The group ‘Art and Industry’ aims to develop artistic dialogues with industrial heritage, contemporary industrial landscapes, and environmental transformations in Switzerland. It engages with past and present industrial infrastructures and considers the imbrications of Swiss actors within a globalised world. Additionally, the group investigates the presence and agency of industrial materials in artistic practices at the outset of the 21^st century, in the context of fast-pace technological innovation and increasing environmental pressure.

Work group on rural and peripheral art practices. The Dalvazza Group networks current practices of and research on rural and peripheral art. We discuss the quality and possibilities of experimental and research-based practices in rural contexts and peripheral situations.

The work group 'Listening / Sounding / Thinking' follows the ideas of the interdisciplinary field of Sound Studies, using a critical approach towards sound and listening practices. Considering this, field recording plays an important role as a central practice towards listening, sounding and thinking. The groups research is primarily dedicated to infrastructures and the soundscapes co-produced by humans, where the audible and inaudible networks of our society become approachable.

The work group concentrates on the identification and exploration of artistic research methods at the intersection of the arts with cultural and social sciences.

SARN sends a monthly newsletter to its members with event tips, publication recommendations and job offers. The work group NewsLibrary collects information for the newsletter, organizes and archives it and serves as its editorial staff.
The group defines editorial processes and determines the content of the newsletter. These contents are provided for discussion in public and/or internal association events. Since 2020, the work group publishes a monthly series of #microreviews, in which guests from the artistic research landscape review a publication of their choosing in approx. 1000 characters.

Over the last 30 years, the notion of “performance” has seen an expanding usage across various fields of cultural practice and academic interest. This work group brings to bear this emerging multiplicity on artistic research, both performatively and reflexively so.

Pièce de Résistance - Practice-based PhD in Switzerland.

The aim of the working group is twofold: first, the development and implementation of a graduate school for practice-based PhD candidates in the realm of visual cultural practices (detailed orientation to be specified); secondly, an analysis of this implementation by focusing on the structural obstacles and challenges for individual candidates which arise in the process.

The SARN TABLE series represents a ‘Stammtisch'-like frame for exchange about meanings, methods and contents of research in the arts. Both members and those interested in learning more about SARN are welcome to join the meetings, which are hosted in connection with public events that relate to artistic research (e.g. exhibitions or other formats). In keeping with the nature of a Stammtisch, space will be
given to conversations about everybody’s work as well as to the questions participants bring with them.

The research of the members of the group focuses on relations between humans and sentient non-human beings such as animals, plants, trees and forests. How do we encounter non-human beings in artistic research and practice and how do we redefine our relations to them?