[-empyre-] Week 1: Rethinking Curatorial Options, Globally bios for Jennifer Fisher and Jim Drobnick

Fri Apr 6 02:10:59 EST 2012

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> Dear Rene,
>

I am in New Delhi at a conference with little or no internet. Its been very
hectic for me as I am presenting here as well. Sorry for not responding to
your group, but its been impossible. I will be back in Mumbai and hope to
catch up with the group,
warmly
Arshiya

> Full bios for both of your are below.
>
> Jim Drobnick (CA)
> Jim Drobnick is a curator and Associate Professor of Contemporary Art
> and Theory at OCAD University, Toronto. He has published on the visual
> arts, performance, the senses and post-media practices in recent
> anthologies such as Art, History and the Senses (2010) and Senses and
> the City (2011), and the journals Angelaki, High Performance,
> Parachute, Performance Research, and The Senses & Society, where he is
> now reviews editor. His books include the anthologies Aural Cultures
> (2004) and The Smell Culture Reader (2006).
>
> Jennifer Fisher (CA)
> Jennifer Fisher is a curator and Associate Professor of Contemporary
> Art and Curatorial Studies in the Department of Visual Art at York
> University, Toronto. Her research focuses on exhibition practices,
> performance, the visual arts, museums, collecting and the aesthetics
> of the non-visual senses. Her writings have been featured in
> anthologies such as Caught in the Act (2005) and The Senses in
> Performance (2006), and journals such as Art Journal, Border/Lines,
> n-paradoxa, Public, and Visual Communication. She is the editor of the
> anthology Technologies of Intuition (2006).
>
> Drobnick and Fisher recently launched the Journal of Curatorial
> Studies, for which they are editors
> (www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=205/).
> They are the founding members of DisplayCult, a collaborative
> framework for interdisciplinary studies in the visual arts. Its main
> objective is to creatively merge disciplines, media and communities in
> order to propose generative prototypes for display and aesthetic
> engagement. Their exhibitions include NIGHTSENSE (2009), MetroSonics
> (2009), Odor Limits (2008), Listening Awry (2007), Do Me! (2006),
> Aural Cultures (2005), Linda Montano (2003), reminiSCENT (2003),
> Museopathy (2001), Vital Signs (2000) and CounterPoses (1998), among
> others. Their collaborative publications include the catalogues
> CounterPoses (2002) and Museopathy (2002), as well as essays in
> Trespassers & Captives (2000), Image and Inscription (2005), and
> Dispersions: Aernout Mik (2005). www.displaycult.com
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Renate Ferro <rtf9 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > Tim and I would like to introduce Week 1 guests for our discussion on
> > "Rethinking Curatorial Options, Globally.  Our friends from Canada,
> > Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher will lead our discussion. Jim and
> > Jennifer have been visitors at both Cornell University's Society for
> > the Humanities where Tim is the Director.  Additionally  they have
> > been visiting critics in my department, the Department of Art.  We are
> > always happy to see them in person (Toronto is only five hours away
> > from Ithaca) but we are especially happy that they will share their
> > work on display cult as well as their new journal, the Journal of
> > Curatorial Studies.  Welcome Jennifer and Jim to -empyre soft-skinned
> > space. Their full biographies are below. We are delighted you will be
> > joining us and look forward to hearing more about your own work as
> > well as your curatorial practices.
> >
> > Jen an Jim will be posting soon.
> > Thanks. Renate and Tim
> >
> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> > Jim Drobnick (CA)
> > Jim Drobnick is a curator and Associate Professor of Contemporary Art
> > and Theory at OCAD University, Toronto. He has published on the visual
> > arts, performance, the senses and post-media practices in recent
> > anthologies such as Art, History and the Senses (2010) and Senses and
> > the City (2011), and the journals Angelaki, High Performance,
> > Parachute, Performance Research, and The Senses & Society, where he is
> > now reviews editor. His books include the anthologies Aural Cultures
> > (2004) and The Smell Culture Reader (2006).
> >
> > Drobnick and Fisher recently launched the Journal of Curatorial
> > Studies, for which they are editors
> > (www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=205/).
> > They are the founding members of DisplayCult, a collaborative
> > framework for interdisciplinary studies in the visual arts. Its main
> > objective is to creatively merge disciplines, media and communities in
> > order to propose generative prototypes for display and aesthetic
> > engagement. Their exhibitions include NIGHTSENSE (2009), MetroSonics
> > (2009), Odor Limits (2008), Listening Awry (2007), Do Me! (2006),
> > Aural Cultures (2005), Linda Montano (2003), reminiSCENT (2003),
> > Museopathy (2001), Vital Signs (2000) and CounterPoses (1998), among
> > others. Their collaborative publications include the catalogues
> > CounterPoses (2002) and Museopathy (2002), as well as essays in
> > Trespassers & Captives (2000), Image and Inscription (2005), and
> > Dispersions: Aernout Mik (2005). www.displaycult.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Renate Ferro
> > Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
> > Cornell University
> > Department of Art, Tjaden Hall Office #420
> > Ithaca, NY  14853
> > Email:   <rtf9 at cornell.edu>
> > URL:  http://www.renateferro.net
> >       http://www.privatesecretspubliclies.net
> > Lab:  http://www.tinkerfactory.net
> >
> > Managing Co-moderator of -empyre- soft skinned space
> > http://empyre.library.cornell.edu/
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyre
>
>
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> Renate Ferro
> Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
> Cornell University
> Department of Art, Tjaden Hall Office #420
> Ithaca, NY  14853
> Email:   <rtf9 at cornell.edu>
> URL:  http://www.renateferro.net
>       http://www.privatesecretspubliclies.net
> Lab:  http://www.tinkerfactory.net
>
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