JOASIA KRYSA
Independent curator, researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Technology, University of Plymouth (UK) teaching
MA/MSc/MRes and
BA/BSc Digital Art & Technology. Founder of a curatorial research project
KURATOR (since 2004). Co-founded
Art and Social Technologies research group, constituent member of
AZTEC (Art Science Technology Research Consortium) at the Faculty of Technology and a member of
The Centre for Critical Cultural Research at the Faculty of Arts, University of Plymouth, UK.
Doctoral thesis (2008) 'Software Curating. The Politics of Curating in/as Open System(s)' supervised by Prof. Roy Ascott (The Planetary Collegium), Prof. Malcolm Miles (University of Plymouth), Dr. Christiane Paul (Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), examined by Dr. Matthew Fuller (Goldsmiths College), Prof. Beryl Graham (University of Sunderland), Prof. Eduardo Miranda (University of Plymouth).
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EDUCATION
PhD
Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth (2002- 2008).
MA
Curating, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK (1997-1998).
MA
Cultural Theory, Instytut Kulturoznawstwa, University of Wroclaw, Poland (1992-1997).
MSc
Political Science, University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland (1991-1997).
EXTERNAL ROLES
Jury Member,
ARTE 2.0 VOCENTO competition, ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (2008).
Jury Member,
ARCO /Beep New Media Art Awards, ARCO International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain (2007).
Jury Member,
Share Award, Share Festival, Torino, Italy (2007).
Member of Council of Management,
Foundation WRO Media Art Center Wroclaw, Poland (since 2004).
Member of Editorial Board,
DATA browser series, with Autonomedia publishers, New York, USA (since 2004).
Member of Board of Directors,
Plymouth Arts Centre, UK (2003 - 2007).
Associate Lecturer, the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London, UK (2006).
Founding Member, Visual Arts Consortium
PVAC, UK, (since 2006).
Founding Member and Board of Management,
Curatorial Network, Arts Council England South West, UK (since 2005).
INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS
ISEA 2008 International Symposium on Electronic Art, ‘Open Systems Curating’, panel and paper as part of ‘wiki wiki’ symposium, Singapore, forthcoming 25 July - 3 August 2008.
Computer Art Congress 2008, ‘Software Curating: programming and curating for networks’, conference paper, organised by The Paragraphe Lab, University of Paris VIII (France), the Monterrey Tech Campus Toluca and Campus Estado de México (Mexico), and Europia Productions, Mexico City, 26-28 March 2008.
CONT3XT, 'The Politics of Online Curating', presentation (with Duncan Shingleton), for
Curating Media/Net/Art, Vienna, October 2007.
WRO 2007: 12th International Media Art Biennale, symposium presentation 'Curating - Archiving: online repositories, curatorial platforms and curatorial software systems', Wroclaw, Poland, May 2007.
ARCO: 5th INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERTS FORUM, presentation 'The economics of culture / The culture of economics', part of
New Media, New Realities, New Economies panel, chaired by Vicente Matallana, Madrid, February 2007.
Piet Zwart Institute,
Software Studies workshop, 'Source Code', presentation (with Grzesiek Sedek), Rotterdam, February 2006.
Tate Britain, Open Congree, 'Software Kurating', presentation (with Grzesiek Sedek), for Open Congress, London, October 2005.
Audio-file download.
Centro Cultural de Belém, Atmosferas - Centro de Artes Digitais,
SOFTWARE KURATING - KURATING as SOFTWARE, conference presentation (with Grzesiek Sedek), in conjunction with the launch of
Online Portuguese Net Art 1997 – 2004 (curated by Luis Silva), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2005.
Tate Modern, CURATING, IMMATERIALITY, SYSTEMS conference,
introductory presentation, London, June 2005.
Spacex Gallery, presentation in conjunction with
Re.Computing 101B exhibition, Exeter, April 2005.
Artist as Engineer', introductory paper, part of 'Interrupt' series organised by Arts Council England, hosted by University of Plymouth, UK, June 003.
WRO International Media Art Biennale, 'Anti-globalica: tensions in the new global disorder', introductory paper, Wroclaw, Poland, May 2003.
Mediaterra 02: New Platforms, conference presentation 'Curator Obsolete: New Strategies for Networked Media', Athens, December 2002.
