Art Research
Description
Art Research is the on-going enquiry carried out by the Fine Art staff and technicians at Nottingham Trent University as part of the School of Art and Design. It engages in innovative forms of artistic research and also provides provision for the integration of research-based teaching in BA, MA and PhD Fine Art study.
The group reflects the breadth of practices within the research area of interdisciplinary Fine Art, where individual and collaborative research activities are currently grouped under four interconnected thematics: the trans-decorative, open curriculum, spatial practices and still unresolved. Identifying research in and through art practice as a central methodology, this research area investigates concerns integral to art, as well as to art's relationship to the challenges that face culture and society.
Professional relationships with local, national and international art institutions demonstrate this area's commitment to extending the reach of research beyond the borders of academia, alongside the cultivation of innovative research-informed pedagogy within Nottingham Trent University courses. A strong collegiate research culture has been nurtured through the development of pioneering models of practice (e.g. The Summer Lodge and Winter Lodge). This aims to create a generative and discursive space where researchers can present, discuss and test their enquiry, and where the dialogic or communal is valued at the heart of artistic research.
The Group welcomes PhD applications in the areas below:
- The Trans-decorative – researching transgressive methods for interrogating the decorative and ornamental
- Open curriculum – researching the histories and futures of critical Fine Art teaching
- Spatial practices – researching how space and the public realm is performed through creative practice
- Still unresolved – researching ideas of uncertainty, irresolution and open-endedness in contemporary art and culture
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
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Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
United Kingdom
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Nottingham Trent University
50 Shakespeare St
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
Last modified:
2023-09-20 14:59:57