The International Journal of Stereo & Immersive Media has released its 2025 special issue, Artistic Research Now. This edition features a diverse selection of peer-reviewed articles examining the collaborative nature of artistic research, transdisciplinary methodologies, and the impact of emerging technologies.
Guest-edited by Teet Teinemaa (Tallinn University, FilmEU), the issue features seven insightful contributions:
- Artistic Experiments in Expanded Animation: Combining 3D Printing with Virtual Reality to Create Anamorphic Shadow Animation (Gert Wastyn, Steven Malliet, Guido Devadder, Bart Geerts)
- The Penned Parrot in the Writers’ Room: Four-Stage Story Generation in Collaborative Screenwriting with AI (Dirk Hoyer, Tobias Frühmorgen)
- Maintaining Creativity and Ensuring Research: Teaching Creative Research in Film and Media Arts – A Personal Reflection (Elen Lotman)
- Fiction, Documentaries, and Voids (Carlos E. Lesmes)
Designing for Meaning: Uniting Creative and Scholarly Research through Collective Practices in Event Design (Rowena Chodkowski, Richy Srirachanikorn, Annie Harrisson, Derek Pasborg, Muhammad Shahrom Ali) - Exploring Empathy through the Design of an Embodied Installation Game (Xiaoou (Olivia) Ji, Steven Malliet, Ekaterina Muravevskaia)
- The Panorama of Congo: Decolonizing Heritage through Artistic Research (Victor Flores, Leen Engelen, Linda King, Ana David Mendes)
The number is available here in open access.