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The Garden of Earthly Delights was the third and final event conducted as part of my practice-led... more The Garden of Earthly Delights was the third and final event conducted as part of my practice-led PhD: Painting as emergent knowledge. It was held on 18th May 2017 in Alec Clegg Studio, stage@leeds. This is a brief tour of the event. It is referred to in Chapter Five

University of Leeds, 2018

The Gesture of Thinking was the first of three events conducted as part of my practice-led PhD: P... more The Gesture of Thinking was the first of three events conducted as part of my practice-led PhD: Painting as emergent knowledge. It was held on 9th May 2013 in Alec Clegg Studio, stage@leeds. This is a brief tour of the event. It is referred to in Chapter Two.

Journal of Visual Art Practice, 2014

Our current economic, social and environmental climate demands that we find creative responses to... more Our current economic, social and environmental climate demands that we find creative responses to live and work in a sustainable manner. In this context, we need to reclaim creativity as a potential force for transformation, understanding it as a social phenomenon, without over-relying on social constructionist approaches that mistrust concepts of ‘agency’ and ignore human cognition. This article explores ways in which contemporary artistic labour might be understood as a cognitive process which is both agential and social. Through a case study of practice-led research, it investigates (1) the ways in which painting may be understood as a process of ecological cognition involving artist, audience and artefacts; and (2) what happens when you explicitly draw attention to the material, social and relational processes of making sense of the artwork. I conclude that the work of art may be experienced as a bringing-forth of emergent knowledge involving artist, audience and artefacts.

Research in Dance Education, 2014

This digital reflection video forms part of the PhD project 'Painting as Emergent Knowledge&#... more This digital reflection video forms part of the PhD project 'Painting as Emergent Knowledge' and is a digital story created from the third and final practice event, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' which was held at stage@eeds on the 18th May 2017. This video is referred to in Chapter Five.

From phase three of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to... more From phase three of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Five. This was shown in 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'.

Sound by Jacob Kirkegaard 'Ice storm' (from http://www.gruenrekorder.de under a Creative ... more Sound by Jacob Kirkegaard 'Ice storm' (from http://www.gruenrekorder.de under a Creative Commons licence) From phase two of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. This video was part of the installation 'Feeling a way through ...'. Referred to in Chapter Four.

From digital reflection files recorded on 10th July 2013. From phase two of the practice-led rese... more From digital reflection files recorded on 10th July 2013. From phase two of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Four.

This digital reflection video, edited in January 2016, shows the rhythmic engagement of the artis... more This digital reflection video, edited in January 2016, shows the rhythmic engagement of the artist's body with the material tools of artmaking in the painting of the sea. It is referred to in Chapter Three of the the practice-led PhD project Painting as Emergent Knowledge.

Reflections in the studio during the process of making the 'Keep Off' painting. Reflectio... more Reflections in the studio during the process of making the 'Keep Off' painting. Reflections recorded on 2 July 2013. Video edited on 19 May 2014 to increase brightness and volume. Nothing has been cut. From phase two of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Three.

This digital reflection video contains reflections on the finished painting in the studio, record... more This digital reflection video contains reflections on the finished painting in the studio, recorded on 10th July 2013. This was an audio reflection, which I have edited together with stills of the painting (complete, and in progress). The video editing took place on 20th May 2014. From phase two of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Three.

Sound credits: www.soundjay.com, and www.freesound.org (crk365, mitchellsounds, inchadney) all ar... more Sound credits: www.soundjay.com, and www.freesound.org (crk365, mitchellsounds, inchadney) all are listed as being freely available to use provided the sound is not available for download. This video was part of the installation 'Feeling a way through ...' held on 17th December 2013 at stage@leeds, University of Leeds. From phase two of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Three.From phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Two. This was shown as part of the first event: The Gesture of Thinking.

This digital reflection video is from phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as ... more This digital reflection video is from phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. It is referred to in Chapter Two. This is a shorter extract from the original video which was shown in 'The Gesture of Thinking'.

From phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to i... more From phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Two. This was shown as part of the first event: The Gesture of Thinking.

Audio reflections made spontaneously whilst looking at the original painting. These are juxtapose... more Audio reflections made spontaneously whilst looking at the original painting. These are juxtaposed with digital images of the painting which I've animated using zoom and pan. From phase one of the practice-led research project Painting as Emergent Knowledge. Referred to in Chapter Two. This was shown as part of the first event: The Gesture of Thinking.

Feeling a way through ... was the second of three events conducted as part of my practice-led PhD... more Feeling a way through ... was the second of three events conducted as part of my practice-led PhD: Painting as emergent knowledge. It was held on 17th December 2013 in Alec Clegg Studio, stage@leeds. This is a brief tour of the event. It is referred to in Chapter Four.

This dataset contains the documentation of practice for the practice-led research PhD 'Painti... more This dataset contains the documentation of practice for the practice-led research PhD 'Painting as emergent knowledge: exploring contemporary artistic labour as a process of ecological cognition'. The dataset contains video files that are referred to in the written thesis. The videos can be accessed from the 'Painting as emergent knowledge' collection link above, and are referred to via hyperlink in the written thesis as follows. Chapter Two refers to The Gesture of Thinking, which is a summary of the first practice event. It also refers to the digital reflection videos Looking, Explore through collage, and Wordless fragments. Chapter Three refers to the video Keep Off, which was shown in the second event. It also refers to the digital reflection videos Talking about edges of figure on 'Keep Off', Talking about Aldershot Map, and Painting the Sea. Chapter Four refers to the video Feeling a way through…, which is a summary of the second event, and to Ruffles w...

University of Leeds, 2018

Journal of Visual Art Practice, 2014

Research in Dance Education, 2014

This research seeks to understand the contemporary artistic labour of painting in a ‘post-aesthet... more This research seeks to understand the contemporary artistic labour of painting in a ‘post-aesthetic’ view, in which artistic knowledge is seen as socially situated, embodied, and emergent; existing in processes rather than artefacts. This has implications for understanding the ‘work’ of painting. Debates on artistic subjectivity and creative work ignore skilled and cognitive processes of labour (Taylor, 2011). An exception is Roberts (2007) who proposes that artistic subjectivity has become ‘decentred’, distributed across people, skills and tools. However, his labour theory does not address painting in any depth. My research explores decentred artistic subjectivity from within painting. Using a practice-led method, it explores how painting can evolve a practice in line with new norms around ‘spectatorship’, and asks how we might understand this labour. Painter-researchers have done much to understand artistic subjectivity as distributed across bodies and materials, but lack focus on ‘social’ conditions of practice. My research brings this social focus, employing a framework of ‘ecological cognition’ to develop a theory and practice of painting as emergent knowledge that unfolds in relationships between bodies, materials, the ‘social’, and the environment. It tests a new practice-led perspective for understanding creative work, exploring cognitive processes of contemporary artistic labour. It brings a ‘social’ perspective to understanding the work of artist and audience in painting as research. It develops a post-Cartesian understanding of ‘making-as-thinking’ that involves body and material interactions, rhythm and gesture. It considers the embodiment of social structures in artefacts and individual habitual practices, examining cognition as a ‘social’ process. It suggests that ‘co-responsibility’ (Bolt, 2007) encompasses artist, audience, and artefacts in meaning-making. It contributes a practical framework for sharing artwork and proposes that ‘creative labour’ (Gulli, 2005) can be a shared art of inquiry that is not just a way of knowing; it reveals social ‘being’.