Utilizing Bricolage as an Alternative Research Methodology for Installation Art Practice in Postgraduate and Undergraduate Level

摘要

As a methodology, bricolage has potential for connecting variable elements from multiple disciplines into a holistic research. Hence, bricolage will able to frame and locate art making as the heart of research. The flexibility of bricolage methodology led eclectic approach includingtacit knowledge united into one academic project. This research compares utilization of bricolage methodology through observation and practices of installation art in postgraduate and undergraduate level in two countries: Australia and Indonesia. There are evidences that bricolage is a robustresearch methodology in both countries and levels. Using methodology of participant observation, this research highlights the power of bricolage in framing installation art practice in academic context.