Sixteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

Abstract

From my research and experiences, I have found that the artist’s voice is under-represented when it comes to specific research methods and the perspective artist’s have of their practice crossing disciplinary boundaries, such as using anthropology. Following the lineage of the 1960’s artist writing from the cultural turn and media of the late-twentieth century, my paper is focused on my twenty-first-century experiences. The knowledge, from my subjective experience, is the basis for the inquiry with academic disciplines and art practice. Within my interdisciplinary practice, I have investigated the ephemeral, along with human engagement, and the physical and online social spaces. My interdisciplinary approach includes concepts related to the everyday, museum studies, and the social sciences. I have completed projects with a humanities approach that have bridged the relationship between the human element of engagement with objects and space. I have integrated technology and performative sources for the production and presentation of my recent projects. My artist’s voice within this is an underrepresented scholarship; however, my cross discipline initiative permits the inclusion of social and cultural perspectives to continue the future exploration of interdisciplinarity.