Smart art: the mindful practitioner-researcher as knowledge worker

Abstract

This paper contends that the arts and design are improved by critical exercise as mindful practice. The creative practitioner, as methodological inventor, spawns new forms and patterns of research and practice. Their research mixes artistic, cultural, scholarly and industrial concerns in the experimental arena of the studio. These practices can become the established excellences of tomorrow as research comes alive. In this paper I am contending that the arts and design are improved by critical exercise as mindful practice. Mindful practice positions the creative artist or designer as an aware and reflective practitioner within a paradigm of methodological inventiveness where new forms and patterns of research and practice are spawned. I see practice-led research as a mix of artistic, cultural, scholarly and industrial concerns, where the studio becomes an experimental arena for creative interactions and a space for critical analysis and renewal that enables a deeper understanding of artists ’ work processes. I will argue that these practices can become the established excellences of tomorrow as research comes alive. In briefly exploring the possibilities of research for the studio-based art and design

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