Heather Diack
Biographic Data
| ID | 604302 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Diack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Diack |
| SIGNATURE | DIACK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Artistic Realization Technologies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1993-2986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dispossession: Photography, Migration, and Object Ontology at the Border
While working as a janitor at an Arizona-based U.S. Customs and Border Patrol processing facility, Tom Kiefer began photographing the personal belongings of migrants and asylum seekers. These were objects seized and discarded by officials, deemed 'non-essential' or 'potentially lethal,' and included backpacks, bibles, water bottles, belts, and contraceptives, among other things. Shot in isolation, these seemingly meagre possessions take on lives …
"Heather Diack. Review of "Schizogenesis: "The Art of Rosemarie Trockel" by Katherine Guinness
Global Photography: A Critical History
Politics of Representation
This chapter discusses the recent interplay between visibility and invisibility in terms of the rich and varied practice of documentary photography, which traditionally sought to expose the unrepresented and publicly reveal that which was previously hidden or unseen. The federal government was woefully unprepared for this situation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency took days before they began to establish operations. In the wake of Hurrica…
Not Just Pictures: Reassessing critical models for 1980s photography
Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects
"Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects." History of Photography, 40(3), pp. 358–359
Hand over fist: A chronicle of Cold War photography
Group Material’s Timeline: The Chronicle of US Invention in Latin and Central America (1984) at P.S.1’s Center for Contemporary Art explored the framing devices of installation art and photography in tandem, as a means of reconfiguring the distribution of the sensible at the height of the Cold War. In response to escalating crisis (including continuous Central Intelligence Agency operations being carried out in Nicaragua and El Salvador), this ac…
Nobody Can Commit Photography Alone
Research Article| January 01 2011 Nobody Can Commit Photography Alone: Early Photoconceptualism and the Limits of Information Heather Diack Heather Diack HEATHER DIACK is a postdoctoral fellow in modern and contemporary art in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in twentieth-century art, photography, and theory. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Goog…
Sign Language as Politics
Book Review| March 01 2008 Sign Language as Politics INFINITU ET CONTINI: REPEATED HISTORIES, REINVENTED RESISTANCES SMACK MELLON MULTIPLEXBROOKLYN, NEW YORK NOVEMBER 17–DECEMBER 30, 2007 Heather Diack Heather Diack HEATHER DIACK is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of Toronto. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2008) 35 (5): 17–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2008.35.5.17 Views Ic…
Activating Exodus
Essay| August 01 2006 Activating Exodus: The Art of Melissa Shiff Heather Diack Heather Diack Heather Diack currently lives in New York City as a critical studies fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program 2006– 2007. She is a PhD candidate in Fine Art at the University of Toronto and has presented papers on topics related to pho ography, conceptual art, and theory in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Search for other works …
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Activating Exodus
Essay| August 01 2006 Activating Exodus: The Art of Melissa Shiff Heather Diack Heather Diack Heather Diack currently lives in New York City as a critical studies fellow in the Whitney Independent Study Program 2006– 2007. She is a PhD candidate in Fine Art at the University of Toronto and has presented papers on topics related to pho ography, conceptual art, and theory in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Search for other works …
Sign Language as Politics
Book Review| March 01 2008 Sign Language as Politics INFINITU ET CONTINI: REPEATED HISTORIES, REINVENTED RESISTANCES SMACK MELLON MULTIPLEXBROOKLYN, NEW YORK NOVEMBER 17–DECEMBER 30, 2007 Heather Diack Heather Diack HEATHER DIACK is a PhD candidate in art history at the University of Toronto. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2008) 35 (5): 17–18. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2008.35.5.17 Views Ic…
Nobody Can Commit Photography Alone
Research Article| January 01 2011 Nobody Can Commit Photography Alone: Early Photoconceptualism and the Limits of Information Heather Diack Heather Diack HEATHER DIACK is a postdoctoral fellow in modern and contemporary art in the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia. She specializes in twentieth-century art, photography, and theory. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Goog…
Hand over fist: A chronicle of Cold War photography
Group Material’s Timeline: The Chronicle of US Invention in Latin and Central America (1984) at P.S.1’s Center for Contemporary Art explored the framing devices of installation art and photography in tandem, as a means of reconfiguring the distribution of the sensible at the height of the Cold War. In response to escalating crisis (including continuous Central Intelligence Agency operations being carried out in Nicaragua and El Salvador), this ac…
Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects
"Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects." History of Photography, 40(3), pp. 358–359
Not Just Pictures: Reassessing critical models for 1980s photography
"Heather Diack. Review of "Schizogenesis: "The Art of Rosemarie Trockel" by Katherine Guinness
Global Photography: A Critical History
Politics of Representation
This chapter discusses the recent interplay between visibility and invisibility in terms of the rich and varied practice of documentary photography, which traditionally sought to expose the unrepresented and publicly reveal that which was previously hidden or unseen. The federal government was woefully unprepared for this situation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency took days before they began to establish operations. In the wake of Hurrica…
Dispossession: Photography, Migration, and Object Ontology at the Border
While working as a janitor at an Arizona-based U.S. Customs and Border Patrol processing facility, Tom Kiefer began photographing the personal belongings of migrants and asylum seekers. These were objects seized and discarded by officials, deemed 'non-essential' or 'potentially lethal,' and included backpacks, bibles, water bottles, belts, and contraceptives, among other things. Shot in isolation, these seemingly meagre possessions take on lives …
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