Maria Fusco
My research interests focus on experimental strategies for contemporary art writing. My own work crosses different modalities of production including: fictive, critical & theoretical writing; editing and independent publishing. An important forum for the creation of such art experimental writing is the journal The Happy Hypocrite, which I founded and edit. I was the inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Whitechapel Gallery in London (2009-10) and the inaugural Critic-in-Residence at Kadist Art Foundation in Paris (2008-9).
http://www.thehappyhypocrite.org
SELECTED ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Ongoing
Peer Reviewer: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)External Examiner: BA (Hons) Fine Art Historical and Critical Studies Component, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
External Examiner: MA Contemporary Art Theory
and Master of Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art
Member: Research Network, Art-Writing, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
Member: Network for Editors of Interdisciplinary Journals
Editorial advisory board member: MAP magazine, Dundee, Scotland
Editorial advisory board member: Emily Carr University Press, Vancouver, Canada
Editorial advisory board member: fillip journal, Vancouver, Canada
Academic Referee: The Blue Notebook journal (Bristol: University of the West of England)
Academic Peer Reviewer: Intellect Books, Bristol
Chair: Women’s Art Library/MAKE, London
Member: National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
2010
Mentor: ICA A-Frame Mentoring Programme, ICA, London
External Examiner: MFA Fine Art, University of Reading, Reading (from 2007)
Evaluator: The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program, New York, USA
2009
Advisor: Film London, (FLAMIN Artists' Moving Image Network)
Editorial Advisor: New Work Network/Open Dialogues
Academic Reviewer: Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) Conference
Academic Review Panel Member: BA Hons Media Writing and BA Hons Journalism Combined Honours, University of Greenwich
Presentations and exhibitions
SELECTED CONFERENCES / PANEL DISCUSSIONS / EVENTS
2010
Cosey Complex, Convenor: Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Global Art Forum , Chair (‘Future Art School’) and Speaker (‘Is There a Crisis in Arts Writing?’): Art Dubai, Doha and Dubai
Three Uses of the Knife: International Workshop on Art Writing and Criticism , Keynote Speaker: Contemporary Art Centre & the Information Centre of the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
R/evolutions through Distribution , Workshop Leader: Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
2009
Language as Material Symposium, Keynote Speaker: Institute of Fine Arts and Cultural Studies, Kunstuniversitat, Linz, Austria
Out of the Blue: Symposium on Instant Urbanism, Hospitality and Accelerated History , Workshop Leader: The Blue House, Amsterdam
Arts Writing Symposia – Who is this who is coming? and Performing/Knowing, Co-Convener: Whitechapel Gallery, London
Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism , Conference Speaker: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and Fillip , Vancouver
Art Publishing in the Contemporary World , Seminar Speaker: National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Art & Writing , Panel member: Spike Island, Bristol
Jeff Koons: Popeye Series , Speaker: Serpentine Gallery, London
2008
Nought to Sixty , Panel convener: ICA, London
The Aesthetics of Trash: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective , Conference Speaker: University College Dublin, Dublin
Writing Encounters , Symposium Speaker: York St John University, York
Art Writing Beyond Criticism , Symposium Speaker: ICA, London
2007
Art &, Symposium Speaker: ICA, London
The Future of Art Magazines , Panel Speaker: The Bargehouse, London
Telling Stories: Theories and Criticism , Conference Speaker: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Non-linear Narrative in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Artistic Practices , Keynote Speaker: Goldsmiths, London
100 Great Ideas, Panel Chair: Hayward Gallery, London
Manchester Artists’ Book Fair , Conference Keynote Speaker: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
The First Antechamber , Panel Chair: Project Gallery, Dublin
2006
Vancouver Special Conference Keynote Speaker: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
2005
Research Spaces, Conference Speaker: The Bartlett & The Slade, London, November
Unbound , Panel Speaker: Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Why Publish? , Conference Chair: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology and Templebar Gallery, Dublin
2004
Put About: Contemporary Visual Arts Publishing, Conference Convener: Tate Modern, London
Professional activities
Selected academic & professional affiliations
Ongoing
External Examiner: MFA Fine Art, University of Reading, Reading
Member: Research Network, Art-Writing, Birmingham City University, Birmingham
Member: Research Cluster, Practice-Led Research Publishing, The Bartlett and The Slade, London
Member: Network for Editors of Interdisciplinary Journals
Editorial advisory board member: MAP magazine, Dundee, Scotland
Editorial advisory board member: Emily Carr University Press, Vancouver, Canada
Editorial advisory board member: fillip journal, Vancouver, Canada
Academic Referee: The Blue Notebook journal (Bristol: University of the West of England)
Academic Peer Reviewer: Intellect Books, Bristol
Board Member: Women’s Art Library/MAKE, London
2009
Advisor: Film London, (FLAMIN Artists' Moving Image Network)
Academic Reviewer: Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA) Conference
Academic Review Panel Member: BA Hons Media Writing and BA Hons Journalism Combined Honours, University of Greenwich
2005 – 2006
General Public Agency, Publishing Consultant
Conferences
