Since I have come back from residency at Vermont I have been pondering:
- how to develop an in-depth understanding of my process
- what is my practice of creating art and why do I create
- how and why I make decisions/choices when creating my art
- how do I visually gather this information
- how do I categorizes this data into patterns
- what should I do with it once I have
- how do I convert this into a visually stimulating piece of art
Which has lead me down the road of researching what methods qualitative researchers rely on for gathering information: (1) participation in the setting, (2) direct observation, (3) in depth interviews, and (4) analysis of documents and materials.
I think I may travel down the road of analysis of documents and materials, in particular: maps, lists, and collections.
What does this mean? Not really sure yet but it has lead to a lot of research on online collaborative mapping programs and a qualitative research program called Nvivo.
I plan on making daily maps beginning March 3rd. Why March 3rd? It’s the day my studio project is due to Ashley and my VC plan is in the works. One thing at a time.
More later.
