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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Drawing in the In-Between – ma, Intelligens and the Sketch&Draw Method
(2025)
Tanja K. Hess
On drawing as a practice of the in-between in the sense of the Japanese concept ma. Using the Sketch&Draw method, it is shown that drawing is neither mere representation nor pure invention, but a dialogical process between perception, memory, hand, and world. Neuroscientific models such as Predictive Coding demonstrate that each line is a proposal by the brain of how the world might be, which is then fed back and refined in the process of drawing. The hand appears not as a mere tool, but as a thinking organ, tightly coupled with perception and memory.
Referring to Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s theory of Flow, it is shown that the immediacy of hand drawing – in contrast to digital procedures – is decisive for entering a state in which perception and action seamlessly merge. Philosophical perspectives from Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Tim Ingold highlight that the line is not merely a boundary, but a resonance space in which the invisible can become manifest.
Drawing thus proves to be a process of knowledge, one that unfolds slowly, comparable to a species-rich meadow: unplannable, yet not random. In the in-between of world and subject, line and gaze, a form of knowledge emerges that can be understood as Intelligens – a creative third way beyond control and helplessness.
