Sarah Cook (curator)
Encyclopedia
Sarah Cook is a Canadian scholar, historian
and curator
in the field of New Media art
, who is based in Newcastle upon Tyne
. Cook is a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland
, where she works with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-founded with Beryl Graham in 2000, and teaches on the MA Curating course. She is a trustee of folly in Lancaster
.
For many years, she has curated exhibitions of New Media art
and was instrumental in establishing New media
as an academic subject and an accepted art
form.
at Bard College
and her PhD from the University of Sunderland
. She writes comprehensively on new media arts and lectures on art and technology. Together with Beryl Graham, she authored the seminal Rethinking Curating – Art after New Media (2010), and also co-edited A Brief History of Curating New Media Art - Conversations with Curators (2010) and A Brief History of Working with New Media Art - Conversations with Artists (2010).
In 2011 she will co-chair Re:wire, the Fourth International Conference on the histories of media, science and technology in art with FACT
in Liverpool
.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
in the field of New Media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
, who is based in Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
. Cook is a Research Fellow at the University of Sunderland
University of Sunderland
The University of Sunderland is located in Sunderland, north east England. The university has more than 17,500 students, including 7,000-plus international students from some 70 countries....
, where she works with the research institute CRUMB – Curatorial Resource for Upstart Media Bliss, that she co-founded with Beryl Graham in 2000, and teaches on the MA Curating course. She is a trustee of folly in Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...
.
For many years, she has curated exhibitions of New Media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
and was instrumental in establishing New media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
as an academic subject and an accepted art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
form.
Biography
Cook received her MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary CultureCenter for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture
The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture is an exhibition and research center dedicated to the study of art and exhibition practices from the 1960s to the present day. Co-founded in 1990 by Marieluise Hessel and Richard Black, the Center initiated its graduate program in...
at Bard College
Bard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
and her PhD from the University of Sunderland
University of Sunderland
The University of Sunderland is located in Sunderland, north east England. The university has more than 17,500 students, including 7,000-plus international students from some 70 countries....
. She writes comprehensively on new media arts and lectures on art and technology. Together with Beryl Graham, she authored the seminal Rethinking Curating – Art after New Media (2010), and also co-edited A Brief History of Curating New Media Art - Conversations with Curators (2010) and A Brief History of Working with New Media Art - Conversations with Artists (2010).
In 2011 she will co-chair Re:wire, the Fourth International Conference on the histories of media, science and technology in art with FACT
FACT
FACT may refer to:*Federation Against Copyright Theft*Federation of American Consumers and Travelers*FACT , a protein factor affecting eukaryotic cells...
in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
.
Publications
- Sarah Cook & Beryl Graham, Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-262-01388-8.
- Sarah Cook, Verina Gfader, Beryl Graham & Axel Lapp, A Brief History of Curating New Media Art - Conversations with Curators, Berlin: The Green Box, 2010. ISBN 978-3-941644-20-5.
- Sarah Cook, Verina Gfader, Beryl Graham & Axel Lapp, A Brief History of Working with New Media Art - Conversations with Artists, Berlin: The Green Box, 2010. ISBN 978-3-941644-21-2.
Exhibitions
- 'Use nor Ornament', co-curated with Helen Smith and Ele Carpenter, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, October 2000.
- 'Vuk Cosic www.thisistherealmatrix.com' for BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, online commission as part of A History of the Future, organised by Northern Architecture, January, 2001.
- 'Undelete', New work by Helena Swatton. Waygood Gallery and Studios. Newcastle upon Tyne, July, 2001.
- 'Monument by Margaret Crane | Jon Winet', commissioned by Locus+, Newcastle upon Tyne, funded by the Arts Council of England New Media Projects Fund, launched July 2002.
- 'Loop: Film Installations: Dara Friedman, Vibeke Tandberg, Marijke van Warmerdam', Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, January 22 - February 14, 2003.
- 'Database Imaginary', co-curated with Anthony Kiendl and Steve Dietz, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, November 21, 2004 - January 23, 2005 and touring (Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto; Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal).
- 'Package Holiday: Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg', BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, July 8 - September 4, 2005.
- 'Relay: Germaine Koh', BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, July - September 2005.
- 'The Art Formerly Known As New Media (Banff New Media Institute 10th Anniversary exhibition)', co-curated with Steve Dietz, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, September 18 - October 23, 2005. Documentation at http://www.yproductions.com/projects/archives/000731.html
- 'My Own Private Reality: Growing up online in the 90s and 00s', co-curated with Sabine Himmelsbach, Edith Russ Haus, Oldenburg, Germany, May 11 - July 1, 2007
- 'Broadcast Yourself: Artists interventions into television and strategies for self-broadcasting from the 1970s to Today', with work by Shaina Anand, Active Ingredient, Miranda July, Doug Hall and Chip Lord, Bill Viola, Chris Burden, VGTV, Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie and others, co-curated with Kathy Rae Huffman for AV Festival 08: Broadcast. Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, Feb 28 - April 5, 2008; Cornerhouse, Manchester, June 13 - August 10, 2008
- 'Vue des Alpes (Studer/vdBerg)', Add-art.org, June 19 - July 3, 2008
- 'Untethered: A Sculpture Garden of Readymades', with work by Max Dean, Thomson&Craighead, Michel de Broin, Joe Winter, JooYoun Paek, Paul DeMarinis, Germaine Koh, Sascha Pohflepp and others, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, New York. September 25 - October 25, 2008
- 'SCANZ 2009: Raranga Tangata', co-curated with Mercedes Vincente, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, February 6 to February 29, 2009
- 'Beam Me Up', (online commissions about outer space with work from Joe Winter, Jamie O’Shea and Alec Finlay), Xcult.org, launched in June 2009
- 'Subjective Projections: Adam Shecter' (invited artist), Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefelder, Germany, September 23 to October 13, 2009