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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Finding the time and place to say goodbye (2024) Madelief van de Beek
By researching crematoria and graveyards I try to break the taboo surrounding grief and death. What are the elements of design at these places that could provide comfort? What are the stereotypes about death culture that prevents us from fully accepting what happens to us when we die?
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Fertility / 'Will You Carry Me?!' (2024) Nina Goedegebure
Artist, actress and writer Nina Goedegebure conducts artistic research into the polyphony of a disease process at the Master Crossover Creativity @HKU, with two transdisciplinary projects; Fertility and 'Will You Carry Me?!' Starting from the question: How are we carried within a disease process? she investigates the effect of art during a disease process, and/or treatment. She is driven by the idea that in destruction lies creation. 'Through Research Catalogue I want to provide an open insight into this artistic process including my sources of inspiration, questions and finds.'
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RESIDENCIAL DA BOAVISTA II (2024) Bárbara Marques Nunes, Laura Almeida Nunes, Afonso Viana Mendes, Maria Catarina Costa Reis
RESIDENCIAL DA BOAVISTA II No centro da cidade do Porto, pendurado na Avenida da Boavista e junto à barulhenta VCI, está um lugar onde quase nada acontece, o Foco. No Bairro Habitacional do Foco, neste bairro modernista, o tempo parece estar suspenso. Prédios podem ser construídos à sua volta, plenas mutações citadinas e o bairro ainda manteria a sua estética e ambiente. O bairro é como um corpo refastelado, com a sua cabeça pousada na avenida da Boavista e os pés sobre a VCI, sempre em contradição à movimentação e ruído constate da cidade envolvente. Os vizinhos encontram-se na entrada dos blocos, a senhora do 1.º esquerdo limpa a varanda, o porteiro vigia, solitário, o majestoso átrio. Entretanto, na urbe surgem, diariamente, novos movimentos, os metros descarregam milhares de pessoas, os citadinos saem à rua desenfreados na motivação de vivenciar um novo dia. Numa primeira fase, desenvolvemos este estudo da cidade e a sua relação com o bairro residencial colocando em foco os seus cidadãos e como os diferentes espaços são vivenciados, refletindo os seus movimentos. A cidade tece uma manta de retalhos. É na Boavista onde estes se juntam prolongando-se da cidade ao mar. Artefactos de várias épocas são unidos por uma linha invisível. O Bairro Habitacional do Foco, este bairro modernista, marca o meio desta Avenida, mudando o ambiente. A avenida comercial torna-se habitacional. O ruído torna-se em calma. A confusão citadina abre espaço a uma tranquilidade aparentemente suburbana. Numa segunda fase, uma nova promenade, com enfoque nesta relação recém-descoberta. Habitando o espaço do Bairro, entendemos que este é contaminado por figuras geométricas em contraponto à natureza.
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Interview with Rasmus Albertsen - the man behind "The Holy Mushroom" (2024) Rasmus Albertsen
Rasmus Albertsen is interviewed by Rasmus Albertsen about his film stop-motion animated film: "The Holy Mushroom". The text reflects on Albertsens thoughts about his proces: writing the story, creating the characters and the scenography. Furthermore it's about imperfect animation, nostalgia and archetypes.
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Protecting the spark: The process of making an animated short film (2024) Linn Sara Zelinda Grankull
How do you find a balance between the fun spark of creativity versus practicality and productivity, so that you can realize your ideas? Through examining the insight learned during the process of making an animated short film, this paper explores how to protect the creative spark and tackle some practicalities though a creative process.
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The past is rotting in the future: Exploring the Aesthetics of Absence in the daily life (2024) Alexandra Corcode
The Past is Rotting in the Future: Exploring the Aesthetics of Absence in Daily Life, embarks on an exploration of absence within the human daily life, examining its manifestation through relations, processes, and objects. It seeks to understand how absence is not merely a void but a significant presence that shapes perception, memory, and imagination. Through a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates personal narrative with academic writing, this research investigates the ways in which absence is performed, textured, and materialized. Central to the thesis is how photography, as both a personal and artistic practice, serves as a critical medium for discussing and visualizing absence, navigating through personal experiences of loss, and broader philosophical questions about how absence influences and constitutes our understanding of the world.
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