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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SIG 8: Facilitating 2024 (2025) Adelheid Mers, Janne-Camilla Lyster, Marija Griniuk
The SIG Facilitating took shape at the 2023 SAR Conference in Trondheim, after observing over an extended time how frequently artists, artistic researchers and even policy makers refer to facilitation when describing interactions with audiences, communities and research partners. Finding ways to examine such facilitating processes is crucial to the work under way. We know that facilitating practices exist widely in interactive and community based art, and in theater and the performing arts, for example using games, props and improvisation. There are intersections with pedagogy and professional facilitation and coaching, with at least the latter understood as prizing outcomes over processes. The SIG Facilitating asks: What does it mean to facilitate as part of artistic research? Why is this focus emerging now? How are we drawing on a greater web? Organized by Marija Griniuk, Postdoctoral researcher at Vilnius Academy of Arts, and director at Sami Center for Contemporary Art in Norway; Janne-Camilla Lyster, Associate Professor, Oslo National Academy of the Arts; and Adelheid Mers, Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (coordinator). Contact: sigfacilitating@gmail.com
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RC Tutorial 2.0 (2025) Liesel Dom
A slightly more advanced tutorial for the use of the RC.
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RELAY (2025) RELAY ARTicle
RELAY is a three-year EU-funded research project supported by the ERASMUS+ programme „Cooperation Partnerships" that focuses on developing the artistic and educational fields of choreography, dance and music. The concept that gave our project its name – RELAY – is based on deep trust in the transiting and transmissive foundation of both artistic production and knowledge development. RELAY underscores a fluid and processual element in the intersection of art and education. Not only does the actual production and development of knowledge and artworks depend on collective – and therefore transmissive – efforts, but the future life of those productions depends on how they are shared. For example, a dance technique only lives through those who practice it. A piece of music is passed on (through ear, instrument technology, or score) between practitioners, producers, and listeners. Every hand-over gives the possibility for development, re-iterations, and productive misunderstandings. The exposition here gathers the findings, reflections and insights into the principles and methods of RELAY as well as obstacles, hiccups and (creative) failures as a work-in-progress. Authors and Contributors: Ana Papdima, Andreea Duta, Catalin Cretu, Evita Tsakalaki, Jan Burkhardt, Konstantinos Tsakirelis, Laura Lang De Negri, Maia Means, Max Wallmeier, Mihai Mihalcea, Nadine Kribbe, Rasmus Ölme, Sergej Maingardt, Stella Malliaraki, Vera Sander
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How to Speak a Foreign Language Without Mistakes (2025) Jewellery witch Seraphita
How to Speak a Foreign Language Without Mistakes is a performative video piece centred around the Linguo Booster Phonecase, created for the Tactilite exhibition at Hobusepea Gallery in 2021. Jewellery witch Seraphita presents the Linguo Booster Phonecase as an intermediary between the person and language. This accessory, engaging with the oral cavity, features a cylindrical jadeite stone. Its translucent green hue harmonises with the exhibition’s style, glowing as light filters through it from the phone’s lamp. Employing Haptic Visuality, this multisensory approach weaves together emotional resonance and speculative ritual, reimagining connection within a pseudomagical framework. Idea and performance: Darja Popolitova Video effects: Jakob Tulve Sound: Andres Nõlvak © Darja Popolitova
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How to Exercise Self-Control (2025) Jewellery witch Seraphita
How to How to Exercise Self-Control is a performative video piece centred around the Irritation Channelling Rings, created for the Tactilite exhibition at Hobusepea Gallery in 2021. These jewellery pieces invite a pseudomagical interaction, crafting a ritual where the rings serve as tools to soothe irritation and foster emotional transformation. Their dynamic nature is portrayed through movement, bodily interactions, and adaptability, with the visual blur enhancing their fluidity and transformative essence. Employing Haptic Visuality, this multisensory approach weaves together emotional resonance and speculative ritual, reimagining connection within a pseudomagical framework. Idea and performance: Darja Popolitova Video effects: Jakob Tulve Sound: Andres Nõlvak © Darja Popolitova
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How to Trigger Intimacy (2025) Jewellery witch Seraphita
How to Trigger Intimacy is a performative video piece centred around the Necklace with a Very Complicated Lock, created for the Tactilite exhibition at Hobusepea Gallery in 2021. In the video, Seraphita engages with a concern that may resonate with potential viewers through her pseudo-ritual tutorial. She suggests that the absence of intimacy and closeness in one’s life can be restored through the use of the jewellery piece. Employing Haptic Visuality, this multisensory approach weaves together emotional resonance and speculative ritual, reimagining connection within a pseudomagical framework. Idea and performance: Darja Popolitova Video effects: Jakob Tulve Sound: Andres Nõlvak © Darja Popolitova
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