Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create

136 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2021 by Onomatopee office and project-space.

ISBN:: 9789493148437
OCLC Number:: 1235467870

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From writing style and the use of visuals to formulating your topic and methodology, Dirk Vis shows artists of all stripes how to present research

In this user-friendly volume, author Dirk Vis lays out the basics of research for artists, offering a guide to the groundwork that has long been lacking.

How to formulate your topic and your argument; how to structure your text rhetorically; how to deploy quotations effectively; how to disseminate and distribute your work in a community: Vis guides readers through all of these questions in a clear and accessible fashion. This book is essential for students of the arts across all disciplines.

Amsterdam-based writer Dirk Vis (born 1981) writes fiction, columns, scripts and essays on art and technology. His works of nonfiction and fiction have been published in Dutch: Bestseller (2009), the e-book The reality-essay (2017) and a series of texts in various forms and mediums.

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Jim Brown reviewed Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create by Dirk Vis

Aimed at artists doing research-creation

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In the U.S., we tend to draw a fairly firm line between "research" and "creative activity," especially when it comes to granting agencies. It's frustrating, since the most interesting work straddles this boundary. This book is good for both people in places where research-creation is more of a possibility (like Canada) and for those who are not often trained to think in these ways (like the U.S.).

I think it's probably best as an intro text for beginning grad students in art and design or for advanced undergraduates. It lays out steps for developing a "research document" and offers some examples in each chapter, but I wish the examples were a little more fully fleshed out...sometimes it seems like they're just listed rather than used to explicate the idea of the chapter.

The design of this book is excellent, so it might offer some inspiration in that way as well.