Task 7a Part 2: Reviewing my Literature and Skype Discussion Group

The task 7a of the Module 3 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of carrying out my professional inquiry.

In this Part 2 of this task I would speak a bit about the resources of the inquiry, concretely about the main Literature (You can see the list below) that I have been reading in the past weeks for my BAPP Inquiry.

The book Art + Science Now by Stephen Wilson

- Dixon, Steve (2004) Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation, Cambridge, MIT Press

- Wilson, Stephen (2010) Art + Science Now: How scientific research and technological innovation are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics, New York, Thames & Hudson

- Oikonomou, Nefeli-Niki (2012) Dance Research, Choreography and Cognitive Science: The encounter with the Creative Process-Analysis and Proposals for support of the Creative Choreographic Process in Dance, Syros

- Tornero Lorenzo, Paz (2013) Tecnologías de la Creatividad: Conexiones entre Arte y Ciencia en la Contemporaneidad, Madrid

Firstly, during my summer break I studied the book Art + Science Now by Stephen Wilson before starting the Module 3 where I learnt a lot about the different aspects of the Art and Science relationship through several examples and professional artefacts from all the scientific fields. A few days ago I finished the Dissertation Dance Research, Choreography and Cognitive Science by Nefeli-Niki Oikonomou. It took me almost 3 weeks to read and process all the data that I found because it shows a wide range of knowlegde of how different technological aspects have been approached by several choreographers and what has been the result of it. It has been an exhaustive process where after reading and analysing them I selected and wrote what I found interesting for my inquiry in my BAPP Resources Quotes Notebook (Photo below).

My BAPP Resources Quotes Notebook

Yesterday also, I attended the Skype Discussion Group with Adesola at 5pm (London Time), where we practiced Critical Thinking discussing and analysing several issues. For me it was especially interesting to listen the opinion of the others about how it feels to be an international artist in other countries as I have experienced it throughout all my career.

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Gonzalo