Dr Daniel Palmer - Researcher Profile

Biography

 

Dr Daniel Palmer is a writer and Senior Lecturer in the Art Theory Program in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture at Monash University. His research and professional practice focuses on contemporary art and cultural theory, with a particular emphasis on photography and digital media. Prior to joining Monash in 2005, Palmer worked as a curator at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, where he organised exhibitions including ‘Between Place and Non-Place’ (2001) and the ‘Click Regional Digital Art Program’ (2001–2). He is currently a board member and chair of CCP’s exhibition committee.

 

Palmer’s publications include the books Twelve Australian Photo Artists (2009), co-authored with Dr Blair French, and the edited volume Photogenic: Essays/Photography/CCP 2000–2004 (2005). His scholarly writings on photography have appeared in journals such as Photographies, Philosophy of Photography, Angelaki and Reading Room. A prolific writer and commentator, Palmer has also published over sixty catalogue essays and fifty art reviews since 1997, and continues to contribute to art magazines including Art & Australia and Frieze. He is regularly invited to deliver public lectures around Australia.

 

Recent international conference presentations include: ‘Simryn Gill: Photography and the Ruins of Colonialism’ at ‘Global Photographies: Histories, Theories, Practices’, Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin(2008); ‘Emotional Archives’ at ‘Feeling Photography’, University of Toronto (2009); ‘The Rhetoric of the JPEG’ at ‘The Versatile Image: Photography in the Era of Web 2.0’, University of Sunderland (2011); and ‘The Collaborative Turn in Contemporary Photography’ at ‘Helsinki Photomedia: Images in Circulation’, Aalto University and its School of Art and Design in Helsinki (2012).

 

Palmer has been the recipient of various awards and fellowships including a State Library of Victoria ‘Creative Fellowship’ (2005), Early Career Research Award, Faculty of Art & Design (2006), Stone Summer Theory Institute Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago (2009); and the Monash Research Accelerator Program (2011–12).

 

Palmer’s current research focuses on digital photography, emerging from the ARC Discovery Project ‘Genealogies of Digital Light’ (2008–11) with Professor Sean Cubitt and Dr Les Walkling; globalization and photography, with Professor David Bate from the University of Westminster; and a book on photography and collaboration.

 

Keywords

photography, contemporary art, digital media

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2008

PHD IN PHILOSOPHY (ENGLISH) - PARTICIPATORY MEDIA

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 2004

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS) - ENGLISH

Institution: University of Western Australia

Year awarded: 1996

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MEDIA STUDIES

Institution: Edith Cowan University

Year awarded: 1993

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE

Institution: University of Western Australia

Year awarded: 1990

Publications

Books

French, B., Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Twelve Australian Photo Artists, Piper Press, Sydney, NSW.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Participatory Media: Visual Culture in Real Time, VDM, Saabrucken, Germany.

Book Chapters

Palmer, D.S.V., Bate, D., 2012, Notes on photography in globalisation, in Hijacked III: Australia/United Kingdom, eds Carola Akindele-Obe, Louise Clements, Louise Jones, Nadia Johnson, Mark McPherson, Leigh Robb and Katrina Schwarz, Big City Press, Cottesloe, WA, Australia, pp. XIII-XVI.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2012, iPhone photography: Mediating visions of social space, in Studying Mobile Media: Cultural Technologies, Mobile Communication, and the iPhone, eds Larissa Hjorth, Jean Burgess and Ingrid Richardson, Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 85-97.

Palmer, D., 2010, Between seeing and reading, in Change: Monash University Museum of Art, eds Geraldine Barlow, Max Delany, Kyla McFarlane, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Caulfield East, Victoria, pp. 146-149.

Palmer, D., Rhodes, K., 2010, Envisioning independence: fashion photography in Australia, in Australian Fashion Unstitched: the Last 60 Years, eds Bonnie English and Liliana Pomazan, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, Vic, pp. 59-79.

