4.4.1. Recommendations for policymakers
Although the grant and subsidy system varies from each European member state, in general the processpatching approach is missing in discipline specific subsidy programs. This is problematic for artists as researchers; the value of their research lies in part in connecting the different disciplines, but by doing so, it easily falls in the discipline divide of the grant programs. The support programs for processpatching artists should not be focused on products a priori, but rather on basic or experimental research with a focus on active audience participation. The literature studies and case studies, drawn upon and analysed in this thesis, clearly show that artistic innovations, developed alongside technological and scientific methods in a rapidly evolving new media terrain, can most usefully be applied to both research and product development, resulting in a new potential for renewal in the Arts.
