Dr Fiona Macdonald - Researcher Profile

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Address

Fine Arts Building
Monash University, Caulfield

Biography

 

Fiona Macdonald is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture where she directs the Graduate Theory Program. Her art practice engages performative and remediated processes, institutional interventions, and serialised film & video projects, and has been exhibited internationally in museums, artist-run and off-site spaces and film festivals. Recent exhibitions include Power to the People: contemporary conceptualism and the object in art at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (2011), Collected Collaborations at Monash University Museum of Art (2011), What Happens in Halifax, Returns to Halifax (Remake II) in 2010, Index Project (renovated) at Open Space, Victoria, Canada (2009), and (Re)Points of View (Remake 1) at Optica: centre d’art contemporain, Montréal (2008).  She participated in the Future of Idea Art residency at the Banff Centre in 2006, and her work was included in Bureau de change at the Walter Phillips Gallery, Canada in 2008.

Fiona’s research projects collaborate across art practice and critical theory. Her PhD Translating Relation (2008) is a critical theory of the discursive, disseminative, and relational spaces of the remake in contemporary practice. Recent research papers on the intergenerational relations in contemporary conceptualism have been presented at Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1970-1985 (Toronto 2010), together<>apart (Sydney 2012) and Staging the Land (France 2012). She has contributed regularly to Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts and was the commissioning editor for photofile (1990-91).

Fiona's work has been exhibited in The First Biennale of Australian Art, AGSA (1990), Photography is Dead, Long Live Photography, MCA Sydney (1996), Orifice, ACCA (2003). She has also held solo exhibitions and screenings at ACMI (Melbourne 2003), MCA, Sydney 2004),  CLUBSproject (2005), Light Projects (2010 & 2011), Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery (1998) and ACCA (1990 & 1994), Gertrude Contemporary Artspaces & IMA Brisbane (1988). Her video work was included in ISEA (Utrecht) and Ars Electronic (1988).

 

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Keywords

Contemporary art, conceptual art, critical theory,, video & installation art

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2009
MA
Institution: RMIT University
Year awarded: 1998
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN FINE ARTS
Institution: Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Year awarded: 1987

Publications

Journal Articles

Macdonald, F., 2004, I Work for Cover, Just Like You... 2004: Australian Culture Now, Eyeline [P], vol Spring, issue 55, Eyeline Publishing Ltd, Brisbane, QLD, pp. 22-25.

Other

Macdonald, F., 2011, Making imagination more consistent..., Catalogue Essay, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.

Macdonald, F., 2011, Re)Points of View 2006-2010, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, ACCA, Melbourne, VIC, 6 to 20 October 2011.

Macdonald, F., 2011, Redrawing Times, 4 August 2011, 580 x 350 mm broadsheet, MUMA.

Harper, B., Macdonald, F., Martinis-Roe, A., Mastroiacovo, T., Panigirakis, S., 2011, Redrawing: essays, extracts, remediations, spectrograms, connectors, covers, and wrappings, compiled with labour and by mechanical and technological reproduction for potential recombination and deferred intention, 2005-2011, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield East, Victoria, 4 August to 1 October.

Macdonald, F., 2011, Still Gratuitous, Installation, Light Projects, Melbourne, VIC.

Macdonald, F., 2011, Then..., ARTspace Media Lounge, and Center for Book Arts, College Art Association, New York, USA, 1 February - 2 April 2011.

Macdonald, F., Mastroiacovo, T., 2010, Access Restricted, Light Projects, Light Projects, Northcote, Vic, 16 April to 8 May.

Macdonald, F., 2010, Painting, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Monash University, Caulfield East, Vic, 28 July to 27 August 2010.

Macdonald, F., 2010, Re)Association Area, Exhibited in 'Remake II: What Happens in Halifax Returns to Halifax', Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art, Halifax, Canada.

Macdonald, F., 2010, Retreat: the political in the politics of art, Catalogue essay for 'The Politics of Art' exhibition, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, Vic, pp. 3-5.

Macdonald, F., 2009, Index Project: renovated, Open Space, Open Space, Victoria, Canada, 13/02/2009 - 21/03/2009.

Macdonald, F., 2009, The Reckoning: A Romance, Catalogue essay in 'The Reckoning', Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 5-8.

