The task 4d of the Module 2 of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice at
the Middlesex University consisted of identifying three important pieces of
literature related with my inquiry/topic interests.
After finding
my resources that I will be using for my inquiry, I decided to conduct a
brief review (reading them and analysing) of these three pieces of literature,
2 books and 1 doctoral thesis, thorough the module:
Tornero Lorenzo, Paz
(2013) Tecnologías de la Creatividad: Conexiones entre Arte y Ciencia en la
Contemporaneidad, Madrid
Miller, Arthur I.
(1996) Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Art, Gottigen,
Copernicus
Wilson, Stephen
(2010) Art + Science Now: How scientific research and technological innovation
are becoming key to 21st-century aesthetics, New York, Thames & Hudson
Screenshot of the doctoral thesis, Tecnologías de la Creatividad: Conexiones
entre Arte y Ciencia en la Contemporaneidad
Therefore, in
this Part 1 I will analyse my first important piece of literature, the doctoral
Thesis. During
this module I have been searching and searching the resources that will be the background
base of my research, prior starting my interviews to key international professionals
in June. I found this work: Tecnologías
de la Creatividad: Conexiones entre Arte y Ciencia en la Contemporaneidad (2013) by Paz Tornero at the Universidad
Complutense of Madrid through the Library of the University of Zaragoza early
in March. And after looking a bit into it I realised, it will be a fantastic
way to start to introduce myself into all the previous work of the Art &
Science relationship.
Screenshot of one suggestive image by the
Harvard Idea Translation Lab at the the doctoral thesis, Tecnologías de la Creatividad: Conexiones entre Arte y Ciencia en la Contemporaneidad
about Creativity
After I have
read through all this thesis doctoral, I am fascinated how much more knowledge there
is my research field that I had no idea of it before. For me it was specially,
interesting how many it has been cited my next piece of literature, Art + Science Now by Stephen Wilson,
therefore it will be very important to keep deepening in my field to get a
wider background knowledge of it. Also it was very interesting to see how dance
and the new technological developments have influenced several world class choreographers
such as Merce Cunningham or Maurice Bejart. This book it is divided into 3
parts to explore further the field, ranging from a historical view of this
concept or how artist have been working in several programmes in several scientific
labs, as well as the different innovations and research that are being carried
nowadays.
Reading this
book has been an astonishing journey to get myself inside what my Professional
Inquiry will be discussing and don´t forget to keep following the blog and my
Google + Community for the updates about my research!
Gonzalo
