The postresearch condition

Henk Slager, Amanda Beech

"After an omnipresent Research Decade, the concept of artistic research currently seems to be in need of a recharge. Pressing questions are: Should we talk about a postresearch situation or a postresearch condition? Could this be compared with how poststructuralism relates to structuralism as its philosophical comprehension and the elaboration of its consequences? And how could a postresearch condition address contemporary art practices? To answer these questions, an intensive program of workshops, presentations, propositions, and screenings took place as EARN/Smart Culture Conference in Utrecht in the spring of 2021. This publication reflects further on discussions and debates, while providing programmatic elements for a future artistic research agenda"--Page 4 of cover.