The call for VIS (Nordic Journal of Artistic Research) Issue 16 is open. The theme is Beyond Compliance: Ethics in Artistic Research.
Deadline for exposition proposals is 27 November 2025.
Editor: Eliot Moleba
In this issue, we are looking for contributions that interrogate the role of ethics in their historical, political, and material entanglements in direct relation to artistic research. How might ethical frameworks, principles, and questions actively inform and shape the creative process and practice? How can ethics move from just being a compulsory checkpoint to becoming a dynamic generative force within the research? What does it mean to think through ethics in artistic research beyond compliance? What does it mean to embed ethics at the heart of artistic inquiry? And what tensions arise when ethics play a central role in shaping the artistic inquiry, and how can these tensions be generative?
We welcome contributions that examine how ethical considerations can be a productive and generative force – shaping methodologies, processes, and outcomes – rather than merely safeguarding the boundaries of artistic research.
We especially encourage contributions in Nordic languages. However, we also welcome international proposals and/or bilingual expositions to deepen the exploration of this field and to increase accessibility and exchange.