Exposition

Making through autistic stimming (last edited: 2023)

Elinor Rowlands
open exposition

About this exposition

This practice PhD will look at new insight into artistic methodology through the lens of autistic stimming, a self-regulating mechanism. The act of stimming is often the only way autistic people can exist or function in the world (Charlton et al. 2020; Kapp et al., 2019), yet it is often vilified by professionals/society as a behaviour that affects autistic people in negative ways and must be prevented (Boyd et al. 2012). During art-making, stimming provides a quilting point between an autistic person and their body. The margins of what constitutes imaginative creative practice is varied and wide, yet there is a knowledge gap in the understanding of how the qualities of autistic and neurodivergent people, and the emotional and sensory chaos that is associated with their experience can be positively employed and harnessed into productive creativity within Visual Arts. This research identifies a contribution to knowledge from an autistic perspective. To explore the qualitative dimension of stimming, a new body of work will be produced, testing it through public facing and interactive processes of exhibitions and screenings. Through collaborative practice in workshops and events at NTU and other research methods, a thorough literature review will be explored. Case studies on other autistic artists who use stimming in their practice will highlight how stimming opens up a wealth of creative possibilities. Additionally a toolkit will be produced offering interactive resources for new insights into artistic methods/methodologies and for good practice for arts organisations working with autistic/neurodivergent artists.
typeresearch exposition
date30/12/2022
last modified29/09/2023
statusin progress
share statuspublic
copyrightElinor Rowlands
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1883842/1883843


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1883857 into the woods Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1883881 the tall trees Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889235 Landscape Elinor Rowlands, Wendy Young All rights reserved
1889237 Blue landscape Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889242 In the forest 2022 Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889245 IMG_2129 Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889493 Trees forest sky Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889508 Trees forest sky Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889573 trees forest roots - SD 480p Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1889585 trees forest roots 14.35.15 Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
1891300 Smilek -Personifying inanimate objects Smilek All rights reserved
2002927 Live Improvised Stim Composition _Made on vox+guitar during session 6_2_23 in response to chat & group share_copyright Dee Fry 2023 Dee Fry Public domain
2301819 Cliffs by Elinor Rowlands Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
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2301932 On rooting by ER Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
2301941 The World is Loud byER Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved
2317015 BSS poster Elinor Rowlands All rights reserved

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