Practising with Deleuze

Abstract

Practising with Deleuze offers the first systematic reading of Gilles Deleuze’s mature philosophy from the perspective of contemporary creative practitioners, including fine artists, a dancer, a creative writer, designer and philosopher. It offers a way of rethinking notions of aesthetics, art, and creativity within the field of practice. Unconventional in presentation, this book is reflective of the engagement of contemporary creative practices with the generative philosophy of Deleuze. Each chapter focuses on a key aspect of production - practising, forming, framing, experiencing, and encountering - and is accompanied by short summary texts outlining the context of Deleuze’s contributions to each of these aspects. These discussions contextualise Deleuzian thought within a range of practices. In so doing, they enable the reader to approach these philosophical concepts within the milieu of creative practice.

Literature Review: Practice Research

“…There is a number of interesting texts which develop models for Deleuzian practice research (e.g. O'Sullivan, 2006;Hickey-Moody and Page, 2016;Attiwill et al, 2017). My doctoral project drew on the work of Deleuze and Guattari, but also on Science and Technology Studies (STS) to describe my process of 'translating' empirical data into fictional and filmic 'compositions' (Thomas, 2018;Crockett Thomas, forthcoming).…”