RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pre Cinematic optical devices of the 19th century, Public Art, Social Practice, Photography History, Stereo Photography, Photography Theory, Photographic Rhetorical Forms, Art Education, Photograms, Alternative Processes in Photography, The role of the artist in society, Wet Plate Collodion / Tintypes, Polaroid / Instant Photography, The PhD for artists in the USA, Thingstaetten
ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
New Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Manufactures and Commerce London, RSA
Member of CAA,
Fractured Atlas,
New Media Caucus
Founding Member of PHdVA, Association for the PhD in the Visual Arts in America
Member of Society for Photographic Education
Member of AAUW
Member of Arttable
PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS / SELECTED CATALOGUES / BOOKS / PAPERS
(authored by Hackemann, or featuring Hackemann’s work prominently)
forthcoming:
Book: 3-D Experimental and VR Art, authored by Hackemann, featuring more than 25 artists, 32000 words, Intellect Books London, Distributed by University of Chicago Press. Pre order here
- Thingstätten (second edition), The Relevance of the Past and the Present, Softcover book, 5 page chapter, English publication, new edit, distributed by DAP, Geymuller Verlag, 2022
- Thingstaetten, Hardcover book, 5 pages, German version, edited by Katharina Bosse, Kerber Verlag, Germany, 2020, reprint 2021
- Fresh 2020, Klompching Gallery catalog, back cover and inside profile with images and artist statement, Brooklyn, NY. 2021
-Four by Four Biennial, Springfield Art Museum, front cover, 9 pages, full CV, ISBN, catalogue for exhibition, curated by Sarah Buhr.
- Analog Forever Magazine, image of "The Silver Nitrate Thumb", Theme: "The Private Document" edited by Ann Jastrab
- Leonardo Music Journal, The Public Utteraton Machines: Recording What People Think of Public Art in New York City, paper authored by Hackemann,
4 images and 2000words; The MIT Press
- fofofocus 2019 Biennale Catalogue/book, double page spread, color
- Wave Pool Gallery catalogue, 2019
- JAWS, intellect journals, About not Separating Art and Writing: The Unfinished Public Art Work that Studies Finished Public Art Work in New York, peer reviewed paper
authored by Rebecca Hackemann,+ cover photograph of Hackemans art work (5000 words, ISBN), 2015
- e-flux Art&Education Papers*, Stuck Between Disciplines: Notes on Public Art Discourse in New York, 2012, peer reviewed paper (8000 words), 2012,
authored by Rebecca Hackemann
- Public 47*, 15 photographs and 1 page artist statement, and cover photograph (ISBN), Spring 2013 (47 3-D Cinema and Beyond), peer reviewed journal, Canada, worldwide distribution;
(http://www.publicjournal.ca/47-3d-cinema-and-beyond/)
- Rutgers University*, Paul Robeson Galleries, exhibition catalogue/book (3 photographs by Rebecca Hackemann), essays, for the exhibition
Lift Off: Earthlings and the Great Beyond (ISBN), Newark, NJ, 2011/12
- Institute for Urban Design, book, By the City/For the City, (ed. Anne Guiney and Brendan Crain), 2011, (ISBN: 978-0-9820861-1-7) Multi-Story Books,
funded by Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY
- Hunter College Times Square Gallery, Smoke + Mirrors, Shadow +Fog, (ed 1000. ISBN), Hunter College, New York, NY
- F.I.T., The Ghosts of Coleridge, catalogue to accompany exhibition, essay by Cameron Shaw, F.I.T., 2009, New York, NY
- PageOne/Loft Publications Spain, Unique Window Display Handbook, 2009 (ISBN978-981-245-773-8), 4 double page spreads of “PEEK!”,
curated by Real Form Projects, Barcelona, Spain
- Marcia Wood Gallery, catalogue to accompany exhibition click/shift/enter exhibition, images by Rebecca Hackemann, Atlanta, GA, 2007
- Aljira Center for Contemporary Art*, Emerge 2003, catalogue to accompany exhibition, essay by Dominique Nahas, NJ
- Light Work*, Contact Sheet, catalogue with 5 pages of images with text about Hackemanns work by Christopher Ho, as part of one month residency, 2003,
(ISBN: 0-935445-32-3), Syracuse, NY
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
(about Hackemann’s work, authored by writers listed)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk – WDR – German TV spot about my project Thingstaette im Fernglas (starts at midway mark):
https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/west-art/sendungen/thingstaetten-102.html
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, article on thingstaette project, curated by Jatharina Bosse, June 2020:
- Queens Newswire, Broadwayworld, “The Public Utteraton Machine Comes to Public Plazas in Queens, Brooklyn”, by BWW newsdesk.
- “From Absorb to Zoom: The Virtual Archive: Rebecca Hackemann” author: Anne Krinsky, by invitation
- Architecturelab.net : “Street Art: The Public Utteraton Machines New York”, brief description and video on website, author: unknown, not listed,
Web: http://architecturelab.net/street-art-the-public-utteraton-machines-new-york/
- inhabitat New York City: “Curious Solar powered Utteraton Machine pops up in NYC”; by Yuka Yoneda, slide gallery and article,
- University of Westminster Website Feature for Alumni
- DNA Info, local NYC news outlet: “Antique LIC payphone will record your thoughts on public art”, author Jeanmarie Evelly.
