{"id":1319,"date":"2020-05-14T15:35:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam2020.wpengine.com\/?page_id=1319"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:36:38","slug":"about-hdk-valand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/","title":{"rendered":"About Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the Graduation Platform \u2013 a digital window into the artistic education programmes at HDK-Valand.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, you will encounter degree projects by graduating students in Design, Photography, Film, Fine Art, Crafts, and Literary Composition. These works take shape at the intersection of artistic practice, critical thinking, and some of the most pressing questions of our time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At HDK-Valand, art and design are not only forms of expression but also ways of investigating, challenging, and reimagining the world. The students\u2019 degree projects move between the personal and the political, across materials, narratives, techniques, and visions of the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Graduation Platform offers insight into what is currently emerging within our programmes \u2013 new perspectives, experiments, and artistic processes. Here, you can revisit works you have already encountered or discover something for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About HDK-Valand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HDK-Valand is part of the University of Gothenburg. We offer education and research in Design, Film, Photography, Fine Art, Crafts, Literary Composition, as well as subject-specific courses for future teachers of Crafts and Visual Arts. You can find us on Vasagatan and Kristinelundsgatan in Gothenburg, and at Steneby in Dals L\u00e5nged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together with our sister institution, the Academy of Music and Drama, we form Scandinavia\u2019s broadest faculty for the arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about our activities at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gu.se\/en\/hdk-valand\">gu.se\/hdk-valand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Graduation Platform \u2013 a digital window into the artistic education programmes at HDK-Valand. Here, you will encounter degree projects by graduating students in Design, Photography, Film, Fine Art, Crafts, and Literary Composition. These works take shape at the intersection of artistic practice, critical thinking, and some of the most pressing questions of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22830,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HDK-Valand Graduation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HDKValand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T13:36:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2362\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HDK_Valand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/\",\"name\":\"HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-14T13:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T13:36:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png\",\"width\":2362,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Hem\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About Graduation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/\",\"name\":\"HDK-Valand Graduation 2026\",\"description\":\"Examensarbeten 2026\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HDK-Valand\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1498141_ny_logo_sv_high.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1498141_ny_logo_sv_high.png\",\"width\":254,\"height\":258,\"caption\":\"HDK-Valand\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HDKValand\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/HDK_Valand\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation","description":"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation","og_description":"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.","og_url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/","og_site_name":"HDK-Valand Graduation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HDKValand","article_modified_time":"2026-06-15T13:36:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2362,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@HDK_Valand","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/","url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/","name":"HDK-Valand Graduation - About Graduation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png","datePublished":"2020-05-14T13:35:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-15T13:36:38+00:00","description":"HDK-Valand v\u00e4lkomnar dig att ta del av verk ifr\u00e5n studenter som nu kommer att ta plats inom samtida och framtida bildpedagogiken, designen, fotografit, filmkonsten, fria konsten, konsthantverket och litter\u00e4ra gestaltning.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/skarmavbild-2026-06-15-kl-103627.png","width":2362,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/about-hdk-valand\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Hem","item":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About Graduation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/","name":"HDK-Valand Graduation 2026","description":"Examensarbeten 2026","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#organization","name":"HDK-Valand","url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1498141_ny_logo_sv_high.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1498141_ny_logo_sv_high.png","width":254,"height":258,"caption":"HDK-Valand"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HDKValand","https:\/\/x.com\/HDK_Valand"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22348,"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1319\/revisions\/22348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hdk-valand-graduation.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}