These dialogues from the Wits School of Arts, Arts Research Africa project foster a conversation in the School and in the broader African arts and arts education communities. This series is under the title "New Concepts, New Challenges, New Formats – envisaging the Creative Work PhD in an African Research University". It seeks to engage with the actual conceptualisation and research that is being done by candidates and their supervisors with the Creative Work PhD at WSOA and aim to bring this work into dialogue with both national and international practices and debates.
Dr Kathryn Smith is an interdisciplinary visual artist and curator who has moved from an initial education in Fine Arts (with a BAFA and MAFA from Wit...
In this dialogue I speak to Professor Margarete Jahrmann, the internationally renowned media artist, artistic researcher and games theorist who has ju...
In this dialogue I speak to Bronwyn Lace, perhaps best known as the animateur and now co-director of the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg...
In this dialogue I speak to Dr Alex Arteaga, a leading European artist-researcher who works with text, sound, video, photography, essays and installat...
In this ARA dialogue I speak with the Ethiopian artist-researcher-activist who gave the closing address at our ARA2020 Conference. Berhanu is currentl...
In this dialogue I speak to Dr Same Mdluli, who was the recipient of a 2020 ARA grant for her book project: Transversing the Rural: Revisiting the wor...
Arts Research Africa — In this dialogue I speak to Professor Jane Taylor, who, together with Nhlanhla Mahlangu, gave the opening performance and dialo...
Arts Research Africa — In this dialogue I speak to Dr Michael Schwab, the co-initiator and inaugural Editor-in-Chief of JAR, the Journal for Artistic ...
Arts Research Africa — In this ARA dialogue I speak with Mark Fleishman, Professor and Head of the Centre for Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies,...
Arts Research Africa — In this ARA dialogue I speak with the first ARA artist-in-residence of 2020, Annette Arlander. Professor Arlander is an artist,...