Palmer, D., 2010, On precariousness, in Hijacked: Volume 2, Australia/Germany, eds Mark McPherson, Ute Noll and Markus Schaden, Big City Press and Kehrer Verlag, Mosman Park, WA, pp. 1-3.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Photography and temporary public sculpture: Publicity and publicness, in One Day Sculpture, eds David Cross and Claire Doherty, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 27-30.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, The Art of Self Display: On Anne Zahalka's Portraiture, in Hall of Mirrors: Anne Zahalka Portraits 1987-2007, eds Karra Rees, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Adelaide, SA, pp. 3-8.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Daniel von Sturmer, in 21st Century Modern: 2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, eds Linda Michael, Art Gallery of SA, Adelaide, SA, Australia, p. 66.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Nike Savvas, in Adventures with Form in Space, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 58-59.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Simryn Gill: 32 Volumes, in Simryn Gill: 32 Volumes, Centre for Contempory Photography, Fitzroy Vic Australia, pp. 1-4.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Documents of Experience and Imagination, in Photogenic: Essays/Photography/CCP 2000-2004, eds Daniel Palmer, Ellikon Press and CCP, Fitzroy Australia, pp. 5-8+18,40,60,82.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Towards a technocultural aesthetic, in A short ride in a fast machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 1985 - 2005, eds Charlotte Day, Black inc, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 189-191.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Medium Without a Memory: Australian Video Art, in I Thought I Knew But I was Wrong: Video Art From Australia, eds Alexie Glass and Sarah Tutton, Asialink & ACMI Touring Exhibition, Vic Australia, pp. 37-41.

Palmer, D.S.V., Dwyer, T., 2003, Doing it for Themselves: Artist-Run Alternatives & Contemporary Australian Art, in Face Up: Contemporary Art from Australia, eds Britta schmitz, Hatje Cantz, Berlin, pp. 44-55.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Habitats, Fictions and Gesture: Australian Photography Now, in Photographica Australis, eds Alasdair Foster, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 40-41.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, The Art of Real Time, in Politics of a Digital Present: An Inventory of Australian Net Culture, Criticism and Theory, eds Hugh Brown, Geert Lovink, Helen Merrick et.al, Fibreculture, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 215-223.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Unveiling Film Space, in The Bank Book, eds Helen Frajman, M33, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 2-3.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Illumed: Conversations about Light and Space, in Good Thinking: words and Pictures on Contemporary Melbourne Art, 1st Floor Artists and Writers space, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 41-48.

Journal Articles

Palmer, D.S.V., 2012, Redundancy in photography, Philosophy of Photography [E], vol 3, issue 1, Intellect, UK, pp. 36-44.

Cubitt, S., Palmer, D.S.V., Walkling, L., 2012, Reflections on medium specificity occasioned by the symposium 'Digital Light: Technique, Technology, Creation,' Melbourne, 2011, The Moving Image Review & Art Journal [P], vol 1, issue 1, Intellect Journals, Bristol, UK, pp. 37-49.

Palmer, D., 2011, Art on the run: Ubiquitous mobility and the camera phone, Artlink: Australian contemporary art quarterly [P], vol 31, issue 3, Artlink Australia, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 20-23.

Palmer, D., 2011, In naked repose: The face of candid portrait photography, Angelaki: The Journal of the Theoretical Humanities [E], vol 16, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 111-128.

Palmer, D., 2011, Singapore Bienniale 2011, Frieze: contemporary art and culture [P], vol 139, Durian Publications, London, UK, p. 147.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2011, The Diifficulty of Being Oneself: David Rosetsky's moving image portraits, Art and Australia [P], vol 48, issue 3, Art and Australia, Paddington, NSW, pp. 486-493.

Palmer, D., 2010, Emotional archives: online photo sharing and the cultivation of the self, Photographies [P], vol 3, issue 2, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 155-171.

Palmer, D., 2010, James Turrell: making space with Canberra light, Art and Australia [P], vol 48, issue 2, Art and Australia Pty Ltd, Paddington, NSW, pp. 246-251.

Palmer, D., Whyte, J., 2010, 'No credible photographic interest': photography restrictions and surveillance in a time of terror, Philosophy of Photography [P], vol 1, issue 2, Intellect Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 177-195.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Darren Sylvester: In Step with the Real World, Reading Room: A Journal of Art & Culture, vol 2, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki's E.H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland, NZ, pp. 88-105.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Contemplative immersion: Benjamin, Adorno & media art criticism, Transformations, vol 0, issue 15, Central Queensland University, http://www.transformationsjournal.org/journal/issue_15/editorial.shtml, pp. 1-8.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, The Object of Things, Broadsheet, vol 36, issue 2, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, pp. 79-81.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Tracing the origins of Australian fashion photography, The La Trobe Journal, vol 76, issue Spring, State Library of Victoria Press, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 87-103.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, Art & Australia, vol fine arts critique, Art and Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 16-17.

Gardner, A.M., Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Nicolas Bourriaud Interviewed, Broadsheet, vol essay - fine arts, issue 3, Contemporary Art Centre of S.A., Australia, pp. 166-167.

