ABSTRACT
This chapter explores examples of how far ideas around the intertwining of bodies and technologies have been pushed by some artists. It examines the nature of collaboration between researchers and creative practitioners, examining power relations and some of the difficulties that arise when attempting to genuinely co-produce work. The chapter then turns to explicitly consider the sensory within technologically mediated creative practice and the place of the non-visual senses. It explores some of the practicalities of researchers doing creative practice themselves as a tool within projects. The chapter concludes with a consideration of the opportunities presented by engaging with creative practice in research whilst acknowledging the significant problems with producing meaningful materials from these kinds of research encounters. In any interdisciplinary work there is an emphasis on learning at least some of the disciplinary ‘language’ used by collaborators, their epistemologies and working practices.
