I don´t like practice as research

I want to share some reflections why I don´t like "practice as research" for what artists and somatic workers are doing.


the time aspect:

* the artist is doing forward search
   he is imagening something that is not there
   PRE-SEARCH

* the somatic worker is searching the here and now
   he is sensing and experiencing the body and its movement
   NOW-SEARCH

* the academic is searching the past
  he is RE-flecting on signs and traces and data
  RE-SEARCH


the practice aspect:

* as an artist practice is the most boring part of the job,
  as it is the repetition of a given form to get some "technique",
  like practising a plie or a musical scale.

* for a somatic worker the practice is the architectural space,
  where one-on-one sessions are happening in.


the power aspect:

seeing art as science is admiting that science has won the power race
about being the official instance that is allowed to explain life.
One could argue that science is colonising the arts with its langugage and thinking,
and the power and resources of its institutions.

why not:
science as art  ?
revolution as research  ?
sensing as truth  ?

I am looking forward to feedback and discussion