SMARTlab Programme in Performative New Media Arts

i Acknowledgments iv Table of contents vi List of illustrations x Preface xiv Chapter 1. ARt&D; the processpatching context 1 1.1. Motivation 7 1.2. Scope 9 1.3. Thesis and research questions 12 1.4. Approach and methodology 14 1.4.1. Instrument for analysing the collaborative process 15 1.5. Contribution to the field 17 1.6. Structure of the thesis 20 Chapter 2. Profiles of disciplines and aRt&D methods 22 2.1. Artists are Wild Thinkers and god is a mathematician 25 2.1.1. Artists as problem solvers 27 2.1.1.1. Solving scientific problems 28 2.1.1.2. Solving social problems 39 2.1.1.3. Solving technical problems 43 2.1.2. Collaboration aspects artist as problem solver 49 2.1.3. Conclusion artists are Wild Thinkers and god is a mathematician 51 2.2. Artistic research and development methods 54 2.2.1. Related methods 55 2.2.2. aRt&D methods 61 2.2.3. Problem solving or tunnelled approach: reductive method 66 2.2.3.1. Problem solving: Art context 67 2.2.3.1.1. Artist as inventors of new technology 68 2.2.3.2. Problem solving: Interdisciplinary context 72 2.2.3.3. Problem solving: Science, technology and design context 76 2.2.3.4. Problem solving: conclusion 78 2.2.4. Confronting motives; the DIY method 80 2.2.4.1. Confronting motives: Art context 81 2.2.4.2. Confronting motives: Science, technology and design context 86 2.2.4.3. Confronting motives: conclusion 87 2.2.5. Connecting approach; processpatching method 89 2.2.5.1. Connecting approach: Art-context 96 2.2.5.1.1. Artistic innovation 100 2.2.5.2. Connecting approach: Interdisciplinary context 106