Aesthetic, Poetic, Performative: Artistic Thinking and Practices of Writing 

Two-day event on writing in artistic research

This two-day event introduces, through practice and conceptualisation, a variety of artistic and scholarly practices of writing forwarded in the field of artistic research. Focusing on the opportunities that somatic, performative, collaborative, and site-specific approaches to writing can offer diverse understandings of our embeddedness in present environments and political imaginaries and futures thinking. The overall aim of the event is to explore and discuss recent developments in art writing, language-based artistic research, and literary artistic research. 

Presenters and facilitators  

• Writer-Artist and Associate Professor in Fine Art Emma Cocker (Nottingham Trent University) 
• Writer and Professor of Interdisciplinary Writing Maria Fusco (University of Dundee) 
• Choreographer and Senior Lecturer in Dance & Choreography Katrina Brown (Falmouth University)  

Presenters and facilitators from Uniarts Helsinki:

• Artist-Researcher and University Researcher Alex Arteaga 
• Poet and University Researcher Aino-Kaisa Koistinen  
• Performance Artist and University Researcher Pilvi Porkola  
• Dance Artist and Professor of Artistic Research Leena Rouhiainen