Art as Research: processes of knowledge production through and about artistic practice

As part of the research projects, artistic practices of knowledge production are not only explored in detail. They are developed and utilized in order to pursue current questions of corporeality, materiality, image production and subject constitution in socio-historical and cultural contexts. In terms of methodology, the projects draw on artistic practices such as installation, photography, video, performances and drawing, and are partly based on ethnographic approaches such as participant observation, interviews, condensed writing, photo-elicitation and performance ethnography. 

The research field focuses on experimental approaches and forms of transdisciplinary thinking through an artistic-aesthetic, performative, cross-media practice and the associated linguistic and non-linguistic forms of knowledge. Furthermore, visual and cognitive processes of art perception and the visual constitution of meaning play a central role. 

 The research field has a direct impact on the teaching at the HKB, as topics, concepts and principles of «art as research» are discussed and tested in various teaching and discussion forums. While this dialogue leads to research projects, it also leads to a broader working perspective for students through research.