AES+F – more than just a matter of (bad) taste

Invited essay for publication occasioned by the Chapman Brothers'solo show at Tate Liverpool The invitation was motivated by my book Art and Obscenity in which I had already written about the Chapman Brothers' However, I decided to change directions and discussed recent work by the Russian Group AES+F as a comparative case study to the British artists

The poetics of form

Invited contribution to book publication 'Bronislaw Krzysztof, who is one of the leading sculptors in Poland. The critical review discusses his current works

Making porn into art

Invited chapter for Pornification. Sex and sexuality in media cultur

Permutations: site and location

Invited essay for the retrospective publication, accompanying the travelling exhibition of the Locus+ archive and its predecessor organisations. The essay discusses Nathan Coley's 'Show Home' (2003) project in the context of public art interventions

The gesture of writing

Invited and reviewed essay of the role of writing in practice-led research and under the influence of emergent digital literacies

But where is the art?

Policing Dialogues was a six week residency at the LAB in Dublin by the What's the Story? Collective, from September 14th to October 23rd 2010. The What's the Story? Collective was an interdisciplinary group of young adults, youth workers and an artist who worked together in Rialto Youth Project, Dublin, for three years from 2008-11. The paper 'The Policing Dialogues Review' includes personal articles from members of the collective, Gardai and others directly involved as well as critiques from a range of professionals including sociologist Dr. Aogan Mulcahy, art writer Dr. Kerstin Mey and broadcaster Vincent Browne

A life in the file of ... or 'Data Protection'

This essay contributes to a volume that brings together contributions evolved during the AHRC funded nation wide Doctoral Research Training Porgramme 'Performing the Archive' for which Prof. Kerstin Mey in collaboration with Peter Davies, University of Sunderland, were awarded £50k. It complements the introductory section by Kerstin Mey: Performing the Arkive - Subterranian Arkive Cit

Introduction: passages and vistas

Invited introduction to book that documents performance practices 'on the move', which formed part of the research in 'Art and its Locations, one out of two research strands in Interface: Centre for Research in Art, Technologies and Design. I was Research Leader of this strand and advised on the project development and delivery as well as on the editorial process