Volume 3 Issue 1 (2007): Students' Reflections on Doing Research
Main Articles

The Role of Documentation in Practice-Led Research

Nithikul Nimkulrat
Universtity of Art and Design Helsinki
Bio
Published May 8, 2007
Keywords
  • documentation,
  • art practice,
  • artifact,
  • practice-led research

Abstract

Practice-led research in the field of art and design usually involves a study of the interplay between a researcher-practitioner and her artistic work in process. This article seeks to illustrate that documentation of art practice can be a means to record that interplay and it can be used as relevant material in practice-led research. The article will present an account of documentation in practice-led research highlighting two principal aspects: phases of documentation and the role of documentation within the overall research process. The account will capture reflections of the author’s own practice-led research in fiber art, which investigates the relationship between materials and artistic expression, in the context of contemporary art.