Below is my abstract from the 20 minute presentation.
Abstract for Media and The Artist’s Voice in Framing Interdisciplinary Practice
The
presentation will demonstrate how an artist’s voice supplements knowledge
toward interdisciplinary practice. Based upon an artist’s perception, this
presentation, Media and The Artist’s Voice in Framing Interdisciplinary
Practice will investigate
current theories within visual methods, media based arts, and an artist’s
experiences with art-based research.
The importance of borrowing and presenting other disciplines methods with the use of digital media is to contribute to the breadth of theories concerning art-based research and contemporary art. This continued research is intended to acknowledge art practice with interdisciplinary methods instead of the Modernists art canons. A post-modern inquiry will include Gill Kirkup’s definition of the role of blogging in scholarly writing, Graeme Sullivan’s examinations of art practice as research, Sarah Pink’s analysis of video representation and video as research, and Margot Lovejoy’s theories of artist perceptions and the use of electronic tool types.
As
an artist and scholar, I use social media as a source for self-publishing of my
interdisciplinary practice. My blog examines the use of social media as a
presentation platform and as a postmodern tool for developing knowledge that
pertains to my current projects. The use of video in the 60-second format
contributes to my continuation of research with the medium of video. This
concerns the inclusion of text with video to expand upon the presentation
methods of the research processes.
Beyond
the utilization of digital media the effects of crossing boundaries with
digital publishing will be examined. The acknowledgement of the artist’s voice
contributes to the future discussion of art-based research and the development
of using digital media regarding theory and practice.