On the Art of Research in the Arts - Tracing Praxis and Reflection

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  • Kathleen Coessens

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https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v1i2.5423

Abstract

Abstract: Society has become more and more focused towards its epistemic value and production: we map whatever into “knowledge”. The arts do not escape this evolution. The main challenge for artistic research is then to built a research culture that marks a difference: participates in the broader field of research, but from its own perspective, and resisting economical competition while being of value to the development of culture and education. By using different optical tools as metaphors for ways of doing research, I will unravel the richness of an artistic research approach: from the differences between a binocular and a prismatic view and its significance, in a first part, to the notions of experiment and experimental action, theory and theorizing, in a second part. In a third part, the article will consider the complexity of the artist's inquiry into his or her own artistic practice.

Keywords: artistic research/prism, subjective/objective, aesthetics, knowledge.

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Kathleen Coessens

Kathleen Coessens is a philosopher and artist, exploring the crossings of science, art and life. She graduated in piano and chamber music in Paris and Brussels and studied philosophy, sociology and psychology. As professor and post-doctoral researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLWF), the Orpheus Research Centre in Music (ORCiM), Ghent, and the Conservatoires of Antwerp and Brussels, she supervises PhD students and teaches. She publishes philosophical and artistic research as well as creates and collaborates in artistic projects. Recently, she launched CORPoREAL, a research group on the body in the arts (music, dance, drama) at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp.

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COESSENS, K. On the Art of Research in the Arts - Tracing Praxis and Reflection. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 1–20, 2014. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v1i2.5423. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/5423. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): The Concept of Research in the Arts

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Artistic Research

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