CrossSections: Processing Artistic and Curatorial Research

Artistic and curatorial research

This book documents the “CrossSections” project (2017–2019), an interdisciplinary platform for artistic research, artistic dialogue, and artistic production curated by Başak Şenova.

In collaboration with 19 artists and nine institutions, Şenova developed and tested new strategies of artistic research and new ways of exhibiting, through artist-in-residence programs, exhibitions, performances, and presentations in Vienna, Helsinki, and Stockholm.

In 56 contributions, the book documents all aspects of the “CrossSections” project, tracking and presenting different forms and methods of artistic practice and collaboration developed under constantly changing conditions and circumstances.

• Makes the case for a collaborative artistic research process and a new approach to exhibition-making
• The result of a three-year international artistic research project
• Features a variety of contributions from 56 authors