Germinations 13, Culture 2000 Programme of the European Commission, symposium presentation 'The Economy of Cultural Exchange', Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland, January 2002.
ORGANISED CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA AND PANELS
Curating in/as Open System(s)panel,
ISEA 2008, the International Symposium on Electronic Art, Singapore, 29 July, Singapore Management University.
Social Hacking, 2007, symposium co-organiser, key note lecture and moderated by McKenzie Wark, New School for Social Research, New York, hosted by Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, funded by Arts Council England South West, with support from Plymouth City Council and University of Plymouth.
CURATING, IMMATERIALITY, SYSTEMS, 2005, conference organiser, Tate Modern, London, UK, funded by Arts Council England, with support from MUTE, DATA browser, University of Plymouth and Danish Arts Council.
Artist as Engineer, 2003, symposium co-organiser, with Geoff Cox, part of 'Interrupt' series, Arts Council England.
Anti-globalica: Tensions in the New Global Disorder, 2003, symposium co-organiser, with with Geoff Cox, for WRO 03 Media Art Biennale, Poland, supported by The British Council.
Hybrid Discourse, 2002, series of conferences, talks and events co-organised with Anya Lewin, Dartington School of Arts and University of Plymouth, UK.
EDITED BOOKS AND JOURNALS
Krysa J., (ed.) 2006,
Curating Immateriality: The Work of the Curator in the Age of Network Systems, editor, DATA Browser vol. 3, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN: 1-57027-173-93.
Krysa J., Cox. G., (eds.) 2005,
Engineering Culture: On the Author as (Digital) Producer, DATA Browser vol. 2, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN: 1-57027-170-4.
Krysa J., Cox. G., (eds.) 2005,
Just Browsing, Special Volume of DATA Browser for Magazyn Sztuki journal, vol. 32-33/05, Poland.
Krysa J., (ed.) 2005,
EJHAE The European Journal of Higher Arts Education, 'Economies of Knowledge', issue 2, referred academic journal, Amsterdam, ISSN 1571-9936.
Krysa J., Cox. G., (eds.) 2004,
Economising Culture: On the (Digital) Culture Industry, DATA Browser vol. 1, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN 1-57027-168-2.
Krysa J., (ed.) 1998,
Magazyn Sztuki, journal issue 2/98, Poland, ISSN 1231-6709.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
Krysa J., 2008, 'Experiments in (Social) Software Curating: reprogramming curatorial practice for networks', chapter in
Vague Terrain: Digital Art / Culture / Technology journal, issue 11, guest edited by CONT3XT.NET, September 2008.
Krysa J., 2008, 'Curating in/as Open System(s): social technologies and emergent forms of curating',
ISEA 2008, 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, conference proceedings, published by ISEA 2008 Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Krysa J., 2008, ‘Software Curating: programming and curating for networks’, conference proceedings,
Computer Art Congress , Mexico City, published by Europia Productions, Paris.
Krysa J., 2008, 'Distributed Curating and Immateriality', chapter in Christiane Paul (ed.),
Curating New Media, forthcoming from Berkeley: University California Press.
Krysa J., Sedek. G., 2008, 'Source Code', chapter in Matthew Fuller (ed.),
Software Studies, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Krysa J., Shingleton. D., 2007 ,'Kurator Version Beta 1.0', chapter in CONT3XT.NET (eds.)
circulating contexts: Curating Media/Net/Art, Vienna, Norderstedt: Books on Demand Gmbh.
Krysa J., 2006,
Curating Immateriality, introduction to DATA Browser vol. 3, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN 1-57027-168-2.
Krysa J., Cox. G., 2005, 'System Error: Economies of Cultural Production in the Network Society', chapter in Malcolm Miles (ed.),
New Practices / New Pedagogies, London: Routledge ISBN 0415366186.
Krysa J., Cox. G., 2005,
Engineering Culture, introduction to DATA Browser vol. 2, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN: 1-57027-170-4.
Krysa J., Cox. G., Ward. A., 2004, 'Anagrams of Orderly Disorder (for the new global order)', chapter in Sarai Reader 04: Crisis/Media (
), published by Sarai - CSDS and the Waag Society, ISBN 81-901429-4-1.
