LAUREL PTAK

Curator, NYC + STHLM


Right now thinking about intellectual property; art's
relationship to labor; the possibilities and limits of
online space as a deterritorialized form of public space

E: laurelptak (at) gmail (dot) com
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W: tenstakonsthall.se

Lecture


ART, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, POLITICAL ECONOMY & THE PUBLIC REALM. CuratorLab, Stockholm, May 2012.


Presentation of curatorial observations, strategies, research, and projects that navigate such terrain.


KONSTEN ON-LINE. Riksutstallningar at Länsmuseet, Gävleborg, October 2011.


On possibilities and problematics of curating in the online context. 


UNSOLICITED AND DISTRIBUTED. Punctum, Ghent, March 2011. 


On contemporary photography, online curating, and the circulation of images.  


NETWORKED PUBLICS. Konstfack, Stockholm, September 2010.


On activating online space as a critical platform for art. How do we productively imagine and construct the network as public sphere? Do networked publics differ from other kinds of publics for art? 


A TREMOR IN THE STRUCTURE. Tóxico:Lab at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, June 2010.


Perspectives on contemporary photography.


POSTOPOLIS. Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City, June 2010. 


Presentation of recent online curatorial projects at this five-day conference co-organized by bloggers and The Storefront for Art and Architecture. 


CURATING IN AND AROUND THE NETWORK. Texas State University, San Marcos, April 2010. 


On the possibilities of online curatorial practice and presentation of recent projects. 


HACKER CULTURE. Lost & Found, Amsterdam, November 2009.


Research-in-progress on 1990s Hollywood films and the construction of the hacker as cultural icon.


YHPARGOTOHP.  Foam, Amsterdam, November 2009. 


On the practices of artists Constant Dullaart, Katja Mater, Anne de Vries and others.


UN-PORTRAIT. Tang Museum, New York, February 2008. 


On photographic portraiture since 2000.