Book Launch: Institution as Praxis

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Thursday 26 March 2020 | 6pm
Nottingham Contemporary
Free Event

How are curatorial practices advancing new research methods? The publication Institution as Praxis explores new curatorial and artistic practices that contribute to the expansion and invention of institutional, practice-based, and collaborative research methods. This publication offers a cutting-edge overview of how creative practices are modifying the ways we think about knowledge production and research in the cultural sector. Contributors include Andrea Phillips, Anthony Downey, ruangrupa, Melanie Bouteloup, Vali Mahlouji, among others.

Join the editors Carolina Rito and Bill Balaskas, and contributors in conversation.

This publication is part of a larger research strand initiated by Carolina Rito at Nottingham Contemporary. Institution as Praxis examines new modes of knowledge production and research in the field of visual culture, art, and the curatorial. The project is generously supported by the Midlands Higher Education Culture Forum.

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Bill Balaskas is an artist, theorist and educator, whose research is located at the intersection of politics, new media and contemporary visual culture. He is an Associate Professor and Director of Research, Business and Innovation at the School of Art and Architecture of Kingston University, London. His works have been widely exhibited internationally, in galleries, museums, festivals and public spaces. He has received awards and grants from the European Investment Bank Institute; Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art; Open Society Institute; European Cultural Foundation; National Sculpture Factory; and the Association for Art History, amongst others. Furthermore, he has been an editor for the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press), while his writings have also appeared in edited books and in publications such as the Journal of Visual Culture, Third Text and Revista Arta. Originally trained as an economist, he holds a PhD in Critical Writing and an MA in Communication Art and Design from the Royal College of Art.