ART&RESEARCH

Erik Andersson is Lecturer, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg

Ricardo Basbaum is an artist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lindsay Brown is an artist-researcher based in Dundee. Her practice focuses on the wave systems of water and electromagnetism, which informs aspects of consciousness, space, acoustics or myth. For PhD, her thesis is a ‘scientistic’ study of a shipwreck that questions the validation of verification systems, whilst highlighting a cultural need to create narratives that explain phenomena in a way that rational science alone cannot. Her exhibitions/publications include Spectropia, Riga (2008) and as editor on The Next Layer, a collaborative website that utilises Open Source methods in artistic research.
http://www.lindsaybrown.wordpress.com
http://thenextlayer.org

Kathrin Busch is Assistant Professor for Cultural Theory at Institut für Kulturtheorie, Kulturforschung und Künste, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

Jacqueline Donachie is one of Scotland's most respected contemporary artists, graduating from The Glasgow School of Art's influential Environmental Art department, which encouraged artists to place their work in a variety of public contexts out-with the gallery space. One of a group of artists who helped establish Glasgow in the 1990s as one of the world's most dynamic contemporary art communities, she is still based in the city and has forged an international reputation for a socially-engaged art practice, with a special interest in healthcare and bio-medical research.  Donachie is currently lead artist for Inverness' new Centre for Health Science, creating a unique working environment by integrating art works into every aspect of the design of the building including landscaping, sign-posting, lighting and fabrics.

Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield is Reader in Theory and Philosophy of Art, University of Reading, UK, and sits on the Executive Committee of the Forum for European Philosophy, European Institute, London School of Economics, on the International Committee of L’Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art (AICA), Paris, and the Editorial Board of Art & Research. He is currently writing two books, Derrida and the Visual, and Headlessness (with Marcus Steinweg and Thomas Hirschhorn), and has published many articles on aesthetics and ethics. His three PhD students (all studentship-funded) are writing PhDs charactisable as theory as practice, writing as practice, in the field of continental philosophy and contemporary visual art.

Brendan Earley is an artist who lives and works in Dublin. After graduating from NCAD with first class honours he spent several years travelling before winning a Fulbright scholarship to attend Hunter College, New York City. Earley graduated with a Master in Fine Art in 1999 and returned to Dublin where he now exhibits regularly. Past exhibitions include “Scope 2”, Artists Space New York, “Prix Ars Electronica”, Austria; “Perspective” Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Eurojet Futures, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin; “Towards a large white building” Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. He is currently studying for a PhD at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Mika Hannula has a PhD in Political Science and lives and works in Helsinki and Berlin as a curator, teacher and art critic. Since 2000 he is the director of the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, and since 2002 the chairman of KUNO, Nordic network of Art Academies. He has curated exhibitions in Helsinki, Trondheim, Berlin and Istanbul and from 1999 to 2001 was the reviews editor of NU: the Nordic Art Review. Hannula is the author of numerous articles on contemporary art and of several books, including Why Do I Like Rock Music? - Theoretical Discourse on Contemporary Visual Art and Culture (in Finnish, University of Trondheim 2000), It’ s All or Nothing – Critical Theory, Contemporary Art and Visual Culture (in Finnish, Kuvataideakatemia 2003), Rock the Boat - Localized Ethics, the Situated Self, and Particularism in Contemporary Art (with Tere Vadén, Salon Verlag 2003), Misadventures of Contemporary Art – Communication processes outside the white cube (in Finnish, Kuvataideakatemia 2004) and Artistic Research – Theories, Methods and Practices (with Juha Suoranta and Tere Vadén, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 2005).

Daniel Jewesbury graduated in Fine Art at NCAD in 1996, and subsequently completed his PhD in the Media Studies department of the University of Ulster in 2001. An artist and writer, Daniel is also co-editor of Variant magazine. He worked in the university system for 10 years until leaving in 2008 to spend more time with his family.

Jan Kaila is Professor of Artistic Research, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. He is a visual artist who combines photography, moving image and different kinds of object-based montages. Kaila has exhibited in Finland and abroad since the early 1980s, most recently in South-Korea, Japan and various European countries. He has worked as a lecturer and professor in photography in Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

Grant Kester is Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego, USA.

Irene Kopelman was born in Argentina and now lives and works in Amsterdam. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design. She completed her BA and MA at the School of Arts, National University of Cordoba, Argentina. After finishing her studies she moved to Holland in 2000 to enrol in the programme at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL. She has participated in various solo exhibitions such as Logicas Desviadas (2007) Buenos Aires; Hydra (2006); Espacio Blanco (2005) and Reconstructing Time (2005) all in Amsterdam. Among the most relevant group exhibitions are: Manifesta 7 (2008), A for Alibi (2007) at De Appel Center for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam; Levity’(2007) at The Drawing Center, New York, Alguns Llibres D’Artista (2006) ProjecteSD, Barcelona; and longitude (2006) as part of the group show fumus fugiens at Smart project space, Amsterdam. In 2005 she developed the project Uqbar which aims to develop interdisciplinary projects within the arts and sciences. Uqbar was initiated in collaboration with the artist Mariana Castillo Deball and is currently developing a project for Manifesta 7.

Dieter Lesage is a philosopher, Lecturer and research coordinator at the Department Rits (Erasmushogeschool Brussel) and member of the Research Board of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He was a Visiting Professor at the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg during the summer semester 2007, with the support of the Eurolecture of the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. (Hamburg). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Afterall. A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry and member of the International Advisory Board of Art & Research.

Matts Leiderstam is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Roberta Lima was born in 1974 in Manaus, Brazil. After graduating with a degree in Architecture in 2002, she moved to Europe where she now lives. In 2007, after earning a Master degree in Fine Arts, she began her PhD in Philosophy at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She is currently Associate Researcher at GradCAM in Dublin.
http://www.robertalima.com

Peter McCaughey is an artist and lecturer in Sculpture and Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art.

Ronan McCrea is a PhD candidate, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK.

Sarat Maharaj is Professor of Visual Art and Knowledge Systems, Malmo Art Academy, Malmo, Sweden.

Sarah Pierce is a PhD candidate, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK.