SUPPORTING MATERIALS (thinking aesthetic thinking through aesthetic research practices) by Emma Cocker

thinking aesthetic thinking through aesthetic research practices is an artistic research project by Alex Arteaga, Emma Cocker, Nicole Wendel (with Sabine Zahn during the first phase), focused on the ways in which aesthetic research practices realise a specific form of thinking: aesthetic thinking. This exposition shares the research process of this collaborative project tracing its key phases between June 2020 - October 2022 and the gradual evolution of an original research dispositive or apparatus called Ecologies in Action. This exposition is conceived as Supporting Materials for a parallel article published in ______________.

Ecology in Action (13.07.2021)

Focus: A structured exploration conceived through three parts, for bringing into a relation of number of practices.

Part 1

- Practice of Material Encounter

- Practice of Explorative Drawing

- Practice of Reading: Distillation

- Practice of Reading: Noticing Attraction

4 practices in total, practised as two parallel explorations:

- Transitioning between Practice of Material Encounter and Practice of Explorative Drawing

- Oscillating between Practice of Reading: Noticing Attraction (MINOR) and Practice of Reading: Distillation (MAJOR)

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Part 2

- Practice of the Nahbereich (Proximate Sphere) [variation - marking with camera]

- Practice of Very Slow Video Observation

- Practice of Reading: Noticing Attraction (Text source: Exploratory Essay 2)

- Practice of Reading: Distillation (Text source: Exploratory Essay 2)

4 practices in total, practised as parallel explorations, with oscillation between Practice of Reading: Distillation (MINOR) and Practice of Reading: Noticing Attraction (MAJOR)

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Part 3

- Practice of the Nahbereich (Proximate Sphere) [variation - marking with camera]

- Practice of Very Slow Video Observation

- Practice of Material Encounter

- Practice of Explorative Drawing

4 practices in total, practised as oscillations between (1) Practice of Material Encounter and Practice of Explorative Drawing; (2) Practice of Very Slow Video Observation and Practice of Material Encounter; (3) Practice of the Nahbereich (Proximate Sphere) [variation - marking with camera] and Practice of Material Encounter

Note:

- The text source for the Practice of Reading: Noitcing Attraction and Distillation is a previous distillation of a conversational transcript (where the distillation was made prior to the Ecology in Action through a process of marking).

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