{"id":2513,"date":"2014-08-22T02:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T09:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/?page_id=2513"},"modified":"2014-08-22T02:45:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T09:45:28","slug":"staff-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/tiic\/staff-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Laura Fisher<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/cloudandmolecularaesthetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Fisher_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/cloudandmolecularaesthetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/03\/Fisher_600.jpg\" alt=\"Fisher_600\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laura Fisher completed her PhD in the Sociology of Art in 2012. She is currently based at the National Institute for Experimental Arts, UNSW where her recent projects have included programming and co-editing the proceedings of the ISEA2013 conference and writing for the Curating Cities database of eco-public art. Her research spans Aboriginal art, visual culture, the cultural economy and public art. Laura is currently pursuing a particular interest in visionary outdoor environments and open air art museums.<\/p>\n<h2>Ozden Sahin<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/soundartcurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/Ozden_2000_final.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/soundartcurating\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/02\/Ozden_2000_final-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Ozden_2000_final\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ozden Sahin is a PhD student at the Department of Media &amp; Communications at\u00a0Goldsmiths, University of London. She received her MA in Cultural Studies from\u00a0Sabanci University\u00a0and her BA in Translation Studies from\u00a0Bogazici University. Her main research interests are new media art curation and the relationship between media art and politics.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Ozden was the Conference and Program Director of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/isea2011.sabanciuniv.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">ISEA2011 Istanbul: The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art<\/a>, the leading world conference and exhibition for art, media and technology. She was one of the two chief organizers of ISEA2011.<\/p>\n<p>She worked at Sabanc\u0131 University\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kasa Gallery<\/a> as the Vice-Director, developing and executing the annual exhibition and publication program between 2010 \u2013 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, she has been working as the Co-Editor at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leoalmanac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leonardo Electronic Almanac<\/a> (The MIT Press, Leonardo Journal and ISAST), the peer-reviewed, electronic arm of the leading art-science-technology journal Leonardo.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00c7a\u011flar \u00c7etin<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/cloudandmolecularaesthetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/CC_Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ocradst.org\/cloudandmolecularaesthetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/02\/CC_Image-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"CC_Image\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\u00c7a\u011flar \u00c7etin is\u00a0an artist, activist, and academic.\u00a0He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University (with honours), holding BA degrees in Film and Television, and Management of Performing Arts. He holds an MA degree in Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design from Sabanc\u0131 University, Istanbul, where he was also a teaching assistant. The focus of his master\u2019s research was on body politics, feminist and queer theories and masculinity awareness in Turkish contemporary art.<\/div>\n<div>He began working at an early age in television screenwriting, short filmmaking, and acting\/directing for theatre. Recently his artistic focus has shifted to contemporary art with an emphasis on conceptual art and curating. He is also a project developer and facilitator in Erkek Muhabbeti\/Men Talk in SOGEP (Social Development and Gender Equality Policies Center), working on men\u2019s engagement in struggles against gender discrimination and gender-based violence. He is currently a Fulbright finalist and a Ph.D. candidate in sociology. His doctoral study proposal is researching the potentialities of men\u2019s organizational structures against the gender order and their applicability in Turkey.<\/div>\n<div>He is\u00a0Education and Development Program Manager at Kasa Gallery, Istanbul.\u00a0He is also Assistant Editor to the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (Leonardo\/ISAST).<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laura Fisher Laura Fisher completed her PhD in the Sociology of Art in 2012. 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