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research project on role of spontaneity in creative process of artists
i.ristic (hop.la)
what particular role does spontaneity have in an artist’s creative process? do visual and stage artists have any difference in between in terms of spontaneity experience and its importance in different phases of creative process? how the spontaneity makes its effect? how different level of spontaneity during the creative process can effect onto development
of latent aesthetic dimensions and future artistic value?
in order to find an answer, research project has been run in area of a psychology of art which contains of experimental series focused onto testing role of spontaneity in creative process. previous experiments confirmed less creativity as a result of different situation factors such as evaluation, surveillance, control, competition, choice reduction (amabile, 1979, goldfarb and brackfielf, 1990, runco, 1995, sternberg 2005). on the other side,
positive effect of series of factors has been confirmed, such as support, autonomy
cultivation, freedom in expression, diversity in possibilities and creative challenge
(amabile and griskijevic, 1990, andrews, 1975, ekvall, arvonen and valdenstrom-
lindblad, 1983, van gundy, 1987, nemiro 1997). until now, the spontaneity has been researched by negative definitions, according to restrictive situation, following its denying. escorting the new experiments we will try to provide empirical based insight on how
semantic level development of a new artistic forms depends on spontaneity of a
creative
situation
which is being performed in experimental control conditions.
key words: creative process, spontaneity, art work, semantic dvelopment
partners: faculty of fine art and center for culture “stari grad"
support: culture city council of belgrade