Edith Doove
Transtechnology Research,
Room B312 Portland Square,
University of Plymouth,
Drake Circus,
Plymouth,
PL4 8AA.
email: edith.doove@plymouth.ac.uk
website: www.edprojects.be
Edith Doove is an art historian, curator and writer with a special interest in multi, cross and transdisciplinary collaborations and research. Her curatorial practice started in 1987 with making exhibitions in non-commercial spaces, public space and galleries0 in Belgium (until August 2010) and the UK (since August 2010).
Recent projects include Parallellepipeda – between art and science, edprojects portable home edition and wijheizij – on change, community, art and culture -, and the curatorial research project Spot ON for the Faculty of Arts’ Scott Building, Plymouth University. She started the experimental curatorial and collaborative Platform P with co-curator and artist Ray White in Spring 2011.
Since September 2011 she is part-time BA (Hons) Programme Leader Fine Art, Curatorial and Critical Practices at Plymouth College of Art.
Her research involves the dynamics of the process of curating and how a curatorial practice can make (or makes) use of the speculative, contingent and poetic. She is specifically interested in the quality of the collaboration between curators, artists and scientists and the influence of laughter in this context.
View CV for a complete overview.
* Recent publications:
review ‘Inside Jokes’ in Leonardo Reviews, August 2011
art. ‘Koen Vanmechelen – The chicken and its audience’. [plastik] [en ligne], Plastik #02 – In vivo, L’artiste en l’œuvre ?, 3 juin 2011. ISSN 2101-0323.
review ‘We Can Change The Weather’ in Leonardo Reviews, January 2011
review ‘Laughter-A Passion’ in Leonardo Reviews, December 2010
cat. Olga Boldyreff, Musée de Nantes, October 2010 – ‘En voyage/in-between – Ways of nomadic thinking in the work of Boldireva/Olga/ Boldyreff’
review Liverpool Biennial in Leonardo Reviews, October 2010
Parallellepipeda Boek – between art & science, Acco, Leuven, January 2010
*Recent exhibitions:
Platform P at the Duke, Duke of Cornwall Hotel, Plymouth, 4-6 November 2011
Spot ON, curatorial research project, Faculty of Arts, Scott Building, University of Plymouth, 2010-2011
wijheizijwei… Several venues in Flanders, June-October 2010
Curator for this project for the Belgian ngo Vredeseilanden; on the collaboration of artists and farmers to highlight the discussion on foreign aid and culture.
With Berlinde De Bruyckere (ongoing project in 2011), Johan Creten, Nathalie Hunter, Lucy & Jorge Orta, Koenraad Tinel, Koen Vanmechelen
Parallellepipeda – between art & science, Museum M, Leuven, exhibition 28 January untill 25 April 2010
Curator for this project on the collaboration between art and science for the City of Leuven in collaboration with K.U. Leuven with amongst others Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Ronny Delrue, Nick Ervinck, Koen Vanmechelen, professors Géry d’Ydewalle and Koen Van Laere
*Contributions to conferences, lectures:
Lecture on Wolfgang Tillmans, British Art Show 7 Associated Artists events, Peninsula Arts Gallery, 20 October 2011
Lecturer Fine Arts, BA students, Plymouth College of Art, UK, April-May 2011
The Comic Spirit in the Modern Age – 46th Annual Comparative Literature Conference, California State University, Long Beach, presentation ‘Curatorial Laughter’, 14 April 2011
Visiting lecturer for Sarah Bennett, MA students, University of Plymouth, UK, 2011
Visiting lecturer for prof. Stephanie Pratt on curatorial practice, University of Plymouth, UK, 2010
Conversation on curatorial practice – for MA Curatorial Practice students from University College Falmouth/Virginia Button, 2 November 2010, Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth, UK
Debates on ‘Art & technology’ – two debates with a.o. Peter Beyls, Pieter-Paul Mortier, Angelo Vermeulen, 19-20 May 2010, Group T, Leuven, B
Arts Research: Publics and purposes – lecture ‘Exhibition Making as Research’, 19 February 2010, GradCAM, Dublin, IRE
PhDArts Conference ‘The Artist as Researcher – moderator of parallel sessions, member of the plenary panel discussion, 5-6 February 2010, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague, NL
* Conferences/lectures attended:
Land/Water Summer Symposium: No Man’s Land, Plymouth University, 23 June 2011
Curating Science, Wellcome Trust, London, 6 May 2011
NeuroArts Conference, Plymouth University, 10-11 February 2011