Burns, K.L., Jordan, C., McDonald, H., Palmer, D.S.V., White, A.R., 2004, Editorial, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art [P], vol 5, issue 2, Art Association of Australia and New Zealand, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 1-4.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Medium Without a Memory: Australian Video Art, Broadsheet [P], vol 33, issue 3, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA), Adelaide, SA, pp. 20-21.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, The Paradox of User Control, Design Philosophy Papers [P], vol 3, Team D/E/S, Crows Nest Qld Australia, pp. 1-13.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Susan Norrie: Undertow, Broadsheet, vol 31, issue 4, CASA, SA Australia, p. 28.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Between Place and Non-Place: The Poetics of Empty Space, Photofile, issue 62, Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia, pp. 46-51.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Nostalgia for the Future: Everyday History and 'The Fifth Element', M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture, vol 2, issue 9, Future.

Conference Proceedings

Palmer, D., 2011, The rhetoric of the JPEG, ISEA2011 Istanbul Conference Proceedings, 14/09/2011-21/09/2011, ISEA International, United Kingdom, pp. 1-5.

Palmer, D., 2010, Embodying judgment: new media and art criticism, CHArt: Fast Forward - Art History, Curation and Practice after Media, CHArt Conference Proceedings, Volume Nine, 9 to 10 November, CHArt: Computers and the History of Art, London, UK, pp. 1-7.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Global visions, local contemporaneity: video art in Australia, Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art, 13 January 2008 to 18 January 2008, The Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Vic, pp. 940-944.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Photography in/as public sculpture, One Day Sculpture Academic Papers, 26 March 2009 to 28 March 2009, Massey University, http://www.onedaysculpture.org.nz/ODS_programme_sym.php#academicpapers, pp. 1-9.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, The Critical Ambivalence of Play, Proceedings of ISEA2008: The 14th International Symposium on Electronic Art, 25 July to 3 August, ISEA2008 Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 365-367.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Write to Exist, Publication of the Conference Papers ACUADS 2006, 27 September 2006 to 29 September 2006, ACUADS (Australian Council of University Art & Design Schools), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Mobile exchanges, Vital Signs: Creative Practice & New Media Now, 07 September 2005 to 09 September 2005, RMIT Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, The Paradox Of User Control, Design Philosophy Papers [P], 19/05/03 - 23/05/03, RMIT University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 160-164.

Other

Palmer, D., 2011, Drew Pettifer: I Keep Mine Hidden, Foreword in Artists Book, M.33, Balaclava, VIC.

Palmer, D., 2011, Tracey Moffatt: Other, Catalogue Essay for Open House: Singapore International Biennale, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, p. 250.

Palmer, D., Rhodes, K., 2010, Fashion photography in Australia, Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, vol encyclopedia, Berg, New York, USA, pp. 163-167.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2010, Ian North: Canberra Suite (with Coda), Catalogue essay, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA, pp. 14-16.

Palmer, D., 2010, Phone cameras and everyday abstraction, Catalogue essay for 'Still Mobile' exhibition, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi, Korea, pp. 6-13.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Andreas Gursky, Art World, vol journal, issue 8, B5 Media, Sydney, NSW, pp. 158-159.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, North, Ian, Grove Art Online, vol encyclopedia, Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Once More With Feeling, Catalogue essay for exhibition: Photographer Unknown, Monash University Museum of Art, Clayton, Vic, pp. 12-15.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Optimism, Art & Australia, vol 46, issue 3, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, p. 509.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, Shadowplay, Catalogue essay in Maxims of Behaviour, by Alexander Knox, City of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, The Eye is Obsolete, Catalogue essay for exhibition: 'Testing Ground', Ellikon Press, Fitzroy, Vic, pp. 7-11.

