Becoming an Artist--who becomes one, how, why, under what circumstances, at what costs

How do artists work in the 21st century?

by Karen van den Berg

Research outline

Models of cooperation, studio practice and knowledge production in the art field. Models of cooperation, studio practice and knowledge production in the art field.

Speaking pictures out loud: talking about artist's talks

by Sean Payne

Revised from an article that originally appeared in Snakebite: the Snakepit Quarterly Preview, No. 2, Launceston Art Cooperative, Launceston (1997)

Latino families becoming-literate in Australia: Deleuze, literacy and the politics of immigration

by David R Cole

This article examines qualitative data from a two family case study in New South Wales. Both families are from South... more This article examines qualitative data from a two family case study in New South Wales. Both families are from South America and have recently moved to Australia. This study demonstrates that an understanding of the ways that the families are becoming literate in Australia necessitates moving beyond linguistic analyses of the changes that are occurring. The changes that are addressed constitute a politics of immigration, whereby the internal hopes and desires of the family make up an affective plane that transforms language learning. Such writing exemplifies the use of Deleuzian theory in the analysis of the literacy learning of the families, and shows how this rests on notions of the will to power, affect and the multiple nature of the self. The paper will use Masny’s (2006) multiple literacies theory (MLT) to reconcile the politics of becoming involved with the immigration of the families and variant modes of expression.

Presentations in Conferences

by Eleni Vryza

re-visioning power

by Zanita Anuar

draft only ,to be published in NUS museum exhibition catalogue 2011

meanderings on the attempts of Zulkifli yusoff the iconic visual appraiser of politics, history and Malay identity meanderings on the attempts of Zulkifli yusoff the iconic visual appraiser of politics, history and Malay identity

Art Audience as Shamanic Community: How Art Meets Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Needs

by Denita Benyshek, MFA, MA

    Within the field of psychology, the majority of research on artistic creativity focuses on the... more     Within the field of psychology, the majority of research on artistic creativity focuses on the originating creator, i.e. the artist, while neglecting the art audience. A brief literature review considers the trajectory of thought that led to such neglect. Utilizing the definition of shaman constructed by Ruth Inge-Heinze (1997), a preliminary definition of the art audience as shamanic community is constructed. The study demonstrates how art can provide for the audience’s psychological, social, and spiritual needs; thus, illustrating the defining constructs of the art audience as shamanic community. The formation of a new subfield in creative studies, the psychology of the art audience, is recommended with specific recommendations for future studies.