Introducing Literature in the Discourse of Artistic Research

Abstract

The discourse of artistic research emerged in anglophone and Scandinavian countries in the 1990s, initially being established in the Visual Arts departments of art schools. In the wake of the Bologna Process, it spread to many other countries and reached the fields of design, theatre, film, music, and dance. The unification of so many different artistic disciplines under the roof of one discourse represents a great achievement. After long debates about procedures, methods and outcomes of artistic research, and after terminological discussions about embodied and tacit knowledge as well as research into art, for art, and through art, the field is well-established, both theoretically1 and institutionally.2 It provides rich ground for countless individual works and methodologies, employing a variety of epistemological models as well as transdisciplinary, collaborative, and participatory practices.3