The cinematography of artistic research: process, methods, output

This article discusses artistic-research video documentation and dissemination as an alternative form of cinematography. Drawing from the COVID-19-responsive project “From haptic deprivation to haptic possibilities: researching the embodiment of caring and creative touch while practising physical distancing”, each reader is invited to witness the research process through a video output and its making. Cinematography, as documentation and dissemination of the artistic-research output, is analysed through the project’s somatic methodology, the use of videography and editing as research methods. Thus, the article adds to the understanding of documentation as an inextricable component of each research project.