About Julie Louise Bacon
MICRO-BIO
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Dr Julie Louise Bacon is an artist, curator and writer. She has presented her performance, video and installation works internationally in over 40 festivals, galleries and museums, including: Artspace Sydney; Golden Thread Gallery Belfast; White Cub...More
EXPERIENCE
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UNSW Art & Design
- Lecturer
- Fine Art / Curating
- March 2014 to Present
EDUCATION
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University of Ulster
- PhD
- September 2002 to November 2006
Practice-based PhD. School of Art & Design, University of Ulster, Belfast. Arts and Humanities Research Council full doctoral scholarship. Thesis: "Recollecting the Poetry and Politics of Archival Spaces: An Exploration of Performance and Installation Art in the Museum." UK fieldwork placements: Hancock Museum; Pitt Rivers Museum; Freud Museum; Victoria & Albert Museum; Ulster Museum. AHRC overseas research award to undertake fieldwork in Canada at the Museum of Civilisation, Québec and Churchill Museum, Manitoba.
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Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
- MFA
- August 1999 to June 2001
Research Masters focusing on durational performance and installation practice. Thesis title: Performance-Installation and the relationship between the act and the archive. Exhibition presented in Espace Virtuel centre for contemporary art in Chicoutimi, Québec (now Centre Bang) Recipient of a Commonwealth Scholarship, Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Interests
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The Evolution Of Intellectual And Creative Work Within Societal Structures And Their Contribution To Participatory Culture
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The Interplay Of Myths And Ideologies In Material And Digital Culture
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The Epistemological Implications Of Artistic Processes
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Interdisciplinary And Transhistorical Views Of Creative And Critical Practice