Summary of the Research Proposal<\/h4>\n
This project considers the study of recent developments on artistic research in Greece as an occasion for an important theoretical and methodological contribution in this newly established field. It is timely in doing so, both given that artistic research, its history and prospects are of great interest internationally, and in view of the fact that, even though artistic research has become essential in cultural production of value worldwide, it is still not well documented as a social phenomenon and remains under-theorized, in need of specific case studies.<\/p>\n
The term artistic research, referring to activities in the processes of art production that could qualify as \u201cresearch,\u201d is relatively recent but it has already been strongly debated. This project responds to the growing interest for artistic research, nowadays, related to current drifts in the arts, which may be understood as a confirmation of the artists\u2019 innovative spirit that opens up new perspectives for scientists themselves or as a by-product of neoliberal antagonistic relationships in education that could restrict artistic freedom by creating a new academy.<\/p>\n
The project focuses on the fact that since the 1990s artistic research has seen a significant development in Greece too, due to artistic initiatives drawing from social sciences and humanities in order to produce art with political overtones. This tendency has been reinforced during the current crisis when the need for art activism was clearly felt and encouraged by the international attention that contemporary Greek art production gained. Meanwhile, Greek Fine Arts Schools face the challenge of artistic research and of further updating their curriculums.<\/p>\n
The research project combines notions and tools from anthropology and art history in order to document and theorize artistic research in Greece from the 1990s, when it first appears, onward. Methodology and outcomes can be summarized as follows: 1) An archive of artworks, artists, and exhibitions will be developed. 2) An online platform will be designed and implemented in order to host the research material. 3) A selection of projects will be uploaded into an international database for artistic research, also offering artistic research in Greece wider visibility. 4) Four selected in-progress artistic researches will be compared through participatory observation and in-depth interviews. 5) An article theorizing the field of artistic research in Greece will be submitted to a relevant peer-reviewed journal. 6) An event will be organized to publicize the research results and serve as an occasion for an informed dialogue amongst Greek and international artists, scientists and theorists.<\/p>\n
This project will provide a solid background for the study of artistic research culture within and around academia both in Greece and internationally and will deepen our understanding of art-making processes, their institutional context and the public perception of contemporary arts. A number of questions on creativity, interdisciplinarity, and collaboration in scientific and artistic research will be posed and their educational and political implications will be thoroughly considered.<\/p>\n
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Visual Arts<\/b><\/h5>\n
A series of artist talks was organized at TWIXTlab as part of the ongoing study of artistic research in Greece. Beginning in spring 2019, invited artists will talk about their work responding to issues regarding the production and representation of knowledge, and the ways in which artistic research is being perceived within the current artistic, educational, socio-political context.<\/p>\n
The study of artistic research is being conducted by the visual artist and anthropologist\u00a0Elpida Rikou\u00a0and the art historian\u00a0Katerina Konstantinou\u00a0with the generous support of the Research Centre for the Humanities and in collaboration with\u00a0TWIXTlab<\/a>. Studying artistic research nowadays in Greece aims at promoting the discussion about the poetics and politics of artistic research.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marilena Aligizaki, Saturday, March 23, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Campus Novel, Saturday, March 30, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Sofia Grigoriadou, Saturday, April 6, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Fotini Gouseti, Saturday, April 13, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Alexis Fidetzis, Saturday, May 11, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Natasa Biza, Saturday, May 18, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Eva Giannakopoulou, Saturday, June 8, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Nina Pappa | Saturday, June 15,\u00a012:00-14:00<\/p>\n Nikos Papadopoulos and Kostas Christopoulos (Omada Philopappou)\u00a0\u00a0| Saturday, October 12, 12:00 -14:00<\/p>\n Vassilis Noulas and Kostas Tzimoulis (Kinisi Mavili)\u00a0| Saturday, October 19, 12:00 -14:00<\/p>\n Jenny Marketou | Saturday, November 2, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Maria Papadimitriou | Saturday, November 9, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n Yannis Pappas | Sunday, November 24, 12:00 -14:00<\/p>\n Eleni Tzirtzilaki | Saturday, November 30, 12:00-14:00<\/p>\n October<\/span>\u2013\u00a0December<\/span>\u00a02020 (Monday<\/span>\u00a020:00-22:00)<\/p>\n A series of ten artist talks and discussions about artistic research in the field of dance focusing on the choreographers\u2019 ideas and practices. The talks will take place online, in Greek language and are open to the public. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Curator:\u00a0Steriani Tsintziloni<\/a>, dance theorist and researcher.<\/span><\/p>\n With the collaboration of the\u00a0Duncan Dance Research Center.