Research Catalogue

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  1. Fontys Internal Information This issue includes limited access expositions and information for Fontys RC portal users and contributors only.
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  0. Artistic Connective Practices - Professorship In this issue Fontys Academy of the Arts publishes expositions that highlight particular research trajectories initiated by the current professorship, lead by Falk Hübner.

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  Running as Connective Practice? (2024) author(s): Falk Hubner, Heleen de Hoon published in: Fontys Academy of the Arts
  In this exposition, Falk Hübner and Heleen de Hoon share the process and reflections of their collaborative research project "Running Tilburg". In this project, Falk aimed to connect to an urban surrounding by means of long distance running. In September 2021, Falk Hübner started his work as professor of Artistic Connective Practices at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Together with dramaturge Heleen de Hoon, he decided to get to know and connect to the city and the new surroundings by running it, and explore running as a connective practice - literally through spending time with feet on the ground. Heleen and Falk asked a group of colleagues, all living in the city, to share places to run by, and related stories to these places. Guided by these stories Falk and Heleen created a map and a script for a 53K run, documented by video, photos and field notes. Rather than presenting conclusive findings and final reflections, the purpose of this exposition is to share the documentation of the process and the experience. Thus, we understand the project and this exposition quite literally as a first step to lead to potentially next and new steps.
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  Artistic Connectivity Unfolding (2024) author(s): Falk Hubner, walmeri ribeiro, Elisavet Kalpaxi, Marike Hoekstra, Eleni Kolliopoulou, Jessica Renfro, Isil Egrikavuk, Reyhaneh Mirjahani, Katy Beinart, Lizzie Lloyd, Chrystalleni Loizidou, Xenia Tsompanidou, Juriaan Achthoven connected to: Fontys Academy of the Arts published in: Research Catalogue
  This publication presents the outcomes of the Connective Symposium, which took place at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg, in November 2022. The symposium was the first time that the professorship and research group Artistic Connective Practices, initiated in 2021, opened its work to the international field: We invited practitioners from all over the world to share their work and exchange about the concept of "artistic connectivity". "Artistic Connectivity Unfolding" is an attempt to share the experiences during the symposium with the broader artistic research audience, and to contribute to the body of artistic research work that is socially engaged. The exposition is potentially many things: In part, it is a piece of documentation of the symposium, in part reflections on and proceedings of it. It is also an explorative contribution to our emerging and unfolding discourse of artistic connectivity, — unfinished, fluid and moving — and thus a springboard for our future work on artistic connectivity.
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• In Good Company. Think We Must. (2024) author(s): Falk Hubner connected to: Fontys Academy of the Arts published in: Research Catalogue
  This publication/exposition is the extended version of Falk Hübner's inaugural lecture as professor of Artistic Connective Practices at Fontys Academy of the Arts. The text offers an introduction to the work of the professorship, to the ideas and concepts underpinning it and to its projects and research lines. Rather than presenting finished research, the text seeks to open ideas, insights and imagination and offer a sense of where the journey is heading. With an explicit emphasis on collectively working and thinking together, the core of the publication introduces and elaborates on the concept of artistic connective practices through the notion of three "conceptual clouds": practices, the artistic, and connectivity.
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• Flow state during vocal performance (last edited: 2025) author(s): Veronika Akhmetchina This exposition is in review and its share status is: visible to all.
  This research explores the experience of flow state in classical vocal performance through a practice-based, autoethnographic study. The central research question is: Do I, as a classical singer, experience and harness flow state during performances, and does the level of flow state influence the quality of my performances? Four live performances were documented using structured diary entries, video recordings and the 13-item Flow Short Scale (FSS). While the FSS enabled consistent measurement across performances, the most valuable insights emerged from reflective journal entries. Flow appeared to be influenced by emotional framing (affirmation and visualisation), mental preparation, physical awareness and contextual pressure. Higher flow scores often coincided with greater focus, enjoyment and a sense of artistic presence. Findings show that flow is not a binary state but fluctuates during performance. Disruptions were linked to worry, distraction or technical stress, while moments of flow followed clarity of intention and readiness. Although the study does not offer generalizable conclusions, it suggests that increased flow may enhance perceived performance quality. Ultimately, this research affirms that flow is real and attainable in classical singing. With deliberate reflection and preparation, performers can better understand and support the mental conditions that allow flow to emerge.
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• Onderzoeksregistratie wandeling door beeld en taal (last edited: 2025) author(s): Vicky Remijn This exposition is in revision and its share status is: visible to all.
  Onderzoeksregistratie wandeling door beeld en taal op het MBO.
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  Sporen van betekenis (last edited: 2025) author(s): Joke Den Haese This exposition is in revision and its share status is: visible to all.
  Dit is een onderzoek naar 'het kunstzinnige' in het (professioneel) leven van alumni die, tijdens hun opleiding tot pedagogisch coach, werden ondergedompeld in een bad vol kunst en cultuur, vanuit de overtuiging dat dit hen zou verrijken in hun werk, in hun leven en hopelijk, misschien, in beide.
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