Kate Armstrong (artist)

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

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

Biography

Armstrong was born in Calgary, Alberta. She attended university at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, at the University of Montpellier, France, The University of Glasgow, Scotland, and at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland.

She gained a master of philosophy in humanities from Memorial University in her 20s, which led her to her art career path.[2]

She has also lived in Tokyo and New York. She resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Career

Armstrong's network art projects include PING (2003),[3] Grafik Dynamo[4] (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).[5]

She founded Upgrade Vancouver[6] 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,[7] 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,[8] 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.[9]

Publications
  • Medium (2011) - compiling the results of an internet project of the same name [2]
  • Source Material Everywhere (2011)
  • Path: a generative bookwork in 12 volumes. [Vancouver]: Publication Studio. 2008.
  • Why Some Dolls are Bad (2007)
  • Grafik Dynamo (2005)
  • PING (2003)
  • Crisis and repetition: essays on art and culture. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. 2001.

References
  1. "Arts Programs at the Banff Centre: Kate Armstrong".
  2. "Kate Armstrong, Writer, Artist and Independent Curator". Canadian Art. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. O'Rourke, Karen (2013). Walking and Mapping. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. pp. 85–87. ISBN 978-0-262-01850-0.
  4. "Grafik dynamo". Turbulence. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  5. "Crisis and repetition". Michigan State University. 30 July 2007. ISBN 9780870135965. Archived from the original on 31 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  6. "Upgrade vancouver". Upgrade Vancouver. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  7. "The upgrade international". The Upgrade. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  8. "Tributaries and text fed streams". The Capilano Review. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  9. 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)
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