"Shipping" (as) Fandom and Art Practice

Parry, Owen G. (2019) "Shipping" (as) Fandom and Art Practice. In: Fandom As Methodology: A Sourcebook for Artists and Writers. MIT Goldsmiths Press, London, pp. 127-146. ISBN 9781912685134

Fandom As Methodology: A Sourcebook for Artists and Writers

Type of Research:	Book Section
Creators:	Parry, Owen G.
Description:	This chapter draws a relationship between fandom and contemporary art by turning to fandom as a site of inspiration and motivation in my own art practice. More specifically it turns to “shipping”: a speculative method in fanfiction of creating new erotic relationships between characters or celebrities unsubstantiated in the official narratives or source texts, and characterised through fan- authored processes of imagining, re-writing and “fictioning.” Using 'Larry!Monument, an example of my own art practice commissioned by Jerwood Arts London as a case study, this chapter explores how "Shipping" can be applied as speculative, transformative and subversive method in art practice.
Official Website:	https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-press/publications/fandom-as-methodology/
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:	Art, Fandom, Shipping, Fanfiction, One Direction
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:	MIT Goldsmiths Press
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > Central Saint Martins
Date:	December 2019
Related Websites:	Publisher
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2022 15:34
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 15:34
Item ID:	18009
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/18009

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