artmaking as embodied enquiry: entering the fold

Fold is a versatile and ubiquitous concept that has captivated people for centuries, appearing in various forms of art, design, architecture, and more. This book explores the fold as a stimulus for inter/trans/postdisciplinary artistic research, encompassing performative, product realization, and personal growth. It showcases the work of eight collaborators from diverse artistic backgrounds and offers insights into their decade-long collaboration. The book reflects on a current and unique somatic-oriented arts research practice and pedagogy, blending interdisciplinary concern with practical application.

Format: Hardback
Length: 326 pages
Publication date: 28 March 2025
Publisher: Intellect

What can a fold be? Virtually anything and everything. For centuries,folds and folding have captured the worlds imagination. Folds readily appear in revivals of the ancient craft of origami,amid the simplest acts of pedestrian life,within the philosophical turnings of the mind,and in art,design,architecture,performing arts,and linguistics around the world. What awaits our understanding is how deeply the fold figures into embodiment,into our very impulse to create. This book is about folding as a vibrant stimulus for inter/trans/postdisciplinary artistic research,whether for the performative,for product realization,or simply to enliven body,mind,and spirit. Destined for artmaking—for making any art—the f/old practice etches into the very fabric of embodiment. As such,the f/old reaches outside the constraints of disciplinary silos into nice areas that embrace the unknown,with all its underlying tensions and ambiguities. In conceiving of art made differently,two seasoned facilitators Susan Sentler and Glenna Batson share the abundance of their decade-long collaboration in developing their approach to practice research in the fold. In addition to their insights,they invite eight of their collaborators to contribute,each a veteran artist of a diverse genre. Featuring a wide variety of practice samples and images,this book reflects on a current and unique somatic-oriented arts research practice and pedagogy with an intriguing blend of interdisciplinary concern and practice.

Dimension: 244 x 170 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789389685