New publication: Artistic Research in Discussion
As part of the publishing and grant activities of the AFAD, we have published a new publication entitled Artistic Research in Discussion, which represents a contribution to the current professional debate on the nature, transformations and direction of artistic research. The publication was edited by Marian Zervan, Head of the Department of Theory and History of Art, and Monika Mitášová, a teacher at the Department.
Artistic Research in Discussion
Marian Zervan, Monika Mitášová (eds.)
Peer reviewers:
prof. PhDr. Miroslav Marcelli, PhD.
Assoc. prof. Mgr. Lukáš Makky, PhD.
Texts:
Ondrej Buddeus, Ondrej Dadejík, Andrej Démuth, Jana Hojstričová, David Kollar, Alice Koubová, Norbert Lacko, Palo Macho, Jozef Eduard Masarik, Peter Michalovič, Monika Mitášová, Miroslav Petríček, Michal šedík, Ladislav Tkáčik, Marian Zervan, 2024
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, 2025
ISBN 978-80-8189-080-2
The publication was supported by the grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic VEGA No. 1/0402/22 "Artistic Research: critical concepts, methods, evaluation criteria" and an internal grant of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
Annotation:
Artistic Research in Discussion, a collection of texts from a conference with international participation, is a contribution to the contemporary professional debate on the nature, transformations and direction of artistic research. It addresses the relationship between artistic research and artistic creation, artistic research and scientific research, the procedures and methods of artistic research, the possibilities of generalization and uniqueness of artistic knowledge, the forms of artistic research in different kinds of art, the historical forms of artistic research, and finally the refinement of the conceptual apparatus for the analysis of artistic research. The authors of the texts are leading experts from the Czech and Slovak Republics who have long been engaged in the practice and reflection of research in the field of art. The outcomes of the conference and discussions on artistic research are continuously applied to the teaching process at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava in the subjects of doctoral studies Artistic Research-Theory and Artistic Research-Practice.
The conference Artistic Research in Discussion was held at the AFAD on 27-28 May 2024.
Content:
Introduction – Marian Zervan, Monika Mitášová
Artistic Research? Art and Research – Miroslav Petríček
Artistic Research between Skylla and Charybdis – Marian Zervan
Does artistic practice, on which artistic research is based, imply an epistemology? – Ladislav Tkáčik
Reflexivity as a condition of research in art – Michal Šedík
On the Possibilities of "Strange Research" – Ondřej Dadejík
"Always the same, always different, always the same, always..." – Peter Michalovič
Transformations based on resonances: notes on the nature of artistic "research" – Miloš Ševčík
The complexity of hopelessness: three case studies of the Tantehorse author platform – Alice Koubová
Anger and Art - The Art of Anger – Andrej Démuth
Think Hand-writing – Noro Lacko
Experimentation with photoglass painting – Jana Hojstričová - Palo Macho
Text as a Productive Problem – Ondřej Buddeus
Forms of artistic research in the work of Diller + Scofidio (DiSco), later Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) – Monika Mitášová
(In)formation: corporeal forms of virtual space – Jozef Eduard Masarik
Performance and artistic research in the field of electronic music – David Kollar
