Measuring Perceptions of Creativity Through Collaborative Experience
Disciplines
Art and Design | Interactive Arts
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Many consider the world of visual art to be a strictly individualistic field; an individual sculptor sculpting or an individual painter painting. In fact, community and collaboration often aid the creativity of those working in the visual arts. Large scale artistic endeavors such as Yves Klein’s “Anthropometries'' and Christo and Jean Claude’s “Running Fence” required many people all working towards one artistic vision. My own experience as a collaborative artist has indicated to me that the creative efforts of a group of people can often be more inspired than that of a single artist. Having staged many collaborative art pieces, I have become curious as to exactly what impact collaborative art has on its participants. To investigate my inquiry, I plan to stage an ongoing exploration of participants’ creative evolution while making collaborative art. Over a six month period, I will stage and document a controlled collaborative environment in which subjects will participate in a shared artistic experience; expressive wall painting in a site specific setting. Before the experience, they will complete a questionnaire to determine their own perceptions of creativity. After participating in the collaboration, the subjects will receive a post-survey of the same questions. The surveys will be written acknowledging Rita Irwin’s essay “Communities of A/r/tographic Practice” and Allan Kaprow’s essay “Manifesto.” Using the pre and post surveys, I will track the subjects' creative growth after each collaborative experience. These results will determine how collaboration in the visual arts impacts creativity. Further outcomes may demonstrate how this creative evolution is mutually beneficial to both the facilitators and the participants of a collaboration. This valuable data will inform my future creative endeavors, and further establish the significance of collaborative art in the visual arts community.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
COTA - Art and Design
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Jonathan Fisher
Measuring Perceptions of Creativity Through Collaborative Experience
Many consider the world of visual art to be a strictly individualistic field; an individual sculptor sculpting or an individual painter painting. In fact, community and collaboration often aid the creativity of those working in the visual arts. Large scale artistic endeavors such as Yves Klein’s “Anthropometries'' and Christo and Jean Claude’s “Running Fence” required many people all working towards one artistic vision. My own experience as a collaborative artist has indicated to me that the creative efforts of a group of people can often be more inspired than that of a single artist. Having staged many collaborative art pieces, I have become curious as to exactly what impact collaborative art has on its participants. To investigate my inquiry, I plan to stage an ongoing exploration of participants’ creative evolution while making collaborative art. Over a six month period, I will stage and document a controlled collaborative environment in which subjects will participate in a shared artistic experience; expressive wall painting in a site specific setting. Before the experience, they will complete a questionnaire to determine their own perceptions of creativity. After participating in the collaboration, the subjects will receive a post-survey of the same questions. The surveys will be written acknowledging Rita Irwin’s essay “Communities of A/r/tographic Practice” and Allan Kaprow’s essay “Manifesto.” Using the pre and post surveys, I will track the subjects' creative growth after each collaborative experience. These results will determine how collaboration in the visual arts impacts creativity. Further outcomes may demonstrate how this creative evolution is mutually beneficial to both the facilitators and the participants of a collaboration. This valuable data will inform my future creative endeavors, and further establish the significance of collaborative art in the visual arts community.