Sunday, August 20, 2017
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Berlin 2017, summer residency required readings
PU Doctoral Training,
Lewin, Mock, Robinson, Russell
Day 1 Dr Anya Lewin and Dr Deborah
Robinson
"Thinking / Researching through Artistic Practice"
"Thinking / Researching through Artistic Practice"
Experimental Systems Future
knowledge in Artistic Practice, Henk Borgdorff ed Michael
Schwab, Leuven University Press, 2013
Artistic Practices and Epistemic Things,
Henk Borgdorff
·
What
does it mean to present art as research?
·
Issues:
Institutional/educational politics
·
Can
artistic research be considered academic or scientific research?
·
When
artistic practice differs form other types of research?
·
What
are the similarities and differences form artistic research to other more
established researches?
No the objects but the entities in which
research takes place.
What gives art the
ability to generate new knowledge?
He will use
Hans-Jorg Rheinberger, Director of the Max Planck Institutue of Berlin, who
studies ‘the history and epistemology of experimentation in the life of science
in particular molecular biology’, to argue about Rheinberger dynamics of experimental
scientific practice “epistemic things” helps elucidate the status of artistic
research practices:
Rheinberger’s Philosophy
of science seeks to emancipate the “context discovery” in relation to “context
of justification”: ‘how knowledge is constituted in and through practices’.
…as
the context of discovery becomes liberated, practices and things take the
places of theories and mental states. Embodied, situated and enacted forms of
cognition become more important to our understanding of research than
world-mind representations and detached modes of rationality and objectivity.
EXPERIMENTAL
SYSTEMS
·
Is art
capable of creating/embodying knowledge/understanding? if so, what kind or
art/practices?
·
Ontological
status?
·
Methodological
status?
Rheinberger: “Experimental
Systems” are the motor of modern scientific research. Experiments are the
actual generators of knowledge.
“thing” (rather
than object) the indeterminate not yet crystallised status of the knowledge object.
Experimental
systems must be open to aloud indistinct things into view, must have space
tpmpresent what we don’t yet know. This openness and space for not-knowing, not
yet knowing cannot be imposed be methodological procedures.
Serendipity,
intuition and improvisationare as important in Lab practice as technical
conditions.
“Subsidiary
awareness” obliquely based on tactic knowledge, epistemic things are precisely these hybrid forms in which thinking ad
things interwoven.
ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTS
·
Artistic
experiments are not reproducible.
·
Experimental
reflexivity (perception as opposed to understanding)
·
In and
through practices knowledge comes into being.
·
Artistic
Practices: experience and expertise: fertile ground for dynamic, creative and
constructive process.
ART WORK AS
EPISTEMIC THINGS.
Artistic practice
is an articulation of unfinished thinking.
“Artistic practices,
like experimental systems are ‘vehicles for materializing questions’’’
Artistic and
scientific research is about something real, while simultaneously transforming
it into what it could be.
PRACTICE &
PUBLICATION
Meeting the Universe half way,
Karen Barad, Duke University press, 2007. Read Chapter 2
Diffractions:
Differences, Contingencies, and Entanglements That Matter
“Diffraction is a
negative, graphic, psychological, spiritual, and political technology for
making consequential meanings.” Donna Haraway
Diffraction as a
counterpoint of Reflection: both optical metaphors. The R metaphor stands for
mirroring and sameness, the D is marked by patterns of difference.
Diffraction can be
an object of investigation and other times can be an apparatus of
investigation: it cannot be simultaneous as they are mutually exclusive.
Then its goes on
explaining the classical understanding of Diffrction phenomena.
After proceed to a
discussion of Quantum understanding of Diffraction.\. The wave particle duality
paradox.
The difference
between classical or Newtonian Quantum physics.
“the tradition of
grounding our epistemological premises in visual analogie dates back the the Greeks”,
Keller & Grontkowski.
Words ideas
accurately reflect or mirror the thigs to which they refer. If the mirror is
turn to oneself the methodology is ‘reflexive’.
Reflection has been
used as a methodological tool relying on representationalism, Diffraction may
serve as a productive model for thinking about non representationalist
methodological approaches.
Day 2 Professor Roberta Mock
“Your Practice-Research: Articulating Methodology and Significance”
No required reading
“Self-care” workshop
with Dr Laura Gonzalez
‘The ethic of care
for the self as a practice of freedom. An interview with
Michel Foucault on January 20, 1984 conducted by Raul Fornet-Betancourt, Helmut
Becker, Alfredo Gomez-Muller’, Philosophy Social Criticism 1987 12: 112 [20 pages]
Thank you for this reading Laura.
He talks about the care of the self as the base of truth,
and how the truth is placed in the game of power. How self care is the base of
liberty, and without liberty there wouldn’t be a game of power. “…care of self
can then be entirely centered on one’s self, on what one does, on the place one
occupies among others. It can be totally centered on the acceptance of death…”He
also goes on explaining how the faer of deathThe search of truth is grounded in
no other that the mastery of the self.
Jonathan Crary, Chapter one from 24/7 [26 pages]
Very interesting.
How capitalism wants to take over the sleep time as a
profitable time not yet controlled by the system. Also goes on issues and reasons
of insomnia as a social issue (Levinas). The careless of the other, specially
the poor, while asleep.
