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Curating

Doctoral dissertation, “Curating-with: Artistic Methodologies for Social Innovation and Community-focused Acts of Care, Maintenance, and Repair” submitted at the University of Porto, January 2020. More about my doctoral work.

Bizindalo! – Co-curator (with Gemma Rodrigues) of this exhibition representing the creative track of the Strategic Narratives of Technology and Africa conference. Funchal, PT.

Future Flux Festival – Curator of the Playground programme, an exhibition of works at the Onderzeebootloods, Rotterdam, NL.

No Limit – Curator of this exhibition of new works by UBERMORGEN at the Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, DE.

Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) 2014 – Co-curator of the main exhibition and discursive programme for this international biennial of contemporary art. DEAF 2014 theme: The Progress Trap. Rotterdam, NL.

The V2_ Lab Show – Co-curator of this overview of exemplary art and technology projects from the recent history of V2_Lab, Rotterdam, NL.

Blowup: Speculative Realities – Curator and commissioner of four new artworks and an eBook examining the significance of the philosophic movements known as Object-Oriented Ontology and Speculative Realism for the visual and media arts.

ZERO1 Biennial – Co-curator of the main exhibition for this international biennial of contemporary art, San Jose/Bay Area, US.

Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) 2012 – Co-curator of the main exhibition and discursive programme for this international biennial of contemporary art. DEAF 2012 theme: The Power of Things. Rotterdam, NL.

Constellations – Co-curator of this group show dealing with notions of flux and change at Cornerhouse and coinciding with the Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK.

In-Site Toronto – Commissioner of artworks for public display on a community wireless internet network in Toronto, Canada.

The Aesthetics of Gaming – Curator of a two-person exhibition of video games created by artists in New York City, USA.

Schematic – Co-curator of a group exhibition of Canadian robotic art, in London, UK.

At Play – Curator of a video programme for presentation in the built environment, presented in Melbourne, Australia.

Otherworldly – Curator of a video programme for presentation in the built environment, presented in Manchester, UK and Melbourne, Australia.

Best of Transmedia – Curator of a video programme for presentation in the built environment, presented in Manchester, UK, Melbourne, Australia, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Loops, Rings, Circles and Infinity – Curator of a collection of internet and software art, invited by CONT3XT.net.

Subversive Souvenirs – Curator of an online exhibition exploring tourism and surveillance, produced for the Virtual Museums of Canada and Gallery TPW.

Turnstile: Single Use – Co-curator of “Successful Failure”, a one-night exhibition in Manchester, UK.

In-Site MontrĂ©al – Curator of a series of site-specific art works on a community wireless internet network in Montreal, Canada.

Transmedia :29:59 – Co-curator of a year-long exhibition of art on urban screens in the built environment in Toronto, Canada.

Geostash – Co-curator of a programme of geo-located public art in Toronto, Canada.

Pixel Plunder – Co-curator of an online exhibition on notions of authorship and copyright, with a live event with performance by John Oswald (Plunderphonics).

Additional curatorial work took place under the aegis of my position as Programmes Director of New Media Scotland, 2005-2008.