‘Reflections’ are diverse ‘op-eds’ in which artists, researchers, peer-reviewers, editors and readers express their view on what is going on in the field of artistic research. Reflections are not peer reviewed; restrictions in terms of language, length, topic or theme do not apply.

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The design of expositions

Tero Heikkinen

In traditional research journals, the author does not define the appearance and layout of the paper. Artistic research journals that publish expositions, invite authors to format the presentation in a way that works with their research. This means a freedom of layout and positioning, but the approach can also result in some frustration.

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PhD Vitamin at the Estonian Academy of Arts

Kirke Kangro, Oliver Laas and Madis Luik

PhD Vitamin was a first-time event, held in a digital format at the Estonian Academy of Arts from the 4th to the 8th of May 2020. It consisted of a series of public video lectures on artistic research, held by theorists and practitioners in the field, with the aim of introducing different approaches to acquiring a PhD degree as an artist.

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Coddling the Minotaur: Year One of the Tel Aviv Salon for Artistic Research

Gabriel S Moses and Nitzan Chelouche

There is a story in Greek mythology of a man named Theseus. Theseus became a hero when he ventured into the dark corridors of the labyrinth to hunt and kill the part bull/part man monster residing at its core—the Minotaur. All he had to find his way back was a ball of red thread he carried into the maze. This past December we used similar metaphors to introduce the idea of artistic research (AR) to the participants of our cozy salon in south Tel Aviv.

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Philosophy AS artistic research:* Philosophy On Stage

Arno Böhler

Philosophy as artistic research is a concept of philosophy in which poiesis,1 the process of letting something materially come into being (be-coming), is considered the core performance of philosophy. When Marx criticized pre-marxist philosophies that they have just interpreted the world, but not changed it, this claim is very much in line with arts-based-philosophy.

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Building a Culture for Dissemination of Artistic Research

Cecilie Broch Knudsen

On request from the Norwegian Council for Artistic Research, an investigation on publishing and dissemination of Artistic Research was completed in April 2017. The report was conducted by a working group led by Jørn Mortensen, Rector at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

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Curating for Research

Joey Orr

Research and creative processes bring things into the world imperfectly. That is the syntax of making. What kinds of perspectives might we adopt toward the institutional integration of art and research? In conversation with U.S. poet and scholar Joan Retallack, artist and composer John Cage stated: “When I find myself in the position of someone who would change something—at that point I don’t change it. I change myself.

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