Joasia Krysa

Prof Joasia Krysa

Faculty: Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

School: Liverpool School of Art and Design

Biography

Joasia Krysa is Professor of Exhibition Research and Director of Exhibition Research Lab at Liverpool John Moores University, with a joint appointment at Liverpool Biennial. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Associate Professorship in Curating at Aarhus University, Denmark. Formerly, she hold a position of Artistic Director of Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark (2012-2015), served as part of curatorial team for Documenta 13 (2012) and was co-curator of Liverpool Biennial 2016.

She has a background in Curatorial Studies (Goldsmiths, University of London), Cultural Studies (Wroclaw University), Political Sciences (Maria Curie Sklodowska University), and has PhD in Curating. Her research is located across contemporary art, curating and digital culture, with particular interest at the intersection of curating and computation.

At Liverpool John Moores' School of Art and Design, Prof. Krysa is heading Exhibition Research Lab (ERL), academic research centre and public exhibition venue dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of exhibitions and curatorial knowledge. Founded in 2012, ERL is uniquely underpinned by collaborative posts held by staff with cultural institutions in Liverpool - Tate Liverpool, FACT (Foundation for Art and Technology), RIBA North (Royal Institute of British Architects), John Moores Painting Prize, and Liverpool Biennial. The Lab comprises research activities, postgraduate and doctoral programmes, and curated public engagement and exhibitions programme.

Prof. Krysa serves on external advisory and editorial boards, including as academic advisor for Danish Research Council founded project 'The Contemporary Condition’ at Aarhus University (2015 – 2018); affiliated member of AMT - Archaeologies of Media & Technology Research, Winchester School of Art, Southampton University; and a member of Council of Management of Media Art Foundation WRO (Poland).

She served as an academic reviewer for New School in New York, Royal Holloway at the University of London, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Aalto University in Helsinki, amongst others.

She is Series Editor of DATA Browser (Open Humanities Press, London), academic advisor for APRJA journal (Aarhus University and Transmediale); and commissioning editor (with Sally Tallant) of contemporary art journal Stages (Liverpool Biennial).

Most significant publications include: edited books Systemics, or Exhibition as a Series (Sternberg Press, 2017) and Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History' (MIT Press 2015); chapters in Networks (Whitechapel/MIT Press 2014) and The Routledge Companion to Art and Politics' (2015), authored publication 'Ada Lovelace', in the dOCUMENTA (13) notebook series '100 Thoughts - 100 Notes' (Hatje Cantz 2012); and edited anthology Curating Immateriality: The Work of The Curator in The Age of Network System' (Autonomedia, 2006).

Recent curatorial work include Liverpool Biennial 2016; exhibition series 'Collective Making' (2015-2016) and 'Systemics' (2013-2014) at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, and dOCUMENTA 13 (Kassel 2012) where amongst other things, she was responsible for preparing the first international retrospective of Finish artist and technology pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi and worked with artists including Mika Taanila, Song Dong, Tarek Atoui.

Prof. Krysa is currently appointed as Curatorial Advisor for Helsinki Biennial 2020 and is working on a new monograph publication on curating and computation for Routledge.

Degrees

Plymouth University, United Kingdom, PhD Curating
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom, MA Fine Art Curating
University of Wroclaw, Poland, MA Cultural Studies
University of Marie Curie, Poland, MA Political Sciences

Academic appointments

Professor of Exhibition Research, Liverpool John Moores University, in partnership with Liverpool Biennial, 2017 - present
Honorary Visiting Associate Professor in Curating, Aarhus University, 2016 - 2021
Academic Advisor, The Contemporary Condition research project, Aarhus University, 2015 - 2018
Academic Advisory Board Member, APRJA journal, Aarhus University, 2014 - present

Postgraduate training

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE), UK, Plymouth University, 2000 - 2001

Publications

Highlighted publications

Krysa J, Parikka J, Huhtamo E, Rastas P, Kurenniemi E, Paasonen S, Bang Larsen L, Sondergaard M, Ernst W, Rossaak E, Kuljuntausta P, Hecker F, Mackay R, Taanila M, Turkki T, Lassfolk K, Suominen J, Ojanen M. 2015. Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History. Erkki Kurenniemi in 2048 Krysa J, Parikka J. The MIT Press. Cambridge MA 9780262029582

Krysa J. 2015. The Politics of Contemporary Curating: a Technological Perspective Martin R. The Routledge Companion to Art and Politics Routledge 9781317567806

Krysa J. 2014. Kurator - a proposal for an experimental, permutational software application capable of curating exhibitions Bang Larsen L. Networks Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press. London, Cambridge Mass. 978-0-262-52575-6

