Artistic Research

CAPIm aligns with the Swedish Research council’s broad and inclusive approach in defining research on artistic grounds in all established and emerging artistic fields. Our mission as a Centre of Excellence is to contribute to the construction of this sector and support its contribution to education through our focus on the political imaginary. We seek to make CAPIm a home for the different arts and specialisations that span the wide expanse of artistic research through our own activities, those of associated partners and wide national and international networks.  

Our mission encompasses an interrogation of the discursive genealogies of artistic research as well as the political imaginary manifested by each genealogy. We aim to explore the premises and consequences of diverse interpretations of the field, rather than prioritizing one definition. Such interpretations include the partially contradictory views that 1) artistic research is a radically distinct knowledge practice, 2) it can be recognized in all art practices in which research plays a central role (whether inside or outside higher education), and 3) artistic research can be defined as an institutional field that is both funded by and integrated into higher arts education, regardless of its form. 

CAPIm is committed to the idea that artistic research is part of artistic practice. The fact that artistic research arises through a dialogue (and conflict) with a host of knowledge formats, institutions and traditions notwithstanding, we belong to the world(s) of art.