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Roddy Hunter

Roddy HunterHead of Programme Fine Art and MA Contemporary Arts

Born Glasgow, 1970, I am an artist, curator, educator and writer interested primarily in contemporary arts practice. I live and work in York, England where since 2007 I have been Senior Lecturer and Head of Programme, Fine Arts at York St John University. I also contribute significantly to curriculum design and delivery of the University’s MA Fine Arts taught postgraduate programme.  I have been a member of the Faculty of Arts Quality Enhancement Committee from 2007-2012; have led revalidation proposals of BA and MA Fine Arts and as a member of the University Quality Network participated in revalidation of BA Business Management. I now also serve as an external panellist for programme review and revalidation events, most recently for BA Fine Art at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Birmingham City University.

 

My current doctoral research at University of Sunderland, entitled ‘Curating the Eternal Network After Globalisation’, concerns how ‘intermedia’ art practices emerging in the late twentieth century (e.g. conceptual art, performance art, net.art) relate to contemporary issues of geopolitics. I am particularly interested in how new media technology can support new thinking around art as a form of cultural communication. My individual expertise in this area results from over twenty years’ international experience through practice. I also previously gained an MA Contemporary Arts from School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University between 1996-1998.

 

Between 1998-2007, I taught Visual Performance and Fine Art (Contemporary Practices) undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, England. During this time I held membership of the College’s Senior Management Team, Academic Board, Research Committee and Academic Standards and Development Committee. I was also a member of the curriculum research network for MA Contemporary Arts Practice & Dissemination: a unique international project to establish a Masters curriculum across HEIs and NGOs in England, Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia and Lithuania. From 2004-7 I was External Examiner for BA Fine Art: Time-Based Practice at Cardiff School of Art & Design, University Wales Institute Cardiff.

 

I also have experience as a visiting lecturer and guest artist on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes internationally including Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art, China; Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada; School of The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, USA; Eötövos Loránd University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary; Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, Scotland; Cardiff School of Art and Design, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Wales; National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Kyiv, Ukraine; University of Hull, England; University of Huddersfield, England; University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull, England.

 

My work in mainly performance and installation art practice has featured at CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; trace: installaction artspace, Cardiff; Sculpture Square, Singapore; Werkleitz Gesselschaft, Törnitz; TENT Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam; CCA, Tel Aviv; Site Gallery, Sheffield; Centro Galego De Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela; Le Lieu, Québec; CAC, Vilnius; Ludwig Museum, Budapest. I have participated in festivals further throughout Europe as well as in North America, Asia and the Middle East. 



 

Curatorial work includes 'Art. What is it good for?' (with Tracey Warr, Dartington, 2004), 'Span2' (with André Stitt, London, 2001) and 'Rootless ’97: The Nomad Domain' (with Hull Time Based Arts, 1997). Critical writings include monograph essays on Alastair MacLennan, John Newling, and André Stitt. 



 

I am formerly Regional Chair of Arts Council England’s Turning Point Network for Yorkshire and The Humber and Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors, East Street Arts, Leeds. Of other projects, I am a founder member of the Chapeltown Union of Psychogeographers and Practice in Context, an online web platform for new art and research. I was also an active member of Hull Time Based Arts, Kingston-Upon-Hull, 1994-1998.

 

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK 

  • Co-authored with Judit Bodor. ‘Art, Meeting, and Encounter: The Art of Action in Great Britain’. In: Heddon D. and Klein J (eds.) Live Art UK: Histories and Practices. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming.

 

  • ‘I think I now know’. In: Arlander, A. et al. Artistic Research in Action: Proceedings of the Colloquium on Artistic Research in Performing Arts 2 held at Theatre Academy Helsinki, Finland. [online] Helsinki, Theatre Academy Helsinki. 2012.  http://www.teak.fi/tutkimus/carpa/proceedings

 

  • Co-authored as the Chapeltown Union of Psychogeographers. The Saucer. [newspaper] Leeds, East Street Arts. 2011.

 

  • Bodor Hunter, J. (ed.) Roddy Hunter: Civil Twilight & Other Social Works. Cardiff, Trace: Samizdat Press, 2007

 

  • ‘If We Take, Care: On ‘The Suicide of Objects’ (Mythology and Obsolescence)’. In: Bacon, J. (ed.) The Suicide of Objects. Belfast, Catalyst Arts, 44-54. 2004

 

  • ‘A Place to Place; a Site to See: The Predicament and Situation of the Table In some of Alastair MacLennan’s ‘Actuations’. In: Mulholland, H. (ed.) Alastair MacLennan: Knot Naught. Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 177-184. 2003.

 

  • ‘... the true field of action is the hidden...’, interview with artist ‘aimnín’. In: One Place Twice. Belfast, Sculptors’ Society of Ireland / Golden Thread Gallery. 2003

 

  • Introductory essay and book-length interview. André Stitt: Small Time Life. London, Black Dog Publishing. 2001

 

  • ‘Relief From Territory’. In: Hawthorn, M. (ed.) The Degenerate Art Book. Bristol, Arnolfini. 2001.

 

  • ‘Preface’. In: André Stitt: Homework: Scores + Statements + Notes for Akshuns 1976- 2000. Köln, KRASH-VERLAG. 2000

 

  • 'Against Belief in Ossification'. In: John Newling: Place [CD- ROM]. Nottingham, Far Ahead Publishing. 2000.

 

  • 'Re-mapping a psyche', interview with André Stitt. In: 0044: Irish Artists in Britain. Cork, Gandon Editions, 144-151. 1999

 

  • ‘Notes...sources.... commentaires' (tr. Julie Bacon, adapt. Nathalie Perreault). Inter Art Actuel #74: 'Installaction', Québec, Éditions Intervention. 22-23. 1999

 

  • 'Éloignement, rencontre, nomadisme' (tr. Julie Bacon, adapt. Nathalie Perreault), Inter Art Actuel #73, Québec, Éditions Intervention, 55-57. 1999.

 

  • ‘Three propositions concerning the performance of place and the place of performance’. In: Northern Exchanges I, Huddersfield, England, Theatre Studies Division, University of Huddersfield, 37. 1999

 

  • 'Digging Deeper', interview with Alastair MacLennan. In: Transcript, Vol. 3 #1, Dundee, Scotland: Duncan of Jordan stone College of Art, 20-29. 1997

 

  • 'Insurrection artistique sous surveillance' (tr. Julie Bacon). Inter Art Actuel #67, Québec: Éditions Intervention, 65-66. 1996