Track Report

Track Report reports on research in / as art. It is conceived as a flexible “paper presentation space” in which the artists / authors - within the physical boundaries of the publication - enjoy the greatest possible freedom in determining form and content. In that sense, Track Report is a hybrid form that is situated between the artist's book and the art publication. Moreover, each publication is understood as a report, a track (“track”), of a research process and / or result. Four to five issues are published each year, selected by an editorial board.

The variety of research, discipline, form, etc., highlight different facets of research in the arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Track Report hopes in this way not only to document and stimulate the research and research activities, but also to inform and inspire the enthusiast of research and the arts.

Between 2009 and 2020, Track Report published fifty-four songs, ranging from more conventional looking readers to alternative media such as fold-out posters and vinyl records. All of them represent in one way or another the strategy and status of artistic research in and around the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. The common thread running through all these publications is their materiality and plasticity. Track Report is printed and distributed, thus counteracting the trend towards radical digitization. This physical embodiment of astute research also reflects the Academy's status as a research community seeking to bridge the gap between the past and the future by remaining unconventional in the physical present every day.