NETWORKING AND EXCHANGE
SAR organises annual international conferences and a variety of meeting formats that bring together leading practitioners, early career researchers, established scholars, distinguished academics, institutional representatives, funding bodies and policy makers.
SAR's international meetings aim to
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Articulating the needs and representing the interests of artistic researchers and their institutions.
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Providing opportunities for exchange, dialogue and debate at annual conferences, in person and remotely.
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Engaging with policy makers at local, regional and international levels.
SHARING EXPERIENCES FACE-TO-FACE
SAR's annual international events provide opportunities for mutual exchange, constructive dialogue and critical debate. They convene practitioners, scholars and professionals to showcase exemplary artistic research projects while focusing on key issues facing the international artistic research community.
ARTICULATING INTERESTS AND NEEDS
SAR conferences and forums allow to articulate the needs and represent the interests of artistic researchers and their institutions. As the largest conference on practice-based research through the arts, they also enable engagement with policy makers at local, regional and international levels.
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ONLINE EXCHANGES
SAR also offers a range of online formats such as workshops, seminars and events for remote participation.
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PARTICIPATION FEES
The SAR Conference is an academic event, but the registration fees are relatively low compared to other academic conferences. We want to make sure that we do not exclude people who do not have a permanent academic position or an institutional affiliation that would cover the cost of the conference fees, so the SAR conference has a reduced fee for participants who are individual SAR members without an institutional affiliation or employment.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Existing since 2015 with 15 conferences
Among others, hosted at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague), University of the Arts Helsinki (Helsinki), University of Bergen - Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (Bergen), mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Weimar).
More than 1500 participants over the years, 32 keynotes by leading practitioners, scholars and policymakers.
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.
MoreSAR 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.
More13th 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.
More12th 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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The SAR conference offers a reduced fee for participants who are individual SAR members without institutional affiliation or employment. In order to maintain this model, we need the help of people working in institutions to support those who don't have an institutional affiliation, in addition to the financial commitment of the host university.
Registration deadline: April 10th, 2025. Past this date, it is no longer possible to buy a ticket for the 2025 conference edition.
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