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Empirica: Art of Research Conference

Art of Research is a biennial conference series promoting continuous dialogue and convergence between art and design research practices.

Over the past two decades, the Art of Research conferences have had a significant role in promoting continuous dialogue and fruitful convergence between art and design related research practices. The conferences have contributed to the development of rapidly growing and spreading contemporary discourse on artistic and practice-led research, acknowledging and engaging in multiple notions of research where diverse modes of creative practice are used as context for inquiry.

Text 'Art of Research 2026' in black, striped letters on a light grey background.

The ninth Art of Research conference will be held during 25-27 November 2026 at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.

The theme of the eighth Art of Research conference is “Voices”, addressing the various voices that constitute artistic research. As the conference reaches its 9th edition and 20 years since its founding, we are interested in exploring the research community in its entirety.

The Art of Research conferences promote the continuous dialogue of research practices in art and design. The previous seven international conferences have contributed to the development of rapidly growing and spreading discourse on artistic and practice-led research. Over the two decades, the conferences have had a significant role in engaging in multiple notions of research where diverse modes of creative practice are used as catalysts for enquiry.

The conference is organized by Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Art of Research 2026

The IX Art of Research Conference advances the development of artistic research.

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art of research 2023

VIII Art of Research Conference - Re-Imagining

The theme of the eighth Art of Research conference is “Re-Imagining”, addressing the various gestures of going back, returning to take another look, or for starting anew.

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VII Art of Research Conference - Authorship and Responsibility

The seventh Art of Research conference will be held on 3-4 December 2020 at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland.

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Art of Research Conference, Editions I—IV

I-IV Art of Research Conference

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