SAR Newsletter May 2025

 

Thank You for Joining the 16th. SAR International Conference on Artistic Research

We are still reflecting on the rich exchanges, insights, and inspiring dialogues that marked the 16th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research, held from May 7-9, 2025, at the University of Porto in Portugal and organised in collaboration with i2ADS (Research Institute in Art, Design and Society).

Increasingly important in addressing global challenges, Artistic Research offers unique, practice-based insights and this year’s conference presentations showcased diverse approaches to fostering innovation, collective intelligence, and cross-disciplinary collaboration — embracing complexity, transformation, and shared creativity.

Read the full conference catch up here

Read SAR President Florian Schneider’s conference opening speech here

HUB Open Call #6 Resonance +

While the conference has concluded, the conversations need not! The peer-reviewed journal HUB (published twice a year by i2ADS) invites submissions for its sixth issue, themed “Resonance +”, scheduled for publication in Spring 2026.

Access the call here

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RC Prize Winner 2024

Last week, the Executive Board of SAR announced the winner of the Annual Prize for Excellent Research Catalogue Exposition 2024!

The diversity and quality of the nominated expositions and the interest of the creators is evidence of the development of the Research Catalogue and its use for documentation, presentation and exposition of artistic research and for supervision. 

The jury agreed that the exposition “Fragmente 2” by Kerstin Frödin and Åsa Unander-Scharin fulfils the criteria in an exemplary way and is therefore attributed the prize.

As the runner up finalist the jury selected the exposition “Controlled Rummage Approaches for Bummock: Tennyson Research Centre” by Danica Maier, Sarah Bennett, and Andrew Bracey and the jury decided to give a special mention or 2nd finalist place to “Why I Paint Thousands of Circles” by Leanna Moran.

Read the full announcement and view the expositions here: https://societyforartisticresearch.org/rc-prize-winner-2024

 

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ARJAZZ First Issue Launch – New Portal on the Research Catalogue

Access ARJAZZ first issue here

ARJAZZ – Journal for Artistic Research in Jazz is an international, digital, open-access and peer-reviewed journal presenting the current development of artistic research in jazz.

ARJAZZ presents multimedia publications and uses the Research Catalogue for submission, peer-review and publication processes. All submissions are subject to single-blind peer-reviews as well as a dialogue between author(s) and steering committee.

The International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz (INARJ) was founded 2019 in reaction to the increasing relevance of artistic perspectives in the academic discourses in jazz research. INARJ organizes regular symposia as a platform for knowledge exchange and connection between artistic jazz researchers worldwide.

See all information on the journal here:
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/portals?portal=2095897

 

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New Portal Partners

We are delighted to welcome four new Portal Partners to the Research Catalogue and the SAR community:

Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Italy), Rome Academy of Fine Arts (Italy), University of the Arts Bremen (Germany) and Iceland University of the Arts.

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Portal Partner Meeting in Prague - Registration deadline 02.06.2025

AVU-ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, PRAGUE – JUNE 12TH TO JUNE 13TH. 

All Portal Partners are invited to the Portal Partner Meeting which will be hosted by AVU-Academy of Fine Arts, Prague – starting on Thursday June 12th at 12:00 and closing on Friday June 13th at 17:00 CEST.

Over the two days, we will present new developments and options within the Research Catalogue, discuss how to create positive attention for each of the institutional portals, exchange ideas, experiences and advice between the partners. We will also get an extensive presentation of the 2024 PC Best Exposition Fragmente2. Part of the meeting will be jointly with the COST Action Artistic Intelligence Working Group 3.

Portal Partners have already received the invitation. Please contact your Portal Partner Representative for more information.

 

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Artistic Intelligence, Working Group 3 Members - Invitation to submit proposal – Extended deadline Wednesday 28th. May 12:00 CEST

 

Last week, Artistic Intelligence also launched an invitation for WG3 members to submit a contribution to the upcoming WG3 meeting on 13th-14th of June 2025, in a face-to-face format.

The meeting will take place in Prague, Checzia, AVU-Academy of Fine Arts Prague.

Please see the full invitation and further information here

The deadline for proposal submissions has been extended to Wednesday 28th May 12:00 CEST.

To learn more about how to become a member of the Action: https://artisticintelligence.info/about

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About Artistic Intelligence:

Artistic Intelligence (ARTinRARE) is a four-year COST Action running between 2024 and 2028. The primary objective is to advance the (re-)integration of artistic research and conventional modes of inquiry to benefit all forms of knowledge production, including the application of new computational techniques, to practice-based research across the arts. 

The emphasis is on advancing artistic research as a field of knowledge formation in terms of its quality, societal impact, and valorisation strategies; enabling deeper integration with conventional forms of research (e.g., STEM, SSH); and facilitating the implementation of artistic research approaches and methods to real-world problems across academia, civil society, public policy, and the private sector.

Learn more about the Action here

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About COST: 

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.

This WG meeting is based upon work from COST Action Artistic Intelligence - CA23158, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

 

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The SAR Executive Board endorses ELIA Recommendations for FP10

ELIA, the European League of Institutes of the Arts, has issued a call for endorsements of its recommendations for the EU’s upcoming Framework Programme 10 (FP10) for research and innovation. In its position paper, Leaping Beyond the Now, ELIA urges the European Commission to embed arts, culture, and creativity at the core of FP10.

Advocating for a transdisciplinary approach that recognises the arts is vital to addressing complex societal challenges. SAR is endorsing this paper and ELIA invites institutions, policymakers, and individuals to support this vision, aiming to ensure that artistic research and innovation are integral to shaping Europe's future.

Read about the paper and call for endorsement here

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CoARA

Responding to the discussion with our members during the SAR General Assembly we would like to draw the artistic research community’s attention to The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment, also known as CoARA. CoARA is a collective of organisations committed to reforming the methods and processes by which research, researchers, and research organisations are evaluated. SAR considers this an important debate and reference frame for artistic research in particular and encourages to get involved.

If you are interested to learn more about this initiative, CoARA’s guiding principles have been outlined in the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment