Parallel indigeneities, art worlds and frictions

Abstract

The focus in artistic research has shifted from outlining the relation between art and research to multidisciplinary collaboration (Elo 2022). Through sustainability transformation, we have become aware of the need to find new kinds of relations between groups of people, species, environments, and forces of nature. In artistic research, and in art more widely, the art of Indigenous peoples is currently topical, as Western artists and researchers are challenged to think in a more holistic and responsible way by Indigenous peoples’ practices in perceiving themselves as part of the environment. The focus in Indigenous art is not that often on the creative individual – instead, art reminds us about the interaction between human communities and forces of nature.