AMASS reflexive dialogues: how relationships are formed and sustained in art-based projects?
Common practices of Art as Social Sculpture focus on experimentation and process where artists create work and re-iterate principles to structure and shape society and society's impacts. Artists, working together with individuals and communities actively explore and identify alternatives to the formal production and consumption of art practices and outcomes. An open-ended focus on the process instead of the outcome means that projects sometimes do not succeed as intended.
Our team at the School of Design, University of Leeds are undertaking research that aims to identify and describe threads or themes of connection and association within the participatory art-based projects - a complex set of interconnected contexts. In October 2020, a series of workshops have been conducted with each partner in the AMASS project. A set of bespoke participatory tools were developed to capture project partners' relationships throughout the development of the grant application and the ongoing development of their work after the project started.
Data analysis is currently underway. A range of themes will be identified to form the basis of our reflection upon the development of future-facing, sustainable relationships for research partnerships.
Our team at the School of Design, University of Leeds are undertaking research that aims to identify and describe threads or themes of connection and association within the participatory art-based projects - a complex set of interconnected contexts. In October 2020, a series of workshops have been conducted with each partner in the AMASS project. A set of bespoke participatory tools were developed to capture project partners' relationships throughout the development of the grant application and the ongoing development of their work after the project started.
Data analysis is currently underway. A range of themes will be identified to form the basis of our reflection upon the development of future-facing, sustainable relationships for research partnerships.