Palmer, D.S.V., Rhodes, K., 2009, The Psychology of Trees, Essay in The Psychology of Trees, Jenny Bolis, Collingwood, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2009, World Architecture Festival: Impressions from the Outside, Architecture Australia, vol 98, issue 1, Architecture Media Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, Vic, p. 32.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, DANIEL VON STURMER: THE IMAGE SCIENTIST, ART WORLD, vol 2, B5 Media Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, pp. 38-43.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Gavin Hipkins: EMPIRE & OTHER CHILDRENS STORIES, Essay, RIM Books, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 25-33.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Helen Ennis: Photography and Australia, PHOTOFILE: Contemporary Photomedia + Ideas, vol 83, issue 83, Australia Centre for Photography Limited, Paddington, NSW, p. 77.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, How to Write an Opening Speech to an Art Exhibition, text for art magazine, un Magazine, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 42-43.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Magadelena Bors, Paragraph commentary in Photofile., Australian Centre for Photography Limited, Sydney, NSW.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, PETER HENNESSY: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF UNDERSTANDING SPACE, Art World, vol 4, B5 Media Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, pp. 96-100.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Revolutions - Forms That Turn: 2008 Biennale of Sydney, 18 Jun - 7 Sep 2008, Art World, vol 5, B5 Media Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, pp. 168-169.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, Shaun Gladwell, Frieze Magazine, vol minorjourn, issue 114, Durian Publications, London, United Kingdom, p. 185.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2008, What are you looking for?, Text for exhibition catalogue, Objects in Space, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 5-6.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Alex Knox: Spazio T, Frieze, vol 107, Durian Publications, London, UK, p. 160.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Australia at the Venice Biennale: Disaster and Other Impressions, Art & Australia, vol 45, issue 1, `Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Paddington, NSW, pp. 30-31.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, 'David Stephenson' in John Stringer (ed.), Cross Currents: Focus on Contemporary Australian Art, Catalogue essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, p. 1.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Guggenheim Ga Ga, Art & Australia, vol 45, issue 2, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Paddington, NSW, p. 291.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Jennie Lang & Geoff Robinson: An Arrangement to Span the Distance Between, Catalogue essay, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 22-25.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, John Young: Naive and Sentimental Painting, Catalogue essay, Anna Schwarz Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, p. 1.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Looking Back - 2007, Frieze, Durian Publications, London, UK.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Perfect for Every Occasion, Photofile, vol 80, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW, p. 10.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, 'Reinventing Interactivity' in Experimenta PLayground: International Biennial of Media Arts, Catalogue essay, Experimenta Media Arts, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 12-15.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Simon Terrill: Crowded Space, Inside: Australian Design Review, Iss 49, Niche Media, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2007, Venice Biennale: Asia and Australasia, Frieze, vol 109, Durian Publications, London, UK, pp. 132-133.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, A melancholy spectacle: visual art at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Art & Australia, vol 44, issue 1, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Paddington NSW Australia, pp. 10-11.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Anna Munster: Materializing New Media: Embodiment in Information Aesthetics, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, vol 7, issue 2, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 99-103.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Artists invade history, Real Time, vol 75, issue October- November, Open City Inc., Sydney NSW Australia, p. 52.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Crowd Theory, Exhibition Catalogue, Footscray Community Art Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-2.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Interzone: media arts in Australia, Art & Australia, vol 43, issue 4, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Paddington NSW Australia, p. 606.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Justene Williams in +Plus Factors, Exhibition Catalogue, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 58-59.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Looking Back - 2006, Frieze, Durian Publications Ltd, London UK.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Nobuyoshi Araki, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, vol 1, Routledge, New York USA, pp. 49-51.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Paul Knight, Australian Art Collector, Gadfly Media, Sydney NSW Australia.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Seydou Keita, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, vol 2: G-N, Routledge, New York, NY, USA, pp. 854-855.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, Singapore Biennale: a total approach, Real Time, vol 76, issue December- January, Open City Inc., Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 52-53.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, View from the Kitchen Table, Exhibition Catalogue, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-2.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2006, White Noise, Frieze, vol March, issue 97, Frieze, London UK, p. 162.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, 2005 Venice Biennale: Wood & Other Media, Review, Open City, Sydney, NSW, Vol. 68, Aug/Sept, p. 54.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Anne Zahalka, Robert Rooney & Ian Burn, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 38-39.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Awkward Silences, Catalogue essay, Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Bill Henson: Mnemosyne, Review, Pacific Publications, Sydney, NSW, Issue 67, p. 108.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, How Australian Photography Became Contemporary Supernatural Artificial Contemporary Photobased Art from Australia, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces & Asialink, Australia, pp. 44-45.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Loaded: Jane Bruton, Christopher Koller, Darren Sylvester, Catalogue essay, 101 Gallery / M33, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Made in China, Exhibition catalogue - Fine Arts essay, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2005, Time Exposed. Hiroshi Sugimoto, Article, Pacific Publications, Sydney, Vic, Issue 68, pp. 92-96.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, 2004: Australian Culture Now, Review, Art & Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, vol 42.2, summer 2004, pp. 196-197.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Ben Morieson: Burnout, Exhibition Catalogue, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Fitzroy, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Deborah Paauwe, exhibition catalogue, University of South Australia, Adelaide SA Australia, p. 28.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Fashion (Co-editor with Kate Rhodes), Photofile, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Fotofreo International Festival of Photography 2004, Review, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Mebourne, Vic, june- september, pp. 5-7.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, High Society to High Concept: Moments of Australian Fashion Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 34-35.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Middle Managed: The Photographs of Narinda Reeder, essay, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 36-39.