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THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS & CONFIRMED KEYNOTES
THE ART OF RESEARCH
Processes, Results and Contributions
24-25 November 2009
University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland
Over the last two decades, a lively discussion has developed about the
relationship between art and research. The roles of the professional
artist and the professional researcher have in many ways come closer
to
one another and often merged in fruitful ways. At the university
level,
the criteria for various forms of research related to art and design
have emerged. With some variation, the suggested minimum criteria
include: a clearly articulated epistemic interest, a systematic and
sustained approach, explicit and articulated means for communicating
and
evaluating the results, and established practices for publishing the
results.
This new institutional connection between research and art/design has
promoted much discussion concerning the dialogue between theory and
practice, or ‘reflecting’ and ‘making’, the emphasis often
being on the
question of how they might be combined in a productive way. This time
the conference explores the different ways to turn processes into
results guided by following questions:
● To what extent is it productive to demarcate the practices of
art/design from theories of art and design? Do these distinctions just
serve the narration of the dialogues between theories and practices or
do they have relevance beyond that?
● How to conceive of the relationship between the art/design
processes
and the research results from case to case?
● How to document art and design processes for research purposes?
● How to communicate non-verbal research results?
● What do we mean by contribution in terms of art and design
research?
● What is the relationship between saying and showing, or argument
and
demonstration?
These questions might also stimulate other relevant questions.
The conference will go beyond conventional paper presentation, as each
conference session space will be designed to enable oral presentations
to interact with exhibited works of art and design. The aim of the
event
is to continue and update the discussions concerning the relationship
between art and design practices and research, in terms of both
content
and modes of presentation.
We invite papers (5000 words max) by doctoral students, post-doctoral
researchers and academics dealing with following themes:
(1) Explorative art/design projects. This type of papers must be
submitted together with creative works and must contribute to
understanding how the visual and the verbal are unified in artistic
and
design research. Each submission should also include a separate brief
description (80 words max) of the creative work and visual material
such
as photographs or video (digital formats only, totally 10M max.).
(2) Methodological and theoretical questions related to the conference
theme.
All contributions will be double-blind peer reviewed. To facilitate
double-blind peer review process, authors should make efforts to
ensure
that information about the authors’ identities do not appear anywhere
in
the paper. If an author is cited, “Author” and year should be used
in
the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author’s name, paper
title,
etc.
The conference is hosted by School of Design in co-operation with
Design
Connection Doctoral School at the University of Art and Design
Helsinki.
Since the first event in 2005 in Helsinki, “The Art of Resear
ch” event
has been organized annually, altering between twoof Art and Design
Helsinki and Chelsea College of Art and Design in
London.
The paper and exhibition proposals should be sent to the conference
secretary Johanna Rauhaniemi ([log in to unmask]). For the
paper
template and other practical details, see the conference web site at
http://www.taik.fi/designresearch/AOR2009. Conference fee 150€/100€
for
students, includes conference attendance and refreshments.
The invited keynote presentations will be given by Pirkko Anttila and
Janis Jefferies:
Pirkko Anttila is Professor Emeritus of Craft and Design Science at
University of Helsinki. She has held several different professional
positions as a designer, teacher, counsellor and executive director
from
1950 until today. She has written several books about design theory
and
design research methodology. Her interest lies in the development of
practice-based and evaluative research methodology in art, craft and
design processes, and in conceptualizing visual creative activities.
At
the present time she lectures and supervises in several universities.
In
2008 the Minister of Culture awarded her with Finland Prize in
appreciation of the establishment and development the Craft Science.
Janis Jefferies is Professor of Visual Arts and Artistic Director of
Goldsmiths Digital Studios at Goldsmiths College. She is an artist,
writer and curator. During the last 25 years she has made significant
contributions to the practice and theory of contemporary textile art
within the field of visual and material culture through many solo and
group exhibitions. She has also curate numbers of exhibitions, written
numerous publications and edited two books. At the present time she is
an associate researcher at Hexagram (Institute for Research Creation
in
Media Arts and Technologies), Concordia University, Montreal on
electronic textiles and new forms of media communication in cloth. She
also convened the only PhD practice led programme in Arts and
Computational technology within the University of London.
KEYDATES:
9 April 2009 First call for papers
17 August 2009 Extended deadline for papers
1 September – 6 November 2009 Registration and payment
28 September 2009 Review notice and referee
feedback
30 October 2009 Submission for final papers
10 November 2009 Arrival of exhibits
24-25 November 2009 Conference
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