Week 9 | Tutorial with Linda
21 March 2022
After my first tutorial with Professor Linda on the topic of the research paper, I decided that the previous direction of ‘anthropological methodologies used by feminist artists in their work’ was not appropriate.
After two weeks of reflection I was still confused about the topic. I changed my mind and wanted to discuss the relationship between the artist’s artistic practice and post-directional research through the work of artist Nikki S Lee, ‘The Project’.
Professor Linda analyse to me about post-directional research and explained to me that there are two forms of research related to art, practice-led research, or research-led practice. Practice-led research is research about the materiality of practice, the study of a specific work. Research-led practice is where an artist has an idea, and he validates that idea through practice.
The professor then shared with me an example about one of her students who was conducting research in a refugee camp, exploring the relationship between new myths and war, and the relationship between stories and healing the human heart. This student, as an artist, looked at things from a creative perspective, she went to the refugee camps, did fieldwork, interviewed the local people, found the stories in them. And then artist created a series of paintings, poems and words, she produced creative artworks.
This example gave me a shock. When I thought about the project, I just wanted to investigate the truth, without thinking about how to present project results.
I need to rethink ……
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