I study photography, media, and installation with a particular focus on how these shape experience.
In Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters (2019, University of California Press, co-authored with curator Constance Lewallen) I take my 2019 reinstallation of Nauman's San Jose Installation (1970) to examine how physical engagement with this installation over time opens up broader questions about spatial perception, subjectivity, and the evolving social landscape of what would become Silicon Valley. Currently, I am completing a monograph on the diorama. I argue that, although the diorama most often serves as a form of edutainment, it also preserves countermodern experiences in modern times. Examples are given from over two hundred years and in a variety of formats, including the early light and paint diorama, the habitat diorama, and virtual reality.. I also publish reviews and articles in scholarly and public venues, including Culture et Musées, Art in America, Afterimage, Camerawork, and the Brooklyn Rail, where I serve as editor-at-large and host online cultural events, such as my "Art School Confidential" (part 1, part 2).
I have curated exhibitions in France and the United States, and engage in art projects pertaining to my research. My work has been supported by fellowships and grants from the Warhol Foundation, Camargo Foundation, Clark Art Institute, Centre Allemand d’histoire de l’art, and the Getty Center, among others.
I am Research Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, and can be contacted at [email protected]. My CV is here.
The photo to the left was taken at one of my favorite locations for looking—the basilica Notre-dame de la garde in Marseille.
In Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters (2019, University of California Press, co-authored with curator Constance Lewallen) I take my 2019 reinstallation of Nauman's San Jose Installation (1970) to examine how physical engagement with this installation over time opens up broader questions about spatial perception, subjectivity, and the evolving social landscape of what would become Silicon Valley. Currently, I am completing a monograph on the diorama. I argue that, although the diorama most often serves as a form of edutainment, it also preserves countermodern experiences in modern times. Examples are given from over two hundred years and in a variety of formats, including the early light and paint diorama, the habitat diorama, and virtual reality.. I also publish reviews and articles in scholarly and public venues, including Culture et Musées, Art in America, Afterimage, Camerawork, and the Brooklyn Rail, where I serve as editor-at-large and host online cultural events, such as my "Art School Confidential" (part 1, part 2).
I have curated exhibitions in France and the United States, and engage in art projects pertaining to my research. My work has been supported by fellowships and grants from the Warhol Foundation, Camargo Foundation, Clark Art Institute, Centre Allemand d’histoire de l’art, and the Getty Center, among others.
I am Research Professor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, and can be contacted at [email protected]. My CV is here.
The photo to the left was taken at one of my favorite locations for looking—the basilica Notre-dame de la garde in Marseille.