MetaMethod II 2013-2015 Research R&D (Coordinated project)

Research Project: MetaMethod II. Shared Methodologies in Research Process and New Artistic Practices. 2013-2015 (HAR2012-39378-C03-01).

Funding Institution: Ministry of Economy an Competiveness co-financed with European Funds. Main Researcher: Dra. Alicia Vela. Research Staff: Dr. Eloi Puig, Dra. Mercé Casanovas, Dr. Antònia Vila, Dra. Laura Baigorri, Dr. David Casacuberta (UAB), Dra. Eugenia Augusti, Dra. Teresa Blanch, Ricardo Iglesias. Research Fellows: Ainara Elgoibar, Lúa Coderch.

Research Sub-Project 2: Printed Matter: From the digital virtuality to the three-dimensional materiality in artistic research. 2013-2015 (HAR2012-39378-C03-02).

Funding Institution: Ministry of Economy an Competiveness co-financed with European Funds. Main Researcher: Dr. Albert Valera. Research Staff: Dra. Mercé Casanovas, Dra. Cristina Pastó, Dra. Eugenia Augusti, Dra. Maria Angeles Viladomiu, Dr. Jordi Bielsa, Dr. Salvador Juanpere, Dr. Enrique Martínez Leal (Art Department – University of California Santa Cruz).

Project Definition: MetaMethod II. Shared Methodologies in Research Processes and New Artistic Practices. 2013-2015

This project analizes the relationships between Art and Research, in order to approach the study of art forms in a globalized cultural environment. To accomplish this we propose new methodological strategies that necessarily involve interaction with another disciplines. Our aim is, firstly, to analyze the changes that occur in art development and its position within the knowledge society and, second, to influence the transformation of artistic practices in these new production conditions.

The procedure involves to get in touch with communication platforms that allow us to establish a critical dialogue among the different models, interpretations and paradigms that are currently investigating the involvement of art practice as a specific and dynamic space of cultural activity.

Subproject 2. Printed Matter: From the digital virtuality to the three-dimensional materiality in artistic research.

To start a research line on innovations with 3D printing technology. To continue the sub-line initiated by the group Imarte on 2D printing. Continue the collaboration with leading companies in these technologies. Analyze from that point of view the arrival of material presence in art projects, through experimentation, documentation and publication of results.