Planning for Spontaneity — Introduction
Can an artist plan for visually arresting developments during artistic production?
We’ll explore aspects of creativity and production, chance and risk, and deliberation and choice to understand the role of planned action and intuition in process or action-led works.
Starting with the premise that production is the cornerstone of making art, the role of intention in art production is explored. Using the six styles of creativity from Inventive minds : creativity in technology by Perkins & Weber as a guide, intent is examined through the lens of each style. The role of chance and deliberation are questioned by exploring the styles, narratives of artists who have exploited them alongside the origins and psychology of mark making.
To ground these theoretical styles of creativity, we explore chance and risk with a focus on the narratives of working artists. The descriptions of art production and example works from a selection of artists provide the frame to critically evaluate the role of chance and risk. The six styles are used to compare and contrast artists approach to creating happy accidents as part of their art production.
We take into account how experimental artists plan for spontaneity and how evident, (or not) planning and deliberate choice appear in their narratives.
By the end, we’ll determine how much deliberation and chance impacts art production enabling the artist to plan for the most brilliant moments.
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