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Rethinking Curating: Art After New Media

This research output is the culmination of a number of years analysing and leading the debate around the curation of New Media. Co-authored by Graham and Cook ‘Rethinking Curating’ has a forward by Steve Dietz, and is the first authored volume on this subject area. "Rethinking Curating is an invaluable road map to the landscape of contemporary curating and the ways in which the 'behaviors' of new media art have changed institutions, exhibitions, and the roles of curators and audiences. Outlining the characteristics of new media art and their histories, the book comprehensively explores functions of the curator - as filter, producer, or editor - and the exhibition - as touring show, festival, or platform. Multiple artworks and exhibitions serve as case studies that effectively illustrate the complex topography of curating in and for the 21st century." - Christiane Paul, Curator, Whitney Museum.

"The processes of displaying, collecting, and interpreting new media artworks offer considerable challenges to individuals and institutions across the contemporary art world. New media projects and exhibitions are innately complex. And whatever their complexity, they frequently involve much higher levels of public participation and interactivity. In this context, Beryl Graham and Sarah Cook's Rethinking Curating provides an intelligent, well-informed, and creative analysis which will be immensely valuable for the better understanding of this fast-changing field." - Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London.