Repetition and Difference: Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art and Creative Writing 10 years

Abstract

In 2007, Tromsø Art Academy accepted its first students in the BA program in the art department at Tromsø University College (Høgskolen i Tromsø, HiTø). Much has happened since then: Tromsø University College has become part of the University of Tromsø (UiT) - The Arctic University of Norway; and the Academy has added a division of creative writing, as well as a complete curriculum offering the BA, the MA, and research fellows in the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme. Ten years have passed since the startup, thirty-five years since planning begang. It is time for a turn toward retrospection; the time has also come to go forward. In this perspective, the question also arises as to the initial profile of the Academy. What was it, and what happened to it?