Craig
Smith
School of Art + Art History
Associate Professor
T: 273-3025
E: c.smith@ufl.edu
Address:
College of Fine Arts
University of Florida
PO Box 115801
Gainesville, FL 32611
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Research Interests:
Relational Art (Curating, Theory, Practice)
Installation Art (Theory and Practice)
Philosophy of Duration (Bergson, Deleuze, Grosz)
Performance and Photography (Acconci, Barney, Piper)
Interactivity (Aesthetics, Theory, Applications)
Degrees:
2008: Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning. UK Higher Education Authority/Center for Learning, Teaching & Development, University of the Arts London 2007: Ph.D. Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Thesis Title: Structuring Interactivity; Space and Time in Relational Art 1999: Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program 1998: MFA. State University of New York at Buffalo (Photography) 1997: American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar, New York University 1996: BFA. University of Oklahoma (Photography) 1996: BFA. University of Oklahoma (Photography)
Presentations:
2011: Talking Heads. Price Tower Art Center/ OKMozart Festival; Bartlesville USA. 2010: Talking Heads. Artspace Sydney; Sydney AUS. 2009: Recent Works; Craig Smith Paris 2009. Parsons Paris; Paris FR. 2009: Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo. British Film Institute/ University of the Arts London; London UK. 2009: Monsters of Nature and Design III (w/ Colin Beatty). Burchfield-Penney Art Center; Buffalo USA. 2009: Training Manual for Relational Art (w/ Colin Beatty). Big Orbit Gallery; Buffalo USA. 2009: Visiting Lecturer: On the Use of Photography in Relational Art. University of Texas, School of Art, Austin USA 2009: Lecturer: Interface; On the Move to Global Participation. University of Dundee and the Journal “Film-Philosophy” Conference, University of Dundee; Dundee UK 2008: In the Attitude of a Bear (w/ Colin Beatty). Hudson River Museum; Yonkers USA. 2008: Guest Lecturer. The Relational Procedure. Undergraduate Program in Visual Communications; Srishti College of Art, Design and Technology-Bangalore, India. 2007: High Five (w/ Lilah Freedland). Galerie Scuster Photo; Berlin DE. 2006: How do we Measure the Responsibility of a Crowd ? Interface Research Centre; Belfast UK.
Selected Works:
2009: “The Demonstration Image; On the Use of Photography in Relational Art.” In Training Manual for Relational Art. Big Orbit Gallery; Buffalo USA (ISBN:978-0-939784-23-3)2008: On the Subject of the Photographic. Published by the Centre for Learning and Teaching Excellence, University of the Arts London. London (UK). (ISBN: 978-0-9541439-8-5)2007: “Computational Studio Art.” In Electronic Visualization of the Arts. Bowen, Jonathan (ed.) Published by EVA Conferences International. Middlesex (UK). (ISBN: 0-9543146-8-9)2007: “From Judgment to Measure: Claire Bishop’s Participation Anxiety.” In ‘PUBLICity.’ (Hutnyk, J. ed.) LeftCurve no. 31, 2007: pp. 115-6. (ISSN: 0160-1857)
Grants:
2009: New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) 2009:EMF Funding (Electronic Media and Film): Training Manual for Relational Art. Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo USA.2009: Erie County Visual Artist Grant Training Manual for Relational Art.2008/9: University of the Arts Research Funding Award: Training Manual for Relational Art.2007/8: CLIP-CETL Pedagogic Research Fund. Project Title: The Subject of the Photographic.
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