Rococo Vanitas #2
Rococo Vanitas #2
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Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.Open access
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2024-07-06End date
2024-08-18Language
engResearch statement
Background Unpredictability is an intrinsic feature of all research endeavours but the degree to which such forces are present, mitigated, or magnified, differ radically across differing domains of knowledge production. For creative problem-solvers who typically employ strategies that increase the level of unpredictability and divergence in the system, the linear alignment of research aims to research outcomes is particularly challenging. Drawing-based practices that integrate control-limiting strategies serve to heighten our reflexivity around the tensions and dynamics between directed research, creative problem-solving, peer review context, and knowledge production. Contribution This work investigates these dynamics by increasing the degree of unpredictability and divergence within the system, first, by employing algorithmic strategies which complicate intentionality, and second, by incorporating the peer review process of the contemporary art competition, one largely indifferent to the artifact’s research context. By stymieing analytical thinking, such conditions refocus the research-maker’s attention on non-conscious cognition to resolve the solution state. The work suggests that rather than providing answers to research questions, creative research may be better equipped as a synthesiser and re-constructor of research questions. Significance This studio-led research identifies important systemic tensions for creative/divergent problem-solvers working in formal research contexts and reinforces the importance of non-observable non-conscious cognition within the problem matrix. The drawing was shortlisted for the 2024 Waverley Art Prize (one of 39 finalists selected from 420 entries) and exhibited at the Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery in Sydney. The prize is a staple event in the national art prize calendar while the exhibition venue is a significant arts destination for local, inter-state, and international visitors, as reflected in the very large attendance figures for the exhibition (11,700).Publication classification
JO1 Original Creative Works – Visual Art WorkExtent
Large format drawing on rag paperRecognition, awards & prizes
FinalistEvent
Waverley Art Prize. Exhibition (2024 : Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.)Publisher
Bondi Pavilion GalleryPlace of publication
Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSWUsage metrics
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