ARTISTIC RESEARCH: THE DIFFERENCE THAT  MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Heloisa Amaral; João Carlos Santos; Alieksey Vianna; Carlos Eduardo Soares; Marcel Cobussen

Authors

Heloisa Amaral Leiden University
João Carlos Santos
Alieksey Vianna Leiden University
Carlos Eduardo Soares Leiden University
Marcel Cobussen Leiden University

Keywords:

Artistic research, Methodological pluralism, Experimentation, Embodied knowledge, Societal impact

Abstract

Already in 1993, cultural theorist Christopher Frayling in Research in Art and Design introduced a distinction between three types of arts research: research into art, research for art, and research through art (Frayling 1993). In 2006, the Dutch philosopher and social scientist Henk Borgdorff adopted this trichotomy, albeit slightly rethought and reformulated. He distinguished between research on the arts (investigating the arts from a theoretical distance), research for the arts (research providing insights and instruments that could possibly find their way into concrete art practices), and, finally, research in the arts (Borgdorff 2006). This last, nowadays known as Artistic Research, no longer assumes the separation of subject and object or a distance between a researcher and their art practice. Instead, the artistic practice itself is an essential component of both the research process and its outcomes.

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Author Biographies

Heloisa Amaral, Leiden University

Heloisa Amaral is a pianist and curator. She is a doctoral researcher at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and lectures in curatorial practices and artistic research at The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.

João Carlos Santos

João Carlos Santos is a musician working in the field of historical music making, including historical performance practice, composition, and improvisation. His PhD project focuses on how musicians can benefit from the study of historical acting techniques.

Alieksey Vianna, Leiden University

Alieksey Vianna is a guitarist active in both classical music and jazz worlds. He is also a PhD candidate at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (Leiden University, the Netherlands).

Carlos Eduardo Soares, Leiden University

Carlos Eduardo Soares (aka Caeso) is a musician, sound and multimedia artist, and a PhD candidate on artistic research in music at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (Leiden University, the Netherlands).

Marcel Cobussen, Leiden University

Marcel Cobussen is a music philosopher, field recordist, and pianist and works as Full Professor of Auditory Culture, Music Philosophy, and Artistic Research at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (Leiden University, the Netherlands).

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