i2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society

i2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
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i2ADS — Research Institute in Art, Design and Society

i2ADS is an R&D Unit based at the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto, Portugal (FBAUP).

Its mission is to promote research in the fields of Fine Arts, Design, Drawing and Performing Arts, with an emphasis on the practical and educational impact of artistic research in society. The main goals are the creation of a shared research culture between artistic areas to inform and enhance its practice and the promotion of debates regarding the social, cultural and technological frames of art and design.

i2ADS’ organization comprises Research Programs and Art-Based Labs on Arts Education, Critique and Society; Interculturality and Society; Artistic Production, Processes and Technological Studies; Artistic Practice, Politics and Social Engagement; Computation, Hybrid Practices and Culture; and Drawing Across Disciplines. The Unit supports two Doctoral Programs (Fine Arts and Art Education) at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto.

Its team is composed of researchers from the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Architecture (University of Porto) and the School of Music and Performing Arts (Polytechnic of Porto), PhD FCT grants and collaborating researchers from several Universities.

i2ADS is an Institutional and Portal member of the Society of Artistic Research (SAR) and the European Educational Research Association (EERA).



contact person(s): Paulo Luís Almeida , Fabrício Fava

url: https://i2ads.up.pt/en

Groups

PÁR-A-GEM

PÁR-A-GEM — The importance of Time in times of Time compression within contemporary artistic practices
statusactive
portali2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
adminsFabrício Fava, Paulo Luís Almeida
membersRC i2ADS
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OPDrawing

OPDrawing — The Observation of Perception, considered through Drawing
statusactive
portali2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
adminsFabrício Fava, Paulo Luís Almeida
membersMike Croft
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2SMART

The intersection of art and science, or art and engineering, or art and technology, is a common trope since the 1960s when collectives such as “E.A.T.” were formed to explore and promote collaborations with the then-new technologies.
statusactive
portali2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
adminsFabrício Fava
membersAna Duarte
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