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Artistic Creativity Lone Hersted / Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted Behind the Scenes of Artistic Creativity Throughout the literature of creative how their creative learning and change Behind the Scenes learning, many assumptions and even processes come about, for instance when Julie Julie Borup Jensen stereotypes about the artists’ creativity are facilitating and leading creative processes. / nurtured, often according to myths going of Artistic Creativity back to the Romanticism. The authors have been investigating and describ- The Authors ing outstanding artists’ creativity and All the three authors are affiliated to the Processes of Learning, Creating learning/working processes, asking the Department of Learning and Philosophy question: how do artists create, learn, and at Aalborg University and members of and Organising organise their work? This book explores the researchers’ group ARiEL (Arts in these questions by means of original Education and Learning). Tatiana Chemi empirical data (interviews with 22 artists) Tatiana Chemi, Ph.D., is Associate and theoretical research in the field of Professor of Educational Innovation. the arts and creativity from a learning Julie Borup Jensen, Ph.D., is Assistant perspective. Findings shed an original Professor. light on how artists learn and create, and Lone Hersted is lecturer and Ph.D. Fellow. Behind the Scenes of ArtisticBehind Creativity ISBN 978-3-631-65397-5 Lone Hersted / Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted Behind the Scenes of Artistic Creativity Throughout the literature of creative how their creative learning and change Behind the Scenes learning, many assumptions and even processes come about, for instance when Julie Julie Borup Jensen stereotypes about the artists’ creativity are facilitating and leading creative processes. / nurtured, often according to myths going of Artistic Creativity back to the Romanticism. The authors have been investigating and describ- The Authors ing outstanding artists’ creativity and All the three authors are affiliated to the Processes of Learning, Creating learning/working processes, asking the Department of Learning and Philosophy question: how do artists create, learn, and at Aalborg University and members of and Organising organise their work? This book explores the researchers’ group ARiEL (Arts in these questions by means of original Education and Learning). Tatiana Chemi empirical data (interviews with 22 artists) Tatiana Chemi, Ph.D., is Associate and theoretical research in the field of Professor of Educational Innovation. the arts and creativity from a learning Julie Borup Jensen, Ph.D., is Assistant perspective. Findings shed an original Professor. light on how artists learn and create, and Lone Hersted is lecturer and Ph.D. Fellow. Behind the Scenes of ArtisticBehind Creativity Behind the Scenes of Artistic Creativity Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted Behind the Scenes of Artistic Creativity Processes of Learning, Creating and Organising Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make high quality books Open Access for the public good. More information about the initiative and links to the Open Access version can be found at www.knowledgeunlatched.org Cover Image: ©Barnabas Wetton ISBN 978-3-631-65397-5 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-653-04415-7 (E-Book) DOI 10.3726/978-3-653-04415-7 Open Access: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ © Tatiana Chemi / Julie Borup Jensen / Lone Hersted (eds.), 2015 Peter Lang Edition is an Imprint of Peter Lang GmbH. Peter Lang – Frankfurt am Main ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com The impossible is the possible, which takes more time. Eugenio Barba Contents Acknowledgements �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11 About the authors ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13 List of tables and figures ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 Recognised by whom? Insights on research considerations, by Tatiana Chemi and Julie Borup Jensen ����������������������������������������������������19 Part One: Creativity and Art, by Tatiana Chemi ����������������������������������������31 Chapter 1: Artistic creativity: past, present and future ����������������������������33 Etymology and definition(s) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������33 History of a concept ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 The arts and creativity ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������39 Creativity studies today ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������44 Chapter 2: Artists defining creativity �������������������������������������������������������������55 Meeting definitional challenges ���������������������������������������������������������������������������55 Art: word and value �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������56 What creativity is for artists ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������59 Creativity as compulsion to make art �����������������������������������������������������������������62 Creativity as artistic identity ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������66 The ineffable business �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������67 Embodied meaning �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������68 Propositional and presentational ������������������������������������������������������������������������71 Art as language in a new key ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������74 Art as creative ex-pression �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������78 Chapter 3: Artistic process and composition ����������������������������������������������83 Before the storm: preparing for creation over a lifetime ����������������������������������85 The lifelong creative project ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������88 7 Inspiration ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������91 Preparing for the creation of artworks ���������������������������������������������������������������94 Intentional exposure to experiences �������������������������������������������������������������������96 Stealing: dialogue or fight with models ��������������������������������������������������������������98 Sweeping up the creative space �������������������������������������������������������������������������100 Getting to work: engaging the idea-reservoir �������������������������������������������������101 Virtuosity �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������104 In dialogue with the medium ����������������������������������������������������������������������������106 Rules ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������109 The art of making art �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������113 Chapter 4: Artistic emotions and ways of thinking��������������������������������119 When the work is done ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������119 Emotions in the making ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������122 Positive emotions ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������124 Artists in flow ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������127 Negative emotions ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������129 Bridging positive and negative ��������������������������������������������������������������������������133 Motivation, resilience and persistence �������������������������������������������������������������136 Art-making as discovery and research�������������������������������������������������������������142 Part Two: Learning and Change, by Julie Borup Jensen �����������������������147 Chapter 5: Creativity and elements of learning and change ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������149 Creativity, learning and the arts ������������������������������������������������������������������������149
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