecturers, mentors, visiting artists and theorists provide diverse approaches to the field, which include, but are not limited to: visual culture, gender studies, performance philosophy, performative research, embodiment, community-based practice, anthropology, mediated performance, performative writing, or the political theory of performance and activism. These approaches provide practical and theoretical tools for students in the context of performance studies and artistic research after the post-humanist turn.