The Power of Collaboration as Practice-Based Learning

The Power of Collaboration as Practice-Based Learning investigates the rich entangled hierarchical processes that occur during a collaborative artistic project called Sonic Camouflage. The Sonic Camouflage project was conceived at a time of decreasing radical art school cultures in an attempt to re-radicalise and intensify periods of learning for both students and tutor through a flattening of power structures between students and tutor. The research unearths insights into the effects of hierarchical power sharing during Sonic Camouflage on its collaborative participants by asking How do participants negotiate an artistic learning collaboration individually and collectively? The enquiry reveals that themed collaborative projects can be used successfully to provoke and propose a levelling out of power dynamics as positive agency for participants learning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA5t0gYd088