Artists-Museums Collaborations: Current Research and Future Trends in Ancient Drama Studies

The paper presents a current case of art based research that draws on museum exhibits, namely ancient Greek drama masks. The author, artist Magda Roussi, discusses the way in which museum artifacts are transformed via research into art work that enhances and diffuses new knowledge about Ancient Greek drama (in particular about ways concerned with the creation and use of masks and costumes in ancient drama, that is contributing in the revival of knowledge about these issues). The paper focuses on examples of masks and costumes that were created as a result of this process, tracing the transformation of museum artifacts into scholarly research via the mediation of art based research and practice. The paper draws on parts of work already presented at the Canadian Institute in Greece following an invitation to the artist to give a public lecture.