FATE2013 Posthaus presentation -- Outdoor Vision Fest, Innovating Collaboration

Outdoor Vision Fest: A New Approach to Innovating Interdisciplinary Collaborations

Terry BorstProfessor of Screenwriting, Film@SFUAD

Santa Fe University ofArt and Design

Outdoor Vision Fest (OVF)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVTYQroQ5zk

The Academic Interdisciplinary Trap● Collaboration in academia:

○ often defined as being "interdisciplinary"○ often a "top-down" initiative

● "Interdisciplinary" becomes a "name only" pursuit: descending into turf battles, fuzzy mandates and poorly defined, shifting objectives

● Nevertheless, the boundaries between "disciplines," especially in art schools, are crumbling around us

Beginnings

Initial Vision

OVF 2011

OVF 1st Year Departments

● The Film School● Graphic Design● Studio Art● Photography

OVF 2012

https://vimeo.com/channels/sfuadoutdoorvisionfest/37994714

OVF 2013

● The Film School● Graphic Design● Studio Art● Photography● Digital Arts● Contemporary Music● Creative Writing

Faculty-Driven

● No mandates or abstract goals

● Focused on delivery of product

● How can we wow?

Mentor-Apprentice

● Faculty truly serve as mentors

● Department boundaries dissolve

● Interdepartmental communications enhanced

An "Innovation Lab"

● New ideas, new approaches

● Bonus: specific projects drive equipment buys

Global Collaboration ILegoretta Alive

Global Collaboration II

wearethefrontier.com

Enhanced Civic Engagement

Summary

Collaborations as projects, not mandates

Summary

21st century art is about convergence and collaboration

Summary

Faculty collaboration creates its own "wake" in the academic seas

To Keep Up With OVF

facebook.com/outdoorvisionfest

terry.borst@santafeuniversity.edu