Brene Brown, excerpt from The Gifts of
Imperfection [7 pages]
Nice reading. I like the Dr Brown..the opposite of playing
is not work it is depression. The rest is nice, I believe I live my life that
way but is always good to be reminded. No to let self doubt taking down, to
play always to play and of course to do what takes you alive…
A Pema Chödrön Primer [30 pages]
I always like to know about other Buddhist practices, I
really enjoy her book, thank you. Although I have my own Buddhist practice, I
practice Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism I received my Gohonson on August 2nd
2008, a week before my father passed away and two months before my whole life
best friend passed. Since then I have my Butsudan at home and I chant every
morning and night. I am thankful every day for my practice. Nam Mioho Renge
Kio.
Dee Heddon and Adrian Howells (2011) From talking to silence: a confessional journey. PAJ: A Journal of
Performance and Art, 33 (1). pp. 1-12. [10 pages]
Adian/Adrianne work is
very interesting. I really liked to know about this artist.
“Presenting Artistic
Research” workshop with Sarah Bennett
No required reading
In Conversation “
FromArtist to Trans Artist” panel discussion moderated by Jean Marie Casbarian
No required reading.
“Dis/placement and art” workshop with Dr Elena Marchevska
Castells. M 2007, ‘Communication power and counter-power in the network society’, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 1, pp.238-266.
Some highlights:
·
Self communication is
closer to “electronic autism”.
·
Social movements:
technology is not only a tool, it is a medium.
·
Internet provides the
essential platform for debate, their means of acting on people’s mind, and
ultimately serves as their most potent political weapon.
·
Thus, the space of the
new social movements of the digital age is not virtual space, it is a composite
of the space of flows and the space of places (Hamburg G20).
·
The restoration of
meaning in the new space/time of our existence, made of both flows, places and
their interaction.
·
Networks of meaning as
opposed to networks of instrumentality.
·
The distinction between
mass and mass-self communication has analytical value: the two modes of
communication are interacting in the practice of communication, as
communication technologies converge.
·
Studies shows: strong
evidence that Internet usage facilitates CIVIC engagement.
Conclusion: communication as the public space of the
network society
·
New institutions will
eventually develop, creating a new form of public space.
·
Attempt at new forms of
control uses primarily mass media.
·
The struggle to free our
minds will always find the way from out the systems.
Guilermo Gomez Pena Dangerous Border Crossers (Routledge, 2000) pp: 133-174
Butler, Judith (2003) Violence, Mourning, Politics Studies in Gender and Sexuality 4(1):9–37
Khosravi, Shahram (2017) Engaging Anthropology: An Auto- Ethnographic Approach
“Articulating Trans-territoriality. Geographical and Disciplinary Displacements.” Workshop with Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio
Guy Debord, Theory of the Derive, 1958
Playful-constructive behavior and awareness of psychogeographical effects. I did this reading, I want to derive. Its hard to understand for me the comparison between drive and pscychoanalysis.
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Modernity. Cambridge: Polity. 2000. (Foreword. On Being Light and Liquid + Chapter 4, Work.
Working on it.
Asa Richerdsdottir and Lene Bang Henningsen, It starts with a conversation. Question your Knowledge by sharing. 2017. http://www.itstartswithconversation.org
Good conversation Principals:
·
Curiosity
·
Openness
·
Willingness to share
·
Ability to listen
STOP & THINK#1
1.
Wht is in your mind?
Social Sculpture
2.
Is there something
unsaid? Many things
3.
If so what? Hard to say
4.
What are you choosing to
do? Social Sculpture
5.
If you are saying YES to
this, what are you saying NO to? market
6.
Are you OK with that?
7.
What is going to be your
first step? Collaboration, find other SS people
#2Past Projects
1.
Sculptures
2.
Installations
3.
Social Sculpture
Values
1.
Interaction with material
as more than human
2.
Interaction with viewers as participants
3.
Interaction with
environment
#3Assess
1.
What took the most in
your calendar? Writing
2.
Identify and write what
you have achieve. Even if you think it is insignificant. We tend to overlook
our progress. RDC2, new body of work, knowledge
3.
Which were your gratest
victories this year? Practice
4.
When did you take risks? On
my NYC presentation
5.
Which project have the
deepest meaning for you? Social Sculpture/ post Human concepts
6.
Which project had the
largest impact on you? Knowing SS
7.
What is it that you are
the happiest about having achieved?
8.
Which word or sentence
best describes your experiences this year?
9.
What lesson can you use
to build your carrier?
Analyse mistakes and failures.
·
A plan. By far the most
important
·
A suitable Budget.
Including rates for your time and strategies for bringing in revenue.
·
A realistic schedule that
includes art-making and down time.
·
An artistic statement
that you love.
#4A list of 5 people very interest in your work, professional development, preparation, delivery and evaluation phases.
·
Michael Bowdidge
·
Anya Lewin
·
Kerry Ware
·
Mary Malm
·
Jordan Massengale
#5
1.
Do you know what you
should offer? encounters
2.
Do you know your
uniqueness?
3.
Don you know your
limitations?
4.
What moves you –shakes you?
Philosophy, performance
5.
Do you know your artistic
kindred spirits elsewhere have you had a conversation with them? Shelley sacks
6.
Do you have a specific
city, country, region you feel there might be interest for your work? If so,
have you been on a practice trip? EU
7.
Are there presenters,
festivals, venues, centres, residencies out there that are following your work?
If so, are you in conversation with them? If not, who do you feel should be following
your work? No
8.
Are you ready to start
thinking of your international strategy? If not, what else do you need before
you start? If you are ready, read on
#6 Setting goals step by step
1.
A very nice source. Thank you for this reading.
Grant Writing Professional Development Workshop with
Pazarbazi
No required reading
“Broken Grammar” workshop with Dr. Michael Bowdidge
“Open access vs.
Documentation in practice-led research” workshop with Merete Røstad
Suggested reading list TBA
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