Krysa J., Cox. G., Lewin. A., 2004, Economising Culture, introduction to DATA Browser vol 1, New York: Autonomedia, ISBN 1-57027-168-2.
Krysa J., Cox. G., 2003, 'Art as Engineering: Techno-Art Collectives and Social Change', chapter in Ryszard W. Kluszczynski (ed.), Art Inquiry, vol. V Cyberarts / Cybercultures / Cybersocieties, Lodz Science Society, Poland, ISSN 0459-6854.
Krysa J., Cox. G., 2003, 'Immaterial Curating: the Generation and Corruption of the Digital Object', chapter in Lukasz Ronduda (ed.), Zeszyty Artystyczne, Poznan University, Poland, no 11, issue XII, ISSN 1232-6682.
Krysa J., 2001, C.U.K.T: techno-transgressions, interview, first published in ART MARGINS, USA, January 2001; reprinted in Balkon # 12, ed. Tim Nadasan, Fall 2002, Romania; also reprinted in Anarchitexts: Voices from the Global Digital Resistance, Joanne Richardson (ed.), New York: Autonomedia (2005) ISBN:1570271429.
Krysa J., 2001, Poles Apart. The Irreconcilable Process of Ageing, chapter first published in MAKE, no.86, December 1999, ISSN 1365-8190, pp 16-19; reprinted in ART MARGINS, January 2001. Excerpts included in 'Creativity of the Machine: Flesh and Bits', exhibition catalogue, Poland, ISBN 83-88418-42-4.
Krysa J., Dzuverovic-Russell. L., 1999, 'New Media: Watching the Novelty Wear Off', chapter in WRO Media Art Biennale catalogue, Poland, ISBN 83-903824-5-8.
CURATED PROJECTS
openKURATOR, 2008, curatorial online platform developed for Observatori 2008, 9th Festival Internacional de Investigación Artística de Valencia
After The Net, 2008, exhibition curated for Observatori 2008, 9th Festival Internacional de Investigación Artística de Valencia
kurator, 2008, experimental curatorial software, in collaboration with Grzesiek Sedek and Duncan Shingleton. Project overview: kurator software
Social Hacking, 2007, public art commissions, artists groups: The Institute for Applied Autonomy(USA), Mikro Orchestra Project (Poland), Ludic Society (Austria/Switzerland); alsc6's (UK) new Dot Master project Mobility in the art market, and performance by Tetine (Brazil). Curated with Birgitte Aga, Geoff Cox, Anya Lewin. Funded by Arts Council South West and Plymouth City Council, UK,
Curatorial Network, 2006 - ongoing, co-curator (with ArtProjects and Solutions, London), an online curatorial portal and programme of curatorial residencies, public seminars, international visits and discussion mail list 'curatorial.net'. Project funded by Arts Council England South West, UK.
CURATING, IMMATERIALITY, SYSTEMS, 2005, Tate Modern, an opening event of the C0de 0f practice season including conference on curating digital media, kurator project launch, and a real time coding performance by SLUB. Organised in partnership with Tate Modern, co-funded by Arts Council England, with support from the Danish Arts Council.
barszcz.net (2005 - ongoing), source code repository, collaborative project; under development.
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES (PRODUCED AND/OR DIRECTED)
DOCUMENTA X, 1998, series of five art documentaries, co-director (with Agnieszka Mazanek and Krzysztof Landsberg), commissioned and broadcasted by the Polish State Television, Channel 2.
Thamas Waliczky, 1997, art documentary, co-director (with Agnieszka Mazanek and Krzysztof Landsberg), commissioned and broadcasted by the Polish State Television, Channel 2.
Digital Art Night - WRO 97 Biennale, 1997, art documentary, assistant director (with WRO Centre for Media Art), commissioned and broadcasted by the Polish State Television, Channel 2.
Golden Nica and a Selfish Gene: Ars Electronica 96, 1996, art documentary, aassistant director (with WRO Centre for Media Art), commissioned and broadcasted by the Polish State Television, Channel 2.
Composers' Night: WRO 95 Biennale, 1995, art documentary, assistant director (with WRO Center for Media Art), commissioned and broadcasted by the Polish State Television, Channel 2.