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Pat Brassington, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, p. 50.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Peter Robertson: Xanadu (with Kate Rhodes), essay, Australian Centre for Photography, Australia, pp. 54-57.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Room Brochure on Silvia Velez, Exhib. cat, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Seeing Voices: 2004 Melbourne Festival, Reviews, Open City, Sydney, NSW, December 04 - January 05, p. 40.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, So you wanna be a fashion photographer (with Kate Rhodes), essay, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 24-29.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Stephen Honegger & Anthony Hunt: Towercase, Exhib. cat, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2004, Wolfgang Sievers, Interviews, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Vic, june- September, pp. 10-11.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Bloom: Perceiving Independence, Exhibition catalogue, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Callum Morton: Gas and Fuel, Review, Durian Publications, London, UK, issue 72, p. 106.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Digital Art: A Rich Ecology, essay, Australia Council, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 4-6.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Drama is Conflict, Review, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002, review, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Vic, Feb.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, New03: David Rosetzky and Daniel von Sturnmer, Review, Australian Centre for Photography, Melbourne, Vic, Issue 69, August, pp. 73-75.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Nick Mangan: In the Crux of Matter, Review, Eyeline Publishing Ltd, Brisbane, Qld, issue 53, 2003-2004, p. 42.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Orifice, Broadsheet, vol 32, issue 4, CASA, SA, Australia, pp. 30-31.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Profiles on Pat Brassington, Destiny Deacon, Cherine Fahd, Bill Henson, Tracey Moffat, Deborah Paauwe & Darren Siwes for Australia's Most collectable Artists, Review, Gadfly Media, Sydney, NSW, issue 23 jan-march 03, pp. 54-71.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2003, Susan Norrie: Undertow, Review, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW, issue 68, pp. 67-68.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, 2002 Biennale of Sydney, Review, pp. 108-109.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, A Surrealist Party Tape: the Biennale of Sydney 2002, Review, Art Space, pp. 65-70.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Annie Hogan: Smart Art, Review, oct - dec 2002, p. 92.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Anthony Hunt & stephen Honegger- The Object of the Game: Digital Sculpture, Review, April-may 2002, p. 31.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Anthony Hunt & stephen Honegger: Container, Review, june- august 2002, pp. 118-119.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Book Review: Lelia Green- Technoculture: From Alphabet to cybersex, Review, pp. 216-219.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Breakfast conversation, Exhib. cat.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Brendan Lee: the Cinema- Computer Experience, review, feb-march, p. 26.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Callum Morton: Gas and Fuel, Guy Benfield & Vittoria Di Stefano: Universal Love Action, Review, p. 106.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Catalogue Entries for Pat Brassington, Tracey Moffatt & Anne Zahalka, Exhib. cat, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 85, 87, 89.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Christine Borland: Intimations of Morality, Review, March, April + May 2002, p. 21.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Garth Paine, Interview, feb- march 2002, p. 21.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Icons and Other Pictures: The Photograph in the Market, essay, pp. 86-88.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Mark Amerika: FILMTEXT, Exhib. cat, Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Nat & Ali: The Art Bar, Exhib. cat, Centre of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Pat Brassington: Smart Art, Review, issue 22 oc-dec 2002, p. 84.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Pat Brassington: Work in Progress, Broadsheet, vol n/a, CASA, SA, Australia, p. 26.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Patricia Piccinini: One Night Love, Review, MArch, pp. 93-94.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Paul Knight: Krater Crater, Exhib. cat, Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Peter Burke & Robyn Hely: Delivery, Review, p. 18.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, RMIT Media Arts Graduates Exhibition, Exhib. cat, Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Something Something Video Something, Review, Uplands Gallery, june-july, p. 26.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, The Order of Things: The Edition and the Series in Contemporary Photomedia, essay, Australian Centre for Photography, Australia, pp. 18-22.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, Wilful Waste: Experimenta's Interactive Media Lounge, Review, december - jan 02, p. 20.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2002, co-editor with Russell Storer & Art Director Fabio Onarato, essay, Australia, p. 43.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Ben Morieson: Burnout2001, review, p. 105.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Between Place and Non-Place, Exhibition Catalogue, Centre of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Daniel Von Sturmer: Material From Another Medium, Exhib. cat, Centre of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Ed. Fresh, essay, Australian Centre for Photography, australia.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Into the Looking Glass, Exhib. cat, Co-Existenz Australian/New Zealand Cultural Exchange, Centre of Contemporary Photography, New zealand.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, John Meade: Propulsion, Review, august- sept, p. 38.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Lev Manovich: How to Speak New Media, interview, Real Time, Sydney, NSW, Australia, august-september, p. 25.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Max Creasy: Presented, Exhib. cat, Centre Of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Melbourne Artist-Run Spaces: Fighting Fit, review, oct- Nov, p. 27.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Melinda Rackham, review, oct-nov.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Nat & Ali: Friendship Is, review, may, p. 93.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Patricia Piccinini & Peter Hennessey: Sincerely Artificial, interview, june-july, p. 19.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Phillip Brophy: Evaporated Music, Review, jan- feb, pp. 111-112.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Shadowplay: Rick Swallow, essay, pp. 84-87.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Space Odysseys: Sensation & Immersion, review, Like, spring, pp. 61-62.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2001, Young People and the Arts, review, Magazine of Museums Australia, Vic Australia, october- November, p. 09.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Darren Sylvester: God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You, Review, issue 11.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, David Rosetzky: Custom Made, exhib cat, Centre of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, F Divergent Abstraction anf the Photographic Project, review, Like, autumn, pp. 54-55.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Final Fantasies, review, 200GS, summer, p. 49.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Information Intimacy, Exhib cat, Austrian-Australian Art Exchange, Ist Floor.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Kenneth Pleban:In/Ex, Exhib cat, Centre of Contemporary Photography.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Mayonnaise, Review, June- july 2000, pp. 117-118.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Suzanne Treister- No Other Symptoms: Time Traveling with Rosalind Broadsky, Review, august, p. 59.