Selected conferences & panel discussions
2010
Cosey Complex, Convenor: Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2009
Language as Material Symposium, Keynote Speaker: Institute of Fine Arts and Cultural Studies, Kunstuniversitat, Linz, Austria
Three Uses of the Knife: International Workshop on Art Writing and Criticism, Workshop Leader: Contemporary Art Centre & the Information Centre of the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Out of the Blue: Symposium on Instant Urbanism, Hospitality and Accelerated History, Workshop Leader: The Blue House, Amsterdam
Arts Writing Symposia – Who is this who is coming? and Performing/Knowing, Co-Convener: Whitechapel Gallery, London
Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism, Conference Speaker: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and Fillip, Vancouver
Art Publishing in the Contemporary World, Seminar Speaker: National College of Art and Design, Dublin
Art & Writing, Panel member: Spike Island, Bristol
Jeff Koons: Popeye Series, Speaker: Serpentine Gallery, London
2008
Nought to Sixty, Panel convener: ICA, London
The Aesthetics of Trash: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective, Conference Speaker: University College Dublin, Dublin
Writing Encounters, Symposium Speaker: York St John University, York
Art Writing Beyond Criticism, Symposium Speaker: ICA, London
2007
Art &, Symposium Speaker: ICA, London
The Future of Art Magazines, Panel Speaker: The Bargehouse, London
Telling Stories: Theories and Criticism, Conference Speaker: Loughborough University, Loughborough
Non-linear Narrative in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Artistic Practices, Keynote Speaker: Goldsmiths, London
100 Great Ideas, Panel Chair: Hayward Gallery, London
Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, Conference Keynote Speaker: Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
The First Antechamber, Panel Chair: Project Gallery, Dublin
2006
Vancouver Special Conference Keynote Speaker: Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
2005
Research Spaces, Conference Speaker: The Bartlett & The Slade, London, November
Unbound, Panel Speaker: Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Why Publish?, Conference Chair: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology and Templebar Gallery, Dublin
2004
Put About: Contemporary Visual Arts Publishing, Conference Convener: Tate Modern, London
Selected publications
Selected bibliography
Edited books and volumes
ongoing
Editor: The Happy Hypocrite, London: Book Works (two issues per year)
2010
Editor: COSEY COMPLEX Reader, London: ICA and Bedford Press
Editor: Who is this who is coming?, Birmingham: ARTicle Press (forthcoming)
2009
Editor: Make an Icon Out of Popcorn, London: Matt’s Gallery
Editor: Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing Primer, London: Book Works
Editor: It Was Staged, It Was Hung, It Was Art poster publication, London: Whitechapel Gallery
2006
Editor: The Dream that Kicks: Transdisciplinary Practice in Action, Newcastle: AN
2004
Editor: Put About: A Critical Anthology on Independent Publishing , London: Book Works
Editor: Wonderful: Visions of the Near Future, London: BKD Special Projects
Books and catalogues chapters
2010
The Mechanical Copula, Berlin/New York: Sternberg Press (solo authored book, forthcoming)
‘Say Who I Am’ in Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism, Vancouver: Fillip/Artspeak (forthcoming)
FLUFFERS II , Berlin/New York: Sternberg Press
‘Their Nocturnal Poioumenon: Notes on City of Women’ in City of Women, Dublin: The LAB
‘Casanova’ in Casanova Forever, Montpellier: FRAC
2009
‘Don’t Say Yes – Say Maybe! Fiction Writing and Art Writing’ in Telling Stories: Countering Narrative in Art, Theory and Film , Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
‘Maria Fusco’ in Nought to Sixty: 60 Projects, 6 Months, London: Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
‘The Incunabulum and the Plastic Bag’ in A Manual for the 21st Century Gallery, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Institutions So Different, So Appealing?, Köln: Koenig Books and London: Whitechapel Gallery
‘The Alien’ and ‘Street Polemic 95’ in Permaculture, Dublin: Project Press & The Metropolitan Complex
Introduction to MA Book Arts Catalogue, London: Camberwell College of Art
2008
‘The Mechanical Copula’ in Hey Hey Glossolalia , New York: Creative Time
‘The World in your Head’, ‘The World in your Hand’ and ‘The World Tomorrow’ in Fully Booked: Cover Art & Design for Books, Berlin: Gestalten
‘The Alien’ and ‘The End of Architecture is Nigh’ in Project 1, Dublin: Project Arts Centre
‘The Tiny Tub’ in Plastasine Fantazine, London: Dave Burrows & ARTicle Press
2007
‘De Selby’ in Pop Philosophy, Vancouver: Access Artist Run Centre
‘Window Strikes’ in Copy Work, Vancouver: Contemporary Art Gallery
‘We Shall Devote to Them a Future Work’ in Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum Publication, Sheffield: Contemporary Art Forum
2006
‘The Tender Tale of the De Trop Provo or: For I am so full of words; that the spirit within me constraineth me’ in David Osbaldeston catalogue, London: Matt’s Gallery
‘Professional is Environmental. Amateurism is Anti-Environmental’ in Unbound: Scottish Arts Publishing, Edinburgh: Fruitmarket
2005
‘The Dream that Kicks’ in Bio, Dublin: Tulca Publishing
Preface to Sense: Absence, London: Faction
‘Thinking Machines V The Big Swap: Books as Cultural Currency’ in ten two zero zero five , Newcastle: AN
‘The Island of Scientists’ in Provisorium, Malmö: Rooseum
Journals & magazines
I contribute to a broad range of international visual culture journals & magazines including: Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities; The Architect’s Journal; Art Monthly; Circa; dot dot dot; Fillip; Flash Art; frieze; i-D; Kaleidoscope; MAP; O32c, Petunia, /Seconds: The Magazine of Contemporary Art and its Research and Tema Celeste.