I study photography, media, and installation with a particular focus on how these shape experience. My methods of analysis include phenomenology, social-political art history, and queer/feminist theory. I enjoy working in archives, and often base my writing on case studies
My book Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters (2019, University of California Press), a co-authored study, takes Nauman’s San Jose Installation (1970) as its central focus. Through a reinstallation of this mirrored corridor and in-depth archival research, I examine how physical engagement with the piece opens up broader questions about spatial perception, subjectivity, and the evolving social landscape of what would become Silicon Valley. I am currently completing a monograph on the diorama which, I argue, changes radically over time while consistently serving monarchic memory and colonial mythmaking. I also publish 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.
My book Bruce Nauman: Spatial Encounters (2019, University of California Press), a co-authored study, takes Nauman’s San Jose Installation (1970) as its central focus. Through a reinstallation of this mirrored corridor and in-depth archival research, I examine how physical engagement with the piece opens up broader questions about spatial perception, subjectivity, and the evolving social landscape of what would become Silicon Valley. I am currently completing a monograph on the diorama which, I argue, changes radically over time while consistently serving monarchic memory and colonial mythmaking. I also publish 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.