Artistic Research in a World on Fire

Artistic Research in a World on Fire is a series of talks, workshops, screenings, and live performances curated by Lucy Cotter in conjunction with the release of her new book, Reclaiming Artistic Research – Expanded Second Edition (2024). Cotter is a Stelo Arts project resident 2023-34.

About The Event

What exactly is artistic research, and why does it matter?

Join us for this informal event, in which writer, curator, and artist Lucy Cotter will give a personal reading of her new essay for Reclaiming Artistic Research, which looks at the stakes of artistic research in a world reckoning with social justice, climate change, and the rise of artificial intelligence.

This event is open to the public - please RSVP by securing your free ticket below.

About Lucy Cotter

Lucy Cotter is a writer, artist, and curator whose practice engages with art as a form of knowledge and a site for radical cultural transformation. Her critical and experimental writing has appeared in journals (Flash Art, Hyperallergic, Frieze, Mousse, Artforum), academic books, and catalogs. She was curator of the Dutch Pavilion, 57th Venice Biennale, 2017, and Curator in Residence at Oregon Center for Contemporary Art 2021-2, with additional projects at The Kitchen, New York, Kunstinstitut Melly, Rotterdam, the Stedelijk Museum, and EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam. Cotter has lectured at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Sandberg Institute and was the inaugural director of the Master Artistic Research program at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She holds a PhD in Cultural Analysis focused on decolonizing curatorial practice. Irish-born, she is based in Portland, where she is a project resident at Stelo Arts and Culture Foundation, 2023-24.