Interdisciplinary Collaboration Methodologies in Art, Design and Media

• Main Authors: Earnshaw, Rae A., Liggett, S., Heald, K.
• Language: en
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Virtual collaboration; Creative artworks; In-between-ness; Digital convergence; Psychological resonance; Creative play
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10454/7080

No === Collaboration in art, design and media has traditionally taken place in the studio. Recent experiments in collaboration and interaction have sought to identify the factors that promote productive and creative collaboration and those that do not. It is clear that virtual collaboration mediated by computer networks can include many of the elements that characterise face to face collaboration. This also facilitates international collaboration just as easily as national and local ones. At the same time, digital convergence is producing environments and artefacts that blur the traditional distinctions between art and technology, and which give rise to new creative opportunities and new kinds of creative works. These are described in this paper and their significance is explored. These also cause further reflections on the contributions that science can make to art and vice-versa.