- The Manhattan Users Guide, 9/29/11, short description of Urban Field Glass Project with photo, New York, NY
- Dumbo Is, 2011, short article, “A Set of Peculiar Binoculars Pops Up”, by Alexandria Sica, Brooklyn, NY
- FirstPost, 2011 video on website headline (http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/dumbo-brooklyn-the-urban-field-glass-project-video-QLDHyZaj4qA-88506-1.html), online
- The Tribeca Citizen, 9/29/11, short description of Urban Field Glass Project with photo, “IN the News: Field Glass Art”, New York
- The Brownstoner, 9/20/2011, short description of Urban Field Glas project with photo, ‘Signs of the Dumbo Art Festival”, Brooklyn, NY (http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/09/signs-of-the-dumbo-arts-festival/)
- Stanford Magazine, Jan. 2009 issue, feature article on Visionary Binoculars public art project in Philadelphia, PA
- City Paper, April 2009, Feature article on InFlux project, written by Ptah Gabrie, Philadelphia, PA
http://citypaper.net/articles/2009/04/16/chinatown-influx-future-landscapes
- Waverly Democrat, 3/17/09, “Adventures in Perception”, 2009
- KWAR, Radio Interview, 7pm Knightwire, 3/15/09, 2009
- San Francisco Chronicle,"Artist at work - Creating art outside the box - No limits: Headlands Center for the Arts pushes boundaries", Friday, April 22nd, 2005, by Ulysses Torassa, Chronicle Staff Writer
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/22/NBGRSC9B0C1.DTL&type=printable
- Artworld Digest, Seed Project, 2006/7, New York, NY (www.artworlddigest.com)
- The New York Times, Aljira exhibition, "Young and Provocative, Time is on their side", September 12th, 2004, by Benjamin Genocchio
- Stereo World, “Rebecca Hackemann Reinvents Stereo Photographic Art Form”, 4 page article and back cover, Jan/Feb 2006
- Cambridge Eye, Cambridge School of Arts Alumni paper, active alumni portrait, 2006
- 3rd floor Magazine, issue 3, August, 2005, portfolio image
- The Sunday Star Ledger. "Aljira Emerge 2003 presents amazing examples of technique". August 15th 2004, by Dan Bischoff
- "Sight Unseem - at Fishtank Gallery in Brooklyn", March, 2004, by Sara Klar
- http://www.birds-eye.net/article_archive/broadband_hdtv_video_art.htm
- Crain's New York Business, "Arts Group Shows Promise", Sept/Oct, 2003, by Emily deNitto
- WWD, "Art in Brooklyn", November 20th, 2003
- Contact Sheet, Essay on photographs by Rebecca Hackemann, published by Light Work Annual, 2003 by Christopher K. Ho (accompanied by 6 pages of 9 images)
- NY Arts, “Choice and Consultation at The HOTEL DE LA MOLE: an alt-biannial”, 2002, by Horace Brockington
- Gusto, Art, “The Art of the Game”, Jan 18th, 2002, by Richard Huntington
- Photo Metro Magazine, Photo contest winners, 2 images, juried by Bill Hunt, 2001
- Field Study, “We Multiply! – a field study Publication”, catalogue, 2002, Australia
- The Morning Call, “Artists interpret Fractual Families”, March 25th, 2001, by Tony Sienzant
- The Morning Call, “Open Space’s ‘Awkwardology’ humorous and uncomfortable”, 1998, by Geoff Gehmann
- Umbrella, “Artists’ Books at Printed Matter”, review of the book Scaled Down, vol. 20, no 1., January 1997
- Photo Metro Magazine, 17th Annual Photo Contest, juror: Bill Hunt/Hasted/Hunt Gallery, Honorable Mention and publication, San Francisco, CA
- The Washington Times, “Notable and New”, announcement/review listing, "Salvador Dali: a modern homage to a modern icon", Fraser Gallery1999
- The Mind’s Eye, 10 pages of images, vol.4 no. 2, 1996
- The Buffalo News, “At Hallwalls, the world in an untidy set of boxes”, Feb 13th, 1997, by Richard Huntington
- The Stanford Daily, announcement and image, review, by Wendy Lee, June, 1996
- The Palo Alto Weekly, announcement, image and article, (writer’s name lost as well as date), 1996
- The Arizona Daily Star, “Merged Realities”, 1996, by Danielle C. Malka
- The Mind’s Eye – a Stanford Journal of Expression, Stanford, CA, 10 pages of images, 1996
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS / VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
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Society for Photographic Education International 60th anniversary conference, Panel Chair more details to follow), Denver, CO
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SECAC 2022 (accepted for 2021which was cancelled) (formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference), held at MICA, presentation of paper, Recent Artistic and Research based Interventions into Overgrown Nazi Ruins — The Thingstätte, Session Theme: Art History : Reimagining Monuments: Challenging Systemic Racism through Public Art & Design, chaired by Dr.Jason Brown, MICA, Baltimore
NSA, National Stereoscopic Association, Sessions on the History of Stereoscopic Photography, paper: Virtual Public Space Contested - Will the plaza survive in VR?, Tacoma, WA
University of Applied Science, and Elsa Art Space, lecture on the photogram, Bielefeld, Germany
University of Applied Science, Artist talk for students, followed by 5 hour salt printing and polaroid transfer workshop, for Katharina Bosse’s class, Bielefeld, Germany
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Society for Photographic Education International Conference, Lecture: Ditching the Lens: Cameraless Photography, Lecture, Houston, TX