Book

Krysa J. 2012. Ada Lovelace, Notebook 55, 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, Documenta 13 Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev C. 55 Hrsg. documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH and Hatje Cantz 978-3-7757-3084-6

Chapters

Krysa J. 2015. The Politics of Contemporary Curating: a Technological Perspective Martin R. The Routledge Companion to Art and Politics Routledge 9781317567806

Krysa J. 2012. Curatorial Alternative to What: From Alternative Forms to Everyday Technologies Krajewski P, Kutlubasis-Krajewska V. WRO 2011: Alternative Now WRO Art Foundation

Krysa J. 2011. Some Questions on Curating as Public Interface Ulrik Andersen C, Cox G, Lund J. Public Interfaces Vol. 1, No.1 Aarhus University. Aarhus

Krysa J. 2008. Distributed Curating and Immateriality Paul C. New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art Berkeley: University of California Press 9780520255975

Krysa J, Sedek G. 2008. Source Code Fuller M. Software Studies. A Lexicon MIT Press. Cambridge Mass. 9780262062749

Krysa J. 2008. Distributed Curating and Immateriality Paul C. New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art Berkeley: University of California Press 9780520255975

Krysa J, Sedek G. 2008. Source Code Fuller M. Software Studies. A Lexicon MIT Press. Cambridge Mass. 9780262062749

Conference publication

Krysa J. 2014. Can Machines Curate? Notes on history of technology, hope and paradoxes of curating. Guasque Y. Digital Art: fractures, proliferative preservation and affective dimension, 5th National Symposium of the Brazilian Association of Cyberculture Researchers (ABCiber 2011)

Krysa J. 2010. Curating After the Net Reyes-García E, Saleh I. 1st Congress on Web Studies

Krysa J. 2008. Programming and Curating for Networks Reyes-García E, Zreik K. 2nd International Conference Computer Art Congress 2008 [CAC.2]

Krysa J. 2008. Social Technologies and Emergent Forms of Curating, in conjunction with organised panel on Curating in/as Open System, ISEA 2008 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA

Krysa J. 2008. Programming and Curating for Networks Reyes-García E, Zreik K. 2nd International Conference Computer Art Congress 2008 [CAC.2]

Krysa J. 2008. Social Technologies and Emergent Forms of Curating, in conjunction with organised panel on Curating in/as Open System, ISEA 2008 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art ISEA

Exhibition

Krysa J. Erkki Kurenniemi. In 2048, dOCUMENTA (13)

Krysa J. Constant: Online archive of Erkki Kurenniemi (In 2048), commssioned exhibition, part of dOCUMENTA 13 exhibition, Kassel 2012

Krysa J. Silicon Dreams. Art-Science-Technology in the European Union, exhibition, Madrid / San Sebastian, 2010

Krysa J. Systemics series: Certain peculiar things and ideas, often failed (or, on machines, humans, and running algorithms), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Krysa J. Systemics series: As we may think (or, the next world library), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Krysa J. Systemics series Against the idea of growth, towards poetry (or, how to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2014

Krysa J. Systemics series: Aarhus Report - Avantgarde as network (or, the politics of the ultra local), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2014

Krysa J. Systemics series: Reading Machines - unfolding books and archives, exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Krysa J. Erkki Kurenniemi. In 2048, dOCUMENTA (13)

Krysa J. Constant: Online archive of Erkki Kurenniemi (In 2048), commssioned exhibition, part of dOCUMENTA 13 exhibition, Kassel 2012

Krysa J. Silicon Dreams. Art-Science-Technology in the European Union, exhibition, Madrid / San Sebastian, 2010

Krysa J. Systemics series: Certain peculiar things and ideas, often failed (or, on machines, humans, and running algorithms), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Krysa J. Systemics series: As we may think (or, the next world library), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Krysa J. Systemics series Against the idea of growth, towards poetry (or, how to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2014

Krysa J. Systemics series: Aarhus Report - Avantgarde as network (or, the politics of the ultra local), exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2014

Krysa J. Systemics series: Reading Machines - unfolding books and archives, exhibition, Kunsthal Aarhus, 2013

Engagement & Impact

Conference organisation:

Avant-guarde as Network, in conjunction with curated exhibition Aarhus Rapport: Avant-guarde as Network (or, the Politics of Ultralocal), Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, Organiser and Introduction, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/programmes/seminar-systemics-4-avantgarde-as-network

Systemics #2: As We May Think (or, The World Next Library) - Sound Weekend with Florian Hecker , Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, Organiser and Chair, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/programmes/seminar-sound-weekend-with-florian-hecker

Why Associate, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, Organiser, Chair, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/programmes/seminar-why-associate

