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SERVICES WE DO

Frameworks across disciplines

SAR connects, showcases, facilitates and advocates for artistic research in all its forms, facets and dimensions. SAR builds and sustains the frameworks necessary to preserve and promote the diversity of approaches, methods and outcomes of artistic research. 

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Constructive dialogue and collaboration

SAR values artistic practice and reflection as epistemic inquiry to enhance knowledge, insight, understanding, competences and skills. We encourage dialogue and collaboration with established research traditions and emerging forms of research.

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Open for institutions and individuals

As a member-driven, not-for-profit association, SAR supports artistic research within and beyond academic institutions or university contexts. SAR pays particular attention to individual, independent and early career researchers.

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Community building and support

Empowered by professionals working in self-organising and cross-functional teams, SAR offers unique opportunities to its institutional and individual members as well as to the international artistic research community. 

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SERVICES WE DO

Community building and support

Empowered by professionals working in self-organising and cross-functional teams, SAR offers unique opportunities to its institutional and individual members as well as to the international artistic research community. 

More

Open for institutions and individuals

As a member-driven, not-for-profit association, SAR supports artistic research within and beyond academic institutions or university contexts. SAR pays particular attention to individual, independent and early career researchers.

More

Constructive dialogue and collaboration

SAR values artistic practice and reflection as epistemic inquiry to enhance knowledge, insight, understanding, competences and skills. We encourage dialogue and collaboration with established research traditions and emerging forms of research.

More

Frameworks across disciplines

SAR connects, showcases, facilitates and advocates for artistic research in all its forms, facets and dimensions. SAR builds and sustains the frameworks necessary to preserve and promote the diversity of approaches, methods and outcomes of artistic research. 

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Previous conferences

SAR International Forum on Artistic Research 2024

In 2024, the Society for Artistic Research (SAR) introduced a new meeting format that is held every two years. This format offers time and space for meaningful and interesting conversations between artistic researchers, artists, practitioners, as well as policy makers and stakeholders from different backgrounds.

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SAR International Conference on Artistic Research 2023

From April 19-21, 2023, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) hosted the 14th International Conference on Artistic Research in Trondheim. 50 presentations by researchers across the arts, peer reviewed and scheduled in five parallel tracks showcased a wide range of approaches.

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13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research

The 13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research took place from 30th of June until 3rd of July, 2022, for the first time in Germany at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The conference consisted of a 24-hour online event and three days of live, on-site events in Weimar.

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12th International Conference on Artistic Research

The 12th SAR Conference on Artistic Research of the Society for Artistic Research from 7th to 9th April 2021 was hosted by mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

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