Inter-Actions – situated at LUCA School of Arts in C-Mine Genk - bundles a series of research groups which focuses on design and artistic research, evoking inter-actions between people, domains and disciplines, while exploring the possibilities of old and new materials, artefacts, media, spaces and events.
By separating “inter” from “actions”, the unit stresses that its research wants to stimulate people “acting (actions) together (inter)” in cross-disciplinary or participatory set-ups.
Inter-Actions thus focuses on:
More specific, Inter-actions combines three groups, with a fairly long tradition – in the context of the KULeuven Faculty of the Arts - in addressing the above two topics, being Play and Game, Social Spaces and Re-Visionary. The research teams are composed of interdisciplinary teams, gathering designers, (media) artists, engineers, social and cultural scientists, psychologists, philosophers,... They are intensely engaged with the potential “users” and “audience” of their research and practice, involving them as participants in their projects.
The academic orientation of these research groups guarantees that more fundamental design and artistic research can be performed that does not need to be immediately valorised in the market and thus may lead to unexpected results.
At the same time, the hands-on character of doing applied “design and artistic” research makes their research relevant for cultural, industrial,... professionals.
Bart Geerts
Carina Erdmann
Danny Leen
Gert Wastyn
Ief Spincemaille
Jasper Vrancken
Jim Bollansée
Joery Erna
Katrien Dreessen
Kristof Vrancken
Lieke Lenaerts
Naomi Bueno de Mesquita
Niek Kosten
Niels Hendriks
Pablo Calderon
Rita Maldonado Branco
Robby Clerebout
Ronald Clays
Selina Schepers
Steven Lenaers
Teis De Greve
Thomas Laureyssens
Vinicius Marquet
Wim Buts
Head research unit: niels.hendriks@luca-arts.be