The Creative Critic Writing as/about Practice [Hardcover]

As practitioner-researchers, how do we discuss and analyse our work without losing the creative drive that inspired us in the first place?

Built around a diverse selection of writings from leading researcher-practitioners and emerging artists in a variety of fields, The Creative Critic: Writing as/about Practice celebrates the extraordinary range of possibilities available when writing about ones own work and the work one is inspired by. It re-thinks the conventions of the scholarly output to propose that critical writing be understood as an integral part of the artistic process, and even as artwork in its own right.

Finding ways to make the intangible nature of much of our work count under assessment has become increasingly important in the Academy and beyond. The Creative Criticoffers an inspiring and useful sourcebook for students and practitioner-researchers navigating this area.

Please see the companion site to the book, http://www.creativecritic.co.uk, where some of the chapters have become unfixed from the page.

Foreword Jane Rendell

Introduction Orley and Hilevaara

Section One: Manifesto (How)

1. I Am for an Art Writing Susannah Thompson
2. Lyric Theory PA Skantze
3. Notitia, Trust, and Creative Research Iain Biggs
4. Writing Without Writing: Conversation as Material Emma Cocker
5. The Distracted Cyclist G D White
6. Footnoting Performance Mike Pearson
7. An extract from Asara and the Sea-Monstress: a Play with Theory Mojisola Adebayo
8. Same Difference Nic Conibere
9. Critical groundlessness: Reflections on embodiment, virtuality and QuizolÒ