Historic Examples of Art as Research : From 1600 to Today?

Florian Dombois is one of three key note presenters.

Art as Research, Artistic Research, Research through Art etc.: many new terms for something, that seems to be new and still in the growing. But really? Is the idea of research in the arts as new as it seems to be?

In my talk I will present a few historic examples from different art disciplines (fine arts, music, architecture, theatre, design) and propose to read them as possible predecessors of our today’s discussion. Furthermore the examples shall be used to sharpen our understanding, which categories might be helpfull in announcing an artwork as a research result.

Florian Dombois, Prof. / Head of Y (Institute of Transdisciplinarity)
Bern University of the Arts (CH)