Systemics #1: Certain peculiar things and ideas, often failed, or on machines, humans and algorithms, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, Organiser, Chair, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/programme/201301#overlay=en/programmes/preview-events-systemics-1

dOCUMENTA (13): Errki Kurenniemi: In 2048, panel in conjunction with the curated exhibition 'Errki Kurenniemi: In 2048', Kassel 20102, Organiser, Chair, http://d13.documenta.de/de/#/research/research/view/online-archive-erkki-kurenniemi-in-2048-2012

Why Associate, Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark, Organiser, Chair, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/en/programmes/seminar-why-associate

Editorial boards:

APRJA (A Peer Review Journal About_), Editorial Board, http://www.aprja.net/

External collaboration:

http://www.wrocenter.pl/en, International Media Art Foundation WRO, International Media Art Foundation WRO

External committees:

Research Project ‘The Contemporary Condition: Representation and Experience of Contemporaneity in and through Contemporary Art Practice’, Aarhus University, Denmark, Aarhus University, Denmark, Advisor, http://contemporaneity.au.dk/

dOCUMENTA (13) Curatorial Team, documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Member of Curatorial Team, http://d13.documenta.de/

Scientific Committee, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Member, http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/?lang_choosen=en

Scientific Committee International Congress on Web Studies, University Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Member, http://www.itesm.mx/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM/Tecnologico+de+Monterrey/English

dOCUMENTA (13) Curatorial Team, documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Member of Curatorial Team, http://d13.documenta.de/

Scientific Committee, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Member, http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/?lang_choosen=en

Scientific Committee International Congress on Web Studies, University Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Member, http://www.itesm.mx/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM/Tecnologico+de+Monterrey/English

dOCUMENTA (13) Curatorial Team, documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Member of Curatorial Team, http://d13.documenta.de/

Scientific Committee, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Member, http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/?lang_choosen=en

Scientific Committee International Congress on Web Studies, University Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Member, http://www.itesm.mx/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM/Tecnologico+de+Monterrey/English

dOCUMENTA (13) Curatorial Team, documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Member of Curatorial Team, http://d13.documenta.de/

Scientific Committee, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Member, http://www.idi.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/MICINN/?lang_choosen=en

Scientific Committee International Congress on Web Studies, University Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, Member, http://www.itesm.mx/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM/Tecnologico+de+Monterrey/English

External PGR Supervision - completed students:

Aarhus University, PhD, Noise is Medially

Industrial connections:

Liverpool Biennial, UK, Head of Research, http://www.biennial.com/

Kunsthal Aarhus, Artistic Director, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/

ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair Madrid, Jury Member, http://www.ifema.es/fundacionarco_01/

Liverpool Biennial, UK, Head of Research, http://www.biennial.com/

Kunsthal Aarhus, Artistic Director, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/

ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair Madrid, Jury Member, http://www.ifema.es/fundacionarco_01/

Liverpool Biennial, UK, Head of Research, http://www.biennial.com/

Kunsthal Aarhus, Artistic Director, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/

ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair Madrid, Jury Member, http://www.ifema.es/fundacionarco_01/

Liverpool Biennial, UK, Head of Research, http://www.biennial.com/

Kunsthal Aarhus, Artistic Director, http://kunsthalaarhus.dk/

ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair Madrid, Jury Member, http://www.ifema.es/fundacionarco_01/

Media Coverage:

http://www.afterall.org/online/on-connecting-past-and-present_aarhus-rapport_atkunsthal-aarhus/#.VJV49AoH0, Afterall, 19 December 2014. Review 'On Connecting Past and Present: 'Aarhus Rapport' at Kunsthal Aarhus' (Line Ellegaard), Review of curated exhibition 'Systemics #4'

http://artforum.com/picks/section=eu#picks49360, Artforum, 10 December 2014. Critics’ Pick, review of Systemics #4 exhibition, Kerry Greaves.

Membership of professional bodies:

IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, IKT International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, http://www.iktsite.org/

Other invited event:

Art History Talks series, Aarhus University, Aarhus University, Presentation

Art History and Visual Culture lecture series, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Presentation

Institute for Art and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Copenhagen University, Denmark, Invited lecture

dOCUMENTA (13) Keynote Lectures Series: Anton Zeilinger and Graham Harman, Kassel 2012, dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, Introduction and Chair of Keynote Lectures: Anton Zeilinger and Graham Harman

dOCUMENTA (13): Paper Mornings: Speaking Code book launch, Kassel 2012, dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, Book Launch Event participant

Writing and Unwriting (Media) Art History (MIT Press 2015), book launch, Montreal, Canada, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, Book launch event co-organiser and participant

Annual Inaugural Talk, Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark, Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus, Denmark, Presentation