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0series of artist talks are organized as part of the research on artistic research in Greece which started in 2019 by Elpida Rikou, artist, anthropologist and founding member of TWIXTlab. The research\u2019s first year focused on the visual arts with the collaboration of art historian Katerina Konstantinou and the support of the Research Centre for the Humanites<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 12\/10\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Mariela Nestora (choreographer, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A. practice based artistic research Master Theater Practices, ArtEz, Arnhem, Netherlands)<\/span><\/p>\n 19\/10\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Dimitris Mytilinaios (choreographer,\u00a0<\/span>\u039caster\u00a0<\/span>\u0395xerce-ICI-CCN Universit\u00e9 III Paul-Val\u00e9ry-Montpellier)<\/span><\/p>\n 26\/10\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Fotini Stamatelopoulou (choreographer, Researcher in Performance Psychology)<\/span><\/p>\n 2\/11\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Sofia Mavragani (choreographer)<\/span><\/p>\n 9\/11\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Efrosyni Protopapa (choreographer, Assistant Professor University of Roehampton, practice-based PhD in choreography)<\/span><\/p>\n 16\/11\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Tzeni Argyriou (choreographer, performance maker)<\/span><\/p>\n 23\/11\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Eleni Mylona (choreographer, MA practice based artistic research Theatre Practices, ArtEz, Arnhem, Netherlands)<\/span><\/p>\n 30\/11\/20|\u00a0<\/span>Iris Karayan (choreographer, Master of Arts in Performance and Culture, Goldsmiths College, UK)<\/span><\/p>\n 7\/12\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>\u0391\u03bd\u03b4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03b8\u03ac\u03ba\u03b7\u00a0 (dance-maker, MA Performance Practices as Research, University of London, UK)<\/span><\/p>\n 14\/12\/20 |\u00a0<\/span>Zoi Dimitriou (choreographer, academic,\u00a0<\/span>\u039c\u0391\u00a0in European Dance Theatre, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, PhD candidate University of Roehampton, UK).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n October-\u00a0December\u00a02021 (every Monday\u00a019:00-21:00)<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a series of eight talks and discussions about artistic research in the field of music and sound, that focus on the artists\u2019 ideas and practices. The talks will take place online, in Greek language and are open to the public.\u00a0\u00a0Our invited speakers are the following musicians and sound artists: Yannis Kotsonis & Danae Stefanou, Marinos Koutsomichalis, Dana Papachristou & George Samantas, Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri, Lorenda Ramou, Theodore Kitsos, Nicoleta Chatzopoulou. In the end of the series an open discussion entitled \u201c\u0392etween the archive and the field\u201d will take place, with short contributions by sound researchers and writers Eleni Ikoniadou, Panayotis Panopoulos and Anna Papaeti.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Curator:\u00a0Danae Stefanou<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor, School of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\u00a0in collaboration with TWIXTlab<\/u>.\u00a0The 4th<\/sup>\u00a0series of artist talks are organized as part of the research on artistic research in Greece which started in 2019 by Elpida Rikou, (artist, anthropologist and founding member of TWIXTlab) following the first year kind support of the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) (https:\/\/artistic-research.gr\/about\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 25\/10\u00a0Yannis Kotsonis & Danae Stefanou<\/strong><\/p>\n 1\/11\u00a0Marinos Koutsomichalis<\/strong><\/p>\n 8\/11\u00a0Dana Papachristou & George Samantas<\/strong><\/p>\n 15\/11\u00a0Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri<\/strong><\/p>\n 22\/11\u00a0Lorenda Ramou<\/strong><\/p>\n 29\/11\u00a0Thodoris Kitsos<\/strong><\/p>\n 13\/12\u00a0Nicoleta Chatzopoulou<\/strong><\/p>\n 20\/12\u00a0Discussion: \u201cBetween the archive and the field\u201d (Participants: Eleni Ikoniadou, Panayotis Panopoulos, Anna Papaeti. Coordination: Danae Stefanou)<\/p>\n The talks will take place online via zoom every Monday from 19:00 to 21:00. Participation is limited.<\/p>\n The link for all talks is the following:<\/p>\n https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/89846725938?pwd=T1VSTjZTdzhFZkpRbGJYM2NEcGxZZz09<\/a><\/p>\n Meeting ID: 898 4672 5938 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The research project “Artistic research in Greece, from the 1990s to the years of the crisis” was funded by the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH) for the year 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n https:\/\/artistic-research.gr\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This report offers an outline of the one-year-long research program on artistic research in Greece from the 1990s to the years of the \u201ccrisis\u201d conducted through 2019 with the generous support of the Research Center for the Humanities.<\/p>\n Artistic research has emerged in contemporary arts during the 1990’s. Its development is related to concurrent turns in the arts such as the \u201cethnographic\u201d, the \u201carchaeological\u201d, the \u201chistorical\u201d, the \u201ceducational\u201d. Artistic research emergence is also associated to the introduction of the Bologna process in arts education, but has also been associated with the growing interest for innovative ways to do research, especially within the fields of humanities. Art has proved to be pioneering in introducing new methods and practices. Given the recent developments in research and arts education, as well as the social sciences and the humanities in Greece we believe that our research offers a timely contribution to understanding this under-theorized and largely unknown field.<\/p>\nProgram<\/h5>\n
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Research Group: Elpida Rikou, Katerina Konstantinou<\/h5>\n
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