Dr Cyrus Manasseh PhD is an Independent Academic Consultant, Freelance Researcher, Novelist and Musician and is author of the books ‘The Lead Guitarist’ and ‘The Problematic of Video Art in the Museum 1968-90’. He is also author of numerous articles
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Dr Cyrus Manasseh PhD is an Independent Academic Consultant, Freelance Researcher, Novelist and Musician and is author of the books ‘The Lead Guitarist’ and ‘The Problematic of Video Art in the Museum 1968-90’. He is also author of numerous articles in the field of art history, film, video, museums and evolving media. Published writings include: Art without the Aesthetics? Defining Conceptual & Post-Conceptual Practices’, ‘From Passive White Cube Viewer to Active Black Cube User: Tracking Changes in Museum Environments via Installation Art (Analogue to Digital 1968-2008)’, ‘Art, Language & Machines: Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia & Raymond Roussel’. He has presented his research at international academic forums which include those in Sydney, Perth, Venice, Prague and Harvard where he was session chair and has lectured and taught extensively in Australian Universities. He was a finalist for the International Award for Excellence in the Constructed Environment Journal Writers Award Annual Prize for the academic paper ‘An Inquiry into the Design and the Aesthetics of the Venice Biennale Pavilions and Film’. He currently teaches and freelances in the UK where he resides.
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