LIFE WRITING AS RESEARCH CREATION: THE PROJECT DRIFTING, PHUKET TRILOGY 21/22
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2025.1.10Keywords:
self-fiction, research creation, dance, performing artsAbstract
Life Writing as Research Creation: the Project Drifting, Phuket Trilogy 21/22. This paper addresses the practice of “self-fiction”. It also discusses various stances about the process of “life writing” as an artistic and academic research. The research creation project Drifting/À la dérive (2012-2025) consists of “sensory-scapes” often described in detail. These combine literature, visual arts, and dance. This study focuses on self-fiction within a coherent series of dance videos based on poetics, traveling and performance studies. The study also implies a creative methodology developed in academic setting. The project Drifting, Phuket Trilogy 21/22 was conceived and developed by the author of this paper, Biliana Vassileva, a dancer who has been a university professor (MCF HDR) and researcher since 2009, inspired by “practice as research” approaches to academia.
REZUMAT. Scrierea vieții ca proiect de creație-cercetare: Drifting, Trilogia Phuket 21/22. Această lucrare abordează practica „ficționalizării sinelui”. De asemenea, ea discută o serie de perspective referitoare la procesul de „scriere a existenței” văzută ca o formă de cercetare artistică și academică. Proiectul de creație-cercetare Drifting/À la dérive constă într-o suită de „peisaje senzoriale” adesea descrise în detaliu. Acestea combină literatura, artele vizuale și dansul. Studiul de față se va concentra, așadar, asupra „ficționalizării sinelui” așa cum apare în cadrul unei serii de secvențe video de dans, bazate pe călătorie, poetică și studii de performance artistic. Cercetarea implică, de asemenea, o metodologie creativă, elaborată în mediul academic. Proiectul Drifting, Phuket Trilogy 21/22 a fost conceput și dezvoltat de autoarea acestei lucrări, Biliana Vassileva, dansatoare și conferențiar universitar abilitat, ale cărei cercetări privesc, încă din 2009, abordările de tipul „practice as research” în mediul academic.
Cuvinte-cheie: autoficțiune, cercetare-creație, dans, artele spectacolului
Article history: Received 18 June 2024; Revised 27 February 2025; Accepted 9 March 2025; Available online 25 March 2025; Available print 30 April 2025.
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