art practices as research

Sullivan, G. (2005). Art Practice as Research: Inquiry in the Visual Arts. SAGE.

chapters available to download

Chapter 1- Pigment to Pixel

Chapter 3- Explanation, Understanding, and Beyond

Chapter 5- Artist as Theorist

additional samples available in google books

Part 2: Theorizing Visual Arts Practice. 3. Explanation, understanding and beyond

Part 3: Visual Arts Research Practices.6 Practice as Theory

Reflection Activity: Artistic connections

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Leavy, P. (2008). Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice. Guilford Press.

Download the sample chapter Social Research and the Creative Arts An Introduction from the editors’ site.

Another interesting chapter available via google books include

The Visual Arts

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Barrett, E. & Bolt, B. (2007) Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry. I.B.Tauris.

Interesting (almost complete) sections available via google books include

Introduction

Appendix. Developing and writing creative arts practice research: a guide.

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Gray, C., & Malins, J. (2004). Visualizing research : a guide to the research process in art
and design. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

Visualizing Research web site

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Miles, M. ( 2005). New Practices, New Pedagogies: A Reader. Routledge.

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Macleod, K. & Holdridge, L. (2005) Thinking Through Art: Reflections on Art as Research. Routledge

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Carter, P. (20050, Material Thinking. Melbourne University Publishing.

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Balkema, A.W. & Slager, H. (2004) Artistic Research. Rodopi.

full chapters available via ingenta (free PDF download)

Methododicy
pp. 12-31(20)
Author: Slager, Henk

What is the Point of Research and Doctoral Studies in Art?
pp. 63-69(7)
Author: Kaila, Jan

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Hesse-Biber, S. N. & Leavy, P. (2008) Handbook of Emergent Methods. Guilford Press

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Kester, G.H. 2004) Conversation pieces: community and communication in modern art. University of California Press.

[ chapters available inGoogle Books]

Dialogical Aesthetics

See also:Grant Kester Conversation Pieces: The Role of Dialogue in Socially-Engaged Art.

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Journal Studies in Material Thinking

selection of relevant papers:

Miles, A.(2008) Virtual Actual: Hypertext as Material Writing. . Studies in Material Thinking 1 (2). Retrieved November 30, 2008.

Ross, T.(2008) Material Thinking: the aesthetic philosophy of Jacques Rancière and the design art of Andrea Zittel Studies in Material Thinking 1 (2). Retrieved November 30, 2008.
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Journal Working papers in Art & design

selection of relevant papers:

Scrivener, S. (2004) The practical implications of applying a theory of practice based research: a case study. Working Papers in Art and Design 3. Retrieved November 16, 2008

Scrivener, S. (2002) The art object does not embody a form of knowledge. Working Papers in Art and Design vol2. Retrieved November 16, 2008

Bolt, B. (2006) Materializing pedagogies. Working Papers in Art and Design vol4. Retrieved November 30, 2008

Pakes, A. (2004) Art as action or art as object? the embodiment of knowledge in practice as research. Working Papers in Art and Design vol3. Retrieved November 26, 2008

Biggs, M.A.R. (2004) Editorial: the role of the artefact in art and design research. Working Papers in Art and Design 3. Retrieved November 16, 2008

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McKenna, S. E. (19990 . Theory and practice: revisiting critical pedagogy in studio art education. Art Journal

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Wainwright, C. (2008). The Importance of Artistic Research and its Contribution to ‘New Knowledge’ in a Creative Europe’. ELIA

Download the pdf here

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Institute for Practice-based Research in the Arts

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Materials for Art-Practice-Led Researchers

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bibliography for the 0708 edition

Cavallaro, D. (2001) Critical and Cultural Theory, London: Athlone Press

Kester, G. (2005) Conversation Pieces- The Role Of Dialogue In Socially Engaged Art. (Extracts). In

Kocur, Z. And Leung, S. (Eds.) Theory In Contemporary Art Since 1985. Ma: Blackwell Publishing.

Bourriaud, N. (1998) Relational Aesthetics. (Extracts). Paris: Les Presse Du Reel.

Bourriaud, N. (2002) Postproduction. NY: Lukas & Sternberg.

Sullivan, G. (2005) Art Practice as Research: Inquiry Into The Visual Arts. Oaks,Ca: Sage Publications. (Extracts) Theorizing Art Practice As Transformative Research (Pp 93-102) And Re-emergence Of The Artist-Theorist (Pp 173-181)

Fisher, J ( 2005) The Syncretic Turn: Cross Cultural Practices In The Age Of Multiculturalism (Extracts). In Kocur, Z. And Leung, S. (Eds.) Theory In Contemporary Art Since 1985. Ma: Blackwell Publishing.

Cahdwick. W. (1998) Mirror images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation. Mass: The MIT Press. (Extracts) Self as masquerade/ self as absence.

Goldberg, L. (1998) Performance- Live Art Since the 60s. London: Thames & Hudson. Extracts: Performance politics real life. (pp 37-61)

Oliveira, N., Oxley, N. and Petry, M. (2004) Installation Art in the New Millennium: The Empire of the Senses. London: Thames & Hudson (Extracts)

Manovich, L. (2001) The Language of New Media. Massachussets: MIT. (Extracts) pp. xiv-xxxvi.

Weibel, P. Narrated theory: Multiple Projection and Multiple Narration (Past and Future). In Rieser, M. and Zapp, A. (2002) New Screen Media Cinema /Art / Narrative. London, UK:BFI.

Bull, M and Back, L.(2004) Introduction: Into Sound. In Bull, M and Back, L.(Eds) The Auditory Culture Reader. NY:Berg. Pp.1-17 .

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http://www.subtle.net/empyre/
Empyre is a discussion mailing list, often using an exhibition or project as a starting point for a topic. The discussion at the moment is about “scalability and ‘knowledge production”. If you have read Tom Holert’s essay – Art in the Knowledge-based Polis , look for Simon Bigg’s reply on 12th February and the discussion that follows. Very interesting.