This website provides you with an impression of the PhD thesis:
Processpatching
Defining New Methods in aRt&D
by Anne Nigten <ANne [at] v2.nl> September 2006

Processpatching, Defining New Methods in aRt&D investigates how electronic art patches together processes and methods from the arts, engineering and computer science environments. This investigation is positioned in the electronic art laboratory where new alliances with other disciplines are established. It aims to improve collaboration by informing others about one’s artistic research and development approach. Processpatching, Defining New Methods in aRt&D, provides information about the practical and theoretical aspects of the research and development processes of artists.

The thesis was submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Anne Nigten participated in the SMARTlab Programme in Performative New Media Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London.

The aRt&D Triangle is a special instrument for analysing the collaboration processes of the interdisciplinary teams. This tool is designed to assist the team in the collaboration model selection process. The tool is useful in that it succeeds in informing the collaborators about each other’s backgrounds (a - Humanities; including the arts, b - natural sciences, g - social sciences). It also visualises the distance between the knowledge domains represented by the collaborators. It provides a clear map of the knowledge and expertise represented in the team, which is the basis for methodological decisions when starting a project.