The Experience of the Octopus

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
3. Preface 9
4. CHAPTER 1: THE OCTOPUS
5. The Octopus Programme 11
6. A Symphony of Thoughts (or Prologue to Cephalopod Conversations) 14
7. The Tentacles 15
8. CHAPTER 2: THE TRAJECTORIES
9. The Poetic and the Political: The Octopus Programme in Its Institutional and Educational Signifi cance 25
10. The Experience of the Octopus 30
11. Artistic Research as an Act of Self-Representation and Self-Determination (or Why I Choose to View My Work as Research) 32
12. An Extended Research Crossing Parallel Routes 37
13. Growing Tentacles of Imagination 39
14. The How Vis-à-Vis the What 43
15. CHAPTER 3: THE CONTENT
16. The Structure 49
17. Partnering Institutions 50
18. Curators 53
19. Participants, Artistic Researches, and Projects 53
20. Contributions to Spectral Encounters 90
21. Travelling across the Nodes 96
22. Artist Videos 101
23. Artist Talks and Presentations 102
24. Exhibitions 103
25. Publications 154
26. CHAPTER 4: THE PARALLEL
27. Introduction 195
28. A Research of Doing 197
29. In The ZoNE 211
30. CHAPTER 5: REFLECTIONS
31. Identity in a Globalised World 223
32. On Opportunities and Conditions 226
33. The Long-Term Commitment 228
34. A Journey from Tunisia to Austria 229
35. An Experience of Diversity 231
36. A Multipodic Adventure 232
37. Becoming Octopodical (or Intertwined in Tentacular Love) 233
38. The Octopus and The Less Good Idea 235
39. Mentoring in the Octopus Programme 236
40. Biographies: Curators and Authors 240
41. Image Credits 249
42. Acknowledgements 252