This talk aims to synthesise the work produced within the ETIS cybernetics laboratory by its STS crew of artist-researchers. We will present a brief chronology of the group’s birth and we will describe some of our ongoing projects and questions. How do we all work together with/against/across our individual practices? How does this body of work interact with other artists, scholars and the institution? How does this interaction create an intimate transdisciplinarity?

Between Research and Artistic Creation: Epistemologies, Models, Practices

The idea that there is no hermetic barrier between artistic creation, scientific research and technical development is nowadays accepted. Artistic research or "research-creation" programs have been established for several decades now in various artistic, academic and technological institutions. However, it is often difficult to reconcile different epistemic, aesthetic and institutional standards, depending on each context, trajectories and standpoints. In the face of criticism that these initiatives are doomed to produce insipid art or bad science, what principles, approaches and models would help structure this family of projects and provide the operational epistemology it needs? What lessons can we draw from the experiences, positive and negative, gathered in the field?