Visual Cultures staff
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Staff list
Dr Alice Andrews
a.andrews (@gold.ac.uk)
Alice considers the representations of biology and illness in various visual, literary and scientific narratives.
Dr Jorella Andrews
j.g.andrews (@gold.ac.uk)
A trained fine artist, Jorella’s theoretical work focusses on philosophical inquiry, the image-world, and art practice.
Dr. Nishat Awan
n.awan (@gold.ac.uk)
Nishat’s work explores contemporary border regimes and migration with a focus on modes of visual and spatial representation.
Dr. Zach Blas
z.blas (@gold.ac.uk)
Zach is an artist and writer whose practice engages technology, queerness, and politics.
Dr Dhanveer Singh Brar
d.brar (@gold.ac.uk)
Dhanveer is a scholar of Black Studies, as it intersects with Cultural Studies, Sound Studies and Critical Theory.
Dr Bridget Crone
b.crone (@gold.ac.uk)
Bridget is a curator and writer working in political philosophy, contemporary performance and moving image practices.
John Cussans
j.cussans (@gold.ac.uk)
John is an artist, writer and researcher with an academic background in graphic design, illustration and art theory.
Dr Jenny Doussan
j.doussan (@gold.ac.uk)
Jenny is interested in the convergence and experience of language and image in art, media and politics.
Elvira Dyangani Ose
e.dyangani-ose (@gold.ac.uk)
As a curator and academic, Elvira studies the relationship between global arts, post-colonial and museum studies.
Kodwo Eshun
k.eshun (@gold.ac.uk)
Kodwo specialises in art and critical theory, referencing post-war liberation movements and contemporary musicality.
Dr Andy Fisher
a.t.fisher (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy concentrates on photography, networked digital imaging and its political and philosophical discourses.
Janna Graham
J.Graham (@gold.ac.uk)
Janna is a practice-based researcher, operating between curatorial practice and experimental education and research.
Dr Catherine Grant
c.grant (@gold.ac.uk)
Catherine is currently researching the re-enactment of histories of feminism in contemporary art.
Dr Henriette Gunkel
h.gunkel (@gold.ac.uk)
Henriette has research interests in feminist theory and gender studies, theories of the body and critical race theory.
Dr S. Ayesha Hameed
a.hameed (@gold.ac.uk)
Ayesha explores contemporary borders and migration, critical race theory, and visual cultures of the Black Atlantic.
Robin Mackay
robin.mackay (@gold.ac.uk)
Robin has written on philosophy and contemporary art, translating works by French philosophers such as Alain Badiou.
Dr. Adnan Madani
a.madani (@gold.ac.uk)
Adnan is interested in philosophies of globalisation, religious/secular life and intercultural encounter.
Dr Jean-Paul Martinon
j.martinon (@gold.ac.uk)
Jean-Paul teaches curatorial theory and continental philosophy and is currently writing on curating and ethics.
Dr. Sam McAuliffe
s.mcauliffe (@gold.ac.uk)
Sam’s research is in modern European philosophy and critical theory, with an emphasis on art and aesthetics.
Dr. Nadja Millner-Larsen
n.millner-larsen (@gold.ac.uk)
Nadja’s work explores the relationship between political and aesthetic experimentalism, and theories of representation.
Dr Helge Mooshammer
h.mooshammer (@gold.ac.uk)
Helge focusses on the entanglement of artistic and spatial practices across social, political and economic landscapes.
Dr Louis Moreno
L.Moreno (@gold.ac.uk)
Louis explores the spatial relationships and political economic forces that shape forms of everyday life.
Peter Mörtenböck
p.mortenbock (@gold.ac.uk)
Peter has research interests in the fields of networked cultures, other markets and worlds of matter.
Dr Stefan Nowotny
s.nowotny (@gold.ac.uk)
A trained philosopher, Stefan focusses on political theory, and the linguistic and social complexities of translation.
Professor Simon O'Sullivan
s.o'sullivan (@gold.ac.uk)
Simon is a theorist and artist working at the intersection of contemporary art practice, performance and philosophy.
Dr. Paolo Plotegher
p.plotegher (@gold.ac.uk)
Paolo’s work is characterised by the practical use of art and theory to re-organise our lives beyond capitalism.
Brendan Prendeville
b.prendeville (@gold.ac.uk)
Brendan’s research interests concern phenomenology, Henri Bergson, and the themes of embodiment and selfhood.
Dr Manuel Ramos-Martinez
m.ramos (@gold.ac.uk)
Manuel’s work engages with the interrelation between the political and the image/sound pair.
Dr Wood Roberdeau
w.roberdeau (@gold.ac.uk)
Wood’s current work concentrates on art theory and practice within wider ecological and environmental concerns.
Maggie Roberts
Maggie.Roberts (@gold.ac.uk)
Maggie produces collage, paintings and video to explore speculative futures and science fictional transformation.
Professor Irit Rogoff
i.rogoff (@gold.ac.uk)
Irit champions work from outside of traditional disciplines in the search for new understandings of the present.
Dr Emily Rosamond
Emily.Rosamond (@gold.ac.uk)
Emily’s research asks how performances of self are intertwined with financial and informatics infrastructures.
Astrid Schmetterling
a.schmetterling (@gold.ac.uk)
Astrid focusses on the relationship of culture to memory, between the act of bearing witness and the act of making art.
Dr Susan Schuppli
s.schuppli (@gold.ac.uk)
Susan uses media artefacts in her investigative processes to explore contemporary conflict and state violence.
Dr Lynn Turner
l.j.turner (@gold.ac.uk)
Lynn explores how animal and sexual differences matter in visual and aural culture.
Professor Eyal Weizman
e.weizman (@gold.ac.uk)
In his research, Eyal forensically examines human rights violations using architectural, visual and aural techniques.
Dr Nicole Wolf
n.wolf (@gold.ac.uk)
Nicole’s current research interests derive from anthropology, film studies, politics and postcolonial theory.