On not knowing : how artists think /
How artists think
Elizabeth Fisher and Rebecca Fortnum.
- 159 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
In a language you don't understand / Elizabeth Fisher -- On the value of not knowing: wonder, beginning again and letting be / Rachel Jones -- Mobilising uncertainty / Cornford & Cross -- Unteachable and unlearnable: the ignorance of artists / Andrew Warstat -- Towards the reification of a wandering mind / London Fieldworks -- On being overt: secrecy and covert culture / Office of Experiments -- Creative accounting: not knowing in talking and making / Rebecca Fortnum -- Made in silence? On words and bricolage / Jyrki Siukonen -- Unidentified foreign objects / Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Elizabeth Fisher -- Ahead of yes and no: Heidegger on not knowing and art / Gary Peters -- Studio / Ian Kiaer -- Tactics for not knowing: preparing for the unexpected / Emma Cocker -- Pedagogy of the not known / Dennis Atkinson -- Gulp / Sonia Boyce and Sarah Cole in conversation.
"The state of 'not knowing' or engaging with the unknown is an important aspect of all research. For artists it is crucial, as the making process often balances a strong sense of direction with a more playful or meditative state of exploration and experimentation. Art practice is not only a valid mode of philosophical enquiry but also provides ways of thinking and articulating knowledge that are not utilized by other disciplines. "--Publisher's website.