The Research Catalogue (RC) is a non-commercial, collaboration and publishing platform for artistic research provided by the
Society for Artistic Research. The RC is free to use for artists and
researchers. It
serves also as a backbone for teaching purposes, student assessment, peer review workflows and research funding administration. It strives to be
an open space for experimentation and exchange.
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Year of the Rabbit - Performing Landscape as Artistic Research 10
(2025)
Annette Arlander
This is an exposition presenting the project Year of the Rabbit, which took place on Harakka island off Helsinki in 2011 and was presented for the first time in Gallery Jangva in 2013.
Year of the Tiger - Performing Landscape as Artistic Research 9.
(2025)
Annette Arlander
This is an exposition presenting the project Year of the Tiger, which took place on Harakka island off Helsinki in 2010 and was presented for the first time in Gallery Jangva in 2012.
Pondering with Pines - Miettii Mäntyjen Kanssa - Funderar med Furor
(2025)
Annette Arlander
This exposition documents my explorations of pondering with pine trees.
Tämä ekspositio dokumentoi yritykseni miettiä mäntyjen kanssa.
Den här ekspositionen dokumenterar mina försök att fundera med furor.
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Beneath the Steel: Chinese Railroad Workers, Lost Histories, and Art as Remembrance
(2025)
Haoqing Yu, J.R. Osborn
The histories, stories, and names of Chinese railroad workers who dedicated their lives to constructing the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad have remained in the shadows for over a century. Completed in 1869, the railroad was a monumental achievement in America’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ during the nineteenth century. But despite their contributions, the Chinese laborers have not received the recognition they deserve. This project seeks to remember Chinese railroad workers via arts-based research methods (ABR). Archives are not merely repositories of the past but also products of political power. In this light, the project poses a key methodological question: How can art-making critically reconfigure the power of archives and lost history? We seek to ask questions, initiate a dialogue, acknowledge the absence, and give form to the invisible. Building upon the historical recovery work of previous scholars, we reconstruct fragmented pieces through remixed artworks. The current article highlights key artworks that demonstrate the scope and variety of a much larger project (Yu 2025b). We dedicate this work to the Chinese master railroad builders––to the great-grandfathers––whose stories and names demand remembrance.
