Kate Armstrong (artist)

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For the Canadian memoirist, see Kate Armstrong (memoirist).

Kate Armstrong is a Canadian artist, writer and curator with a history of projects focusing on experimental literary practices, networks and public space.[1]

Biography[]

Armstrong is a Canadian-born artist, writer, and curator.[2] She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She received a master of philosophy in humanities degree from Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. After gaining her master’s degree from Memorial University in her early twenties, she began her current career path in the arts.[3]

Armstrong later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to begin her career. She currently continues to reside in Vancouver.[4]

Career[]

Armstrong's network art projects include PING (2003),[5] Grafik Dynamo[6] (2005), Why Some Dolls Are Bad (2007), and Path (2008).

Armstrong publishes on issues in contemporary art and has a book, Crisis and Repetition: Essays on Art and Culture (Michigan State University Press, 2002).[7]

She founded Upgrade Vancouver[8] in 2003 and has produced over 100 events in the field of art and technology in Vancouver, as well as many international events and exhibitions in connection with Upgrade International,[9] a network operating in 30 cities worldwide. Upgrade Vancouver was the first node in Upgrade International outside New York City.

In 2006, 2007 and 2008 Armstrong convened ArtCamp, an unconference devoted to art, design and media.

In 2008 Armstrong commissioned and curated Tributaries and Text-Fed Streams,[10] a work by J.R. Carpenter, which investigated the formal properties of RSS syndication as a literary form.

Armstrong taught at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. From 2005–2008 she taught at Simon Fraser University in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology in Surrey, British Columbia. She lectured at Tate Britain in mid 2009.[11]

Projects[]

  • Space Video (2012) - Project that addresses ideas of exploration in inner and outer space
  • Medium (2011) - Book compiling the results of an internet project of the same name[12]
  • Source Material Everywhere: a remix (2011) - Book consisting of compiled Wikipedia entries for the terms “source”, “material”, and “everywhere”
  • Path (2008) - 12 volume text generated book based on the physical movements of an anonymous individual in Montreal. An updated edition was released in 2012[13]
  • Why Some Dolls are Bad (2007) - Graphic novel generator that mixes images and original text to create a narrative
  • Pattern Language (2005-2007) - Online system that attaches patterns of narrative to participants as they travel through Montreal
  • The Problem of Other Minds (2006) - Voice-activated robotic sculpture that unspools a roll of paper when it recognizes keywords
  • IN[]EX (2006) - Project in which thousands of wooden blocks with embedded technology are released in the city for public engagement
  • Grafik Dynamo (2005) - Net artwork that converts images from the internet into live-action comic strips
  • PING (2003) - Telephone menu system that directs participants through the city

Publications[]

  • A Manual for the Discrete and the Continuous, Fillip, Issue 11 (2010)
  • Visual Geographies, Blackflash Magazine (2010)
  • Yo Dawg, I Hear You Like Culture So I Put Some Culture In Your Culture, Granville Magazine (2009)
  • Robots in the Garden, Catalogue essay, Second Site Collective (2009)
  • Crisis & Repetition: Essays on Art and Culture (2002)

References[]

  1. ^ "Search for "kate%20armstrong" | Banff Centre".
  2. ^ "Search for "kate%20armstrong" | Banff Centre".
  3. ^ "Kate Armstrong, Writer, Artist and Independent Curator".
  4. ^ "Kate Armstrong, Writer, Artist and Independent Curator".
  5. ^ O'Rourke, Karen (2013). Walking and Mapping. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. pp. 85–87. ISBN 978-0-262-01850-0.
  6. ^ "Grafik Dynamo!".
  7. ^ Crisis and repetition. Michigan State University. 30 July 2007. ISBN 9780870135965. Archived from the original on 31 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Upgrade vancouver". Upgrade Vancouver. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  9. ^ "The upgrade international". The Upgrade. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  10. ^ "Tributaries and text fed streams". The Capilano Review. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  11. ^ Armstrong, Kate (9 April 2009). "City Narratives Triennial Workshop". National Archives. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "Kate Armstrong, Writer, Artist and Independent Curator".
  13. ^ "Kate Armstrong".
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