激发研究所 / Institute for Provocation (简称 IFP)成立于2010年，是一个独立艺术组织和项目空间。
通过理论研究和艺术实践的结合，激发研究所旨在以合作的方式联结跨领域的知识，激发文化生产和交流。基于对独立艺术机构在社会中的动态性的思考，激发研究所发起并支持多种形式的实践活动，包括驻地、项目研究、研讨会、展览、工作坊、出版等。
激发研究所由在中国以及国际上不同的行动者、研究员和创作者组成其工作网络，并希望让驻地艺术家一同加入到这个网络之中。它的工作主要由艺术研究项目和艺术家驻地两个脉络构成。我们认为激发研究所的机构实践和驻地艺术家的个体实践始终处在一种相互刺激、碰撞与协调的关系中，而这也正是激发研究所知识生产、实践和批判的资源。
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Institute for Provocation (IFP) is independent art organization and project space founded in 2010.
Combining the study of theory and artistic practice, IFP aims to combine cross-disciplinary knowledge and stimulate cultural exchange and production in a collective approach. IFP organizes and advocates various kinds of activities, including artist residency, research project, discussion, exhibition making, workshop, publication, etc. on the basis of considering the dynamics of the relationship of independent art space with the society. Through a wide network of artists, researchers and makers in China and beyond, IFP can provide intelligence to incoming residents and collaborators who themselves become part of the network. We reckon the interaction between practice of residence artists and IFP’s institutional practice are constantly in a relationship of mutual provocation, friction and cooperation.