Palmer, D.S.V., 2000, Webcams: The Aesthetics of Liveness, essay, winter 2000, pp. 16-22.

Grants

Title:

A critical account of contemporary Australian art criticism.

Investigators:

Palmer, D

Funding:

(2007 - 2011). Australia Council for the Arts.

(2009 - 2013). Australia Council for the Arts.

Title:

Is Photography Global?.

Investigators:

Palmer, D, Bate, D

Funding:

(2010 - 2013). Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).

Title:

Photography as a Crime.

Investigators:

Marsh, A, Palmer, D, Miles, M, Davison, M

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2009 - 2013). Centre for Contemporary Photography.

Title:

Genealogies of digital light.

Investigators:

Cubitt, S, Palmer, D, Walkling, L

Funding:

(2008 - 2012). Australian Research Council (ARC).

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main), Miles, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A landscape of event: a photographic investigation of Australian tourist locations.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Archetype: A visual inquiry into the semiotic relationship between cultural identity and physical environment.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Archive montage network.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Constructing the digital Wunderkammer.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Contemporary Art and Political Activism.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Temp).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

I keep mine hidden: Queer desire, photomedia and the politcs of sexuality.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main), Marsh, A (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Nothing happens: anticipation, fear and the everyday.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Performative photography: an exploration of self within the rhythms and repetition of the Everyday..

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Tainted Traveller: Contemporary Itinerant Artists' Expeditions through Time and Space.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The impossible public: the politics of engagement in contemporary art.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Bain-King, D.

Program of Study:

Moments of Possibility and Becoming: Aspects of the Subject within the Social Space of Participation and Installation . (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Eastman, L (Main), Palmer, D (Joint).

Student:

Dziekan, V.

Program of Study:

Without walls: virtuality and the art of exhibition. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hoffert, B (Joint-Co), Palmer, D (Joint).

Student:

Galimberti, E.

Program of Study:

From the canvas to the web: the expansion of video installation through space. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Student:

Huang, K.

Program of Study:

Processing inspiration: visual elements in a wonder-based practice. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main).

Student:

Mcrae, D.

Program of Study:

Projecting phantasy: the spectre in cinema. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Palmer, D (Main), Martin, A (Associate).

Student:

Wong, K.

Program of Study:

WRITING WORDS INTO ACTIONS: The Work of Language in the Practices of Conceptual Art and Pierre Bourdieu. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Wise, C (Main), Palmer, D (Joint).