National Stereoscopic Association of American, peer reviewed by Dr. Melody Davis, Virtual Worldwide
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Chair of Panel, The Fear of Public Art, Panelists: Trey Hock and Jason Zeh, The Art of Democracy Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS
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fotofocus Cincinnati, Panel discussion on social practice and photography, curated by Calcagno Cullen, with Mark Strandquist, Cincinnati, OH
Interviewee for Yale University Radio WYBCx, conducted by Brainard Carey, New Haven, CT
L’Association d’Art des Universités du Canada, paper, The Double Lensed Camera Eye - Stereoscopic Space as Conceptual tool?, Canada
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The Arts in Society Paris Conference, The Arts in Society Research Network, paper / artwork:
“Public Engagement on Pavements: The Public Utteraton Machines in New York”, Sorbonne University Paris, France
Society of Photographic Education West Conference, Tahoe CoLab Panel Discussant, Between Art and the Practicalities of Media Education, Tahoe City, CA
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College Art Association New Media Caucus, Presentation of Research at Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.
SECAC Conference, Chair of the session: Vision Machines and Pre-Cinematic Optical Devices: Panoramas, Stereoscopes
and Places of Otherness. Co Chaired with Dr. Simonetta Moro, IDSVA, Roanoke, VA
43rd National Stereoscopic Association Convention, Presentation of 3-D Slideshow on Silver Screen, Stereo Theatre, Tulsa, OK
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Universities Art Association of Canada, presentation at the session entitled: Collaborations and Co-creations as Cultural Practice of a paper entitled: The Public Utteraton Machines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York - Reimagining the Socially Engaged Agora Through International Collaboration and an Unfinished Solar Powered Art Work, Chaired by Dr.Barbara Lounder and Dr. Robert Bean,
at NSCAD (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design), Halifax, Canada
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Psi - 20, Performance Studies International, Presentation of Academic Paper entitled Photography as Agency and Commodity
in Socially Engaged and Performative Practices, from Gordon Matta-Clark to Peng Yu and Sun Yuan, (http://www.psi-web.org/), Shanghai, China
Society for Photographic Education, Presentation of Paper as 3-D Lecture, entitled No More Gimmicks: The Double Lensed Camera Eye—Stereoscopic Space and Fictionality as Conceptual Tool? Baltimore, ML,
University of Delaware, Department of Art Lecture Series, visiting artist for 3 days to MFA program, DL
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L’Association d’Art des Universités du Canada, presentation of paper, Banff Center, Banff, Canada
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Conference 2013 “Postnatural”, presentation of artwork and paper entitled Photomontage / Assemblage
and Text: The Signification of Fictionality and Fragmentation in Photography, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
University of the Arts London, Research Network UAL (RNUAL), presentation of 3 year progress in research, London, UK
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College Art Association, International Annual Conference, presentation of paper, Arts Based Research as a Glass Box: Has it been Practiced all Along? as part of the CAA double session PhD’s for Artists - Sense or Non-Sense?, chaired by Bruce Barber and John Powers,
Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
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University of the Arts London, Practice Exchange Research Network, presentation of research and practice, London, UK
Symposium for “Multiple Authors & Previous Owners”, Triangle Space, UAL, London, UK
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Montserrat College of Art, Artist Lecture in conjunction with exhibition at 301 Space, Beverly, MA
Iowa Arts Council Public Art Conference, short presentation of Visionary Sightseeing Binoculars, Des Moines, IA
Wartburg Philosophical Society, Waverly, IA
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Museum of Natural History, Kaufmann auditorium, Left Brain/Right Brain, stereo projections, NY Stereoscopic Society, New York, NY
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Makor/Steinhardt Center, “Real Art Today” series, organized by David Gibson, New York, NY
Headlands Center for the Arts, invitational presentation, Sausalito, CA
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Pratt Institute, digital photography, visiting artist lecture, Brooklyn, NY
Flushing Town Hall, in conjunction with “Arrival – Intimate Spectacles” exhibition, panel discussion with Heng-Gil Han, Queens, NY
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Light Work public lecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
The Inc, group exhibition, Hamilton, ON
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Parsons School of Art and Design, Art Department, senior class, guest artist speaker, New York, NY
Parsons School of Art and Design, Art Department, senior class, guest artist speaker, New York, NY
2 0 0 1 Whitney Museum of American Art ISP, slide presentation, New York, NY