Macdonald, F., 2009, 'The Remake Projects', Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, 21 to 20 January 2009.

Macdonald, F., 2009, Translating Relation: projects of remaking.

Macdonald, F., 2008, (Re)Points of View (2006-2008), Optica, un centre d'art contemporain, Optica, Montreal, Canada, 15/3/2008 - 19/04/2008.

Macdonald, F., 2008, (Re)Points of View: Translation/Transference, Catalogue essay in 'Remake 1 (Re)Points of View', Optica: Contemporary Arts Centre, Montreal, Canada, pp. 5-11.

Macdonald, F., 2008, (Re)Points of View: the return, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada, 12 July to 28 September 2008.

Macdonald, F., 2008, After Right After, Project Space/Spare Room, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic, 6 to 27 June 2008.

Macdonald, F., 2008, Critical Conversations, AC Institute, New York, USA.

Macdonald, F., 2008, Genera, Ocular Lab inc, Ocular Lab inc, Brunswick West, Vic, 3/05/2008 - 11/05/2008.

Macdonald, F., 2008, Redrawing, Curation of exhibition, Project Space/Spare Room, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Macdonald, F., 2008, Redrawing, May 2008, Catalogue essay, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 1-6.

Macdonald, F., 2008, Think Art, George Paton Gallery, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 12/08/2008 - 22/08/2008.

Macdonald, F., 2008, We must begin wherever we are..., Catalogue essay in 'Fiona Macdonald, Gratuitous Intent', CLUBSproject Inc, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 9-12.

Macdonald, F., 2007, Painting, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, NZ, Clouds; Kerber, New Zealand; Germany, 20 September to 12 October 2007.

Macdonald, F., 2006, 'American Synedoche Part 1', 'Ahh Ahh', Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada, 11/10/2006 - 19/10/2006.

Macdonald, F., 2006, Outwork, Blindside, Blindside, Melbourne, Vic, 23 February to 11 March 2006.

Macdonald, F., 2006, Perceptual Interiors for Art's Sake, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, 5 October 2006 to 31 October 2006.

Macdonald, F., 2006, The Drowned World, Deep End, ABC Radio National, Melbourne.

Macdonald, F., 2006, The Hole in the Bucket from The Hole Performance Series, Performance lecture, The Telus Studio, Banff Centre, Banff, Canada.

Macdonald, F., 2005, BONE, CLUBSproject inc, CLUBSproject inc, Melbourne, Vic, 5/08/2005 - 13/8/2005.

Macdonald, F., 2005, 'Hidden/Modern', 'Digital Eva / Kristina (artist)', Anna Schwartz Gallery, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, 19/03/2005 - 30/04/2005.

Macdonald, F., 2005, Reduction: Liberation Wallpaper, Bus, Bus, Melbourne, Vic, 4/10/2005 - 22/10/2005.

Macdonald, F., 2005, Store 5 is..., Text in 'Store 5 is...' exhibition catalogue, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

MacDonald, F., 2004, Artists in Production, A+D 11th Street Gallery, A+D 11th Street Gallery, Chicago, USA, March 5 to April 24 2004.

Macdonald, F., 2004, The Hole in the Bucket, Catalogue essay in 'There's a Hole in the Bucket', CLUBSproject Inc, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 1-9.

Macdonald, F., 2003, Glade, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Vic, 8/10/2003 - 30/11/2003.

Macdonald, F., 2003, Museum Emotions, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Vic, 2/07/2003.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
An Analysis of Style as Subject and Strategy in Contemporary Art.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main), Bird, T (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Being Kazimir Malevich: Kazimir Malevich and Charlie Kaufman in relation to Being.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main), Bird, T (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Cultivation & civilisation - the gathering in of Creation & An enquiry into plants.
Supervisors:
Morgan, L (Main), Macdonald, F (Associate).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Lectures of Observed and Imaginary Things.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Materiality as Power's Most Productive Effect.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Neither here not then: Landscape as a spatial and temporal figuare of Genre..
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Oorspronklik.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Tetris Methodologies (or professionally unprofessional): practice as expansive..
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The Limbo Moment: Play, Audience Agency, Indeterminacy and Modernity.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The botanic garden: photographic relation and exchange.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Unrealised works 1976 to 2012.
Supervisors:
Macdonald, F (Main), Panigirakis, S (Associate).