Artistic research and the KEMs at the SIA congress
At Regieorgaan SIA’s congress last November, “The Compass of Practice-based Research,” art educators and researchers discussed how Key Enabling Methodologies connect to artistic methodologies. Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca (AHK/UvA), Daniëlle Arets (Fontys), Fabiola Camuti (HKU), Josien Pieterse (Framer Framed, Amsterdam) and Sabine Niederer (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) joined in conversation under the heading KEMs: the key to change.
They explored the potential of artistic research within social change, asking questions such as: What role can artistic methods play in societal transformation and systems change? How can we bring together different disciplinary ways of knowing and the varying interests, knowledge, experiences of different actors together to address complex challenges without hierarchy? How can the arts contribute to social change without forgetting the specific power of the means that creative practices have at their disposal?
The panel addressed questions and shared examples of how artistic methodologies can respond to complex social challenges: from health and care, to energy transition and agriculture. One of the projects for example was “The Power of Water”, which uses photography and spoken word to change perspectives on the climate crisis. And Live Journalism was used as an example of how artistic research can create space for experimentation: formats in which interventions in different disciplines and sectors can be tested.
In this way, a bridge was built between specifically artistic working methods and the more design-oriented research method of the KEMs. The presentation can be downloaded here on the side.
Collection Artistic Methods as artistic contribution to the KEMs
In addition, platform Kunst≈Onderzoek is developing the CAMs: a Collection of Artistic Methods as counterpart or complement of the KEMs. This is an inventory of methods that can be used within an artistic creation process. Each method is provided with practical examples, literature suggestions and exercises to use in education and as a (starting) researcher.
duration:
3 years
financing:
part of the platform program
