Analogical modification in the creation of contemporary art

本研究的目的是从认知科学的角度来描述当代艺术家的创作过程。我们关注的是艺术家创作一系列作品时，影响长期专业过程的活动和影响短期过程的活动之间的相互作用。我们对40多岁的当代艺术家进行了回顾性访谈，使用他们过去的作品集，以便他们能够详细回忆他们的创作过程。我们发现，艺术家们使用了一种类比的修改过程来产生一系列新的艺术品。类比修正是一种类似于类比映射的认知过程，但在将源语结构映射到目标语结构的过程中，对源语结构的主要特征进行了修正。艺术视野是在多年的创作活动中形成的，由创作主题和创作目标构成，它对类比修饰语的使用起着重要的指导作用。相应地，出现了类似的修改，深化了艺术视野。

The goal of this study was to describe creation processes of contemporary artists from the perspective of Cognitive Science. We focused on the interaction among activities that affect long term processes of expertise and those that affect shorter term processes as the artist creates a series of work. We conducted retrospective interviews with contemporary artists in their 40's using the portfolios of their past works so that they could recall their creation processes in detail. We found that the artists used an analogical modification process to produce a new series of artwork. Analogical modification is a cognitive process similar to analogical mapping, but modifies major features of the source structure while mapping it to the target. Artistic vision, which is formed through many years of creative activities and consists of main themes and goals for creation, plays an important role in guiding the usage of analogical modification. Analogical modification correspondingly appeared to deepen artistic vision.