Improvisation and embodied knowledge: three artistic projects between life, art and research.

Douglas, Anne; Coessens, Kathleen

Abstract

In life there exists no script. The primacy of experience in the form of 'trying out' or improvisation, a moving from an indefinable and undifferentiated state to feeling our way by creating a direction. In art, improvisation is differently nuanced. As artists, we cast a critical eye on the predetermined structures of social, cultural, material experience while recognising that freedom and constraint are profoundly interrelated. Improvisation in art across cultures is a specific approach to form making that centres the imagination (of creator/performer/spectator) precisely on managing the interplay between freedom and constraint.

Citation

DOUGLAS, A. and COESSENS, K. 2013. Improvisation and embodied knowledge: three artistic projects between life, art and research. In Frisk, H. and Östersjö, S. (eds.) (Re)thinking improvisation: artistic explorations and conceptual writing. Malmö: Lund University, Malmö Academy of Music, pages 29-41.

• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2013
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2013
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Publisher: Lund University. Malmö Academy of Music
• Pages: 29-41
• Book Title: (Re)thinking improvisation: artistic explorations and conceptual writing
• ISBN: 9789197958493
• Keywords: Improvisation; Art and society; Art and culture
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1636