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Art as Research (Lab) - 20590 [Every year] | Diego Rotman

Art as Research (Lab) - 20590 [Every year]

"Art as Research" (or "Performance as Research", "Art Lead Research" among other definitions and approaches) is a methodological approach in academia that relates to creative practice as a reflexive investigation of significant research weight. This practice is usually carried out by an artist-researcher and offers new ways to create and present meaning and knowledge.
In the past two decades, "Art as Research" has become a research track for graduate studies in many universities around the world. At the same time, artistic practice (and in this course - with an emphasis on theater and performance) as a research laboratory is nothing new. This approach is rooted in 20th-century avant-garde movements and the experimental approaches that led to both practice and theory, creating new concepts.

In the frame of this course we will learn about different schools and approaches that worked in this spirit: the Bauhaus in Germany, Black Mountain College in the United States, the theater laboratories of Wladyslaw Meyerhold in the USSR, Jerzy Grotowski and his theater laboratory in Poland, Eugenio Barba and the Odin Theater in Denmark.
In the course we will also discuss the development of a creative-theoretical project that will provide students with tools to experience "art as research".
The work will be done individually or in groups and will deal with a chosen topic. The students will research it, develop a creative-artistic project (performance, presentation, video, radio program, installation etc.) and write a paper that will examine the process and the project in light of the various approaches.

Art as Research - "Reconstruction and Restagin"- Final Exercise 2022

Art as Research - "On Performance and Pedagogy"- Final Exercise 2021