Maria Fusco

Radio Buena Vida

feature broadcast
14 April 2024

Radio Buena Vida

Feature interview on Glasgow's Radio Buena Vida.

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Fetch

feature interview
18 March 2024

Fetch

Feature interview with Agnès Houghton-Boyle in Fetch magazine.

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Keynote at the British Art Network Conference

Keynote lecture at the British Art Network Conference

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Winter Papers

feature interview
1 November 2023

Winter Papers

Feature interview with Siobhan Kane in Winter Papers.

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Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh

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History of Present opera-film

Opera-film. Written and co-directed by me, with artist filmmaker Margaret Salmon and composer Annea Lockwood.

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Edwin Morgan Poetry Award

22 August 2022

Edwin Morgan Poetry Award

Judge and host of the 2022 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award

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Edinburgh Book Festival

19 August 2022

Edinburgh Book Festival

Reading the World live event.

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Centre Culturel Irlandais Residency

Residency at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.

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Northern Ireland’s Feminist and Queer Art Histories

Special screening and reading at Northern Ireland’s Feminist and Queer Art Histories symposium, The Courtauld, London.

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CARPA7 Colloquium on Artistic Research

Uniarts, Helsinki
27 August 2021

CARPA7 Colloquium on Artistic Research

Keynote presentation at Performing Arts Research Center (Tutke), Theatre Academy, Uniarts Helsinki Colloquium on Artistic Research.

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History of the Present opera-share

Royal Opera House
12 July 2021

History of the Present opera-share

Opera-in-progress at the Royal Opera House, London

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Mollspeak

Museum of the Home
12 June 2021

Mollspeak

Eleven-channel sound installation and radio broadcast. Shortlisted for the 2023 New Music Scotland sonic art award.

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British Art Talks

Paul Mellon Centre
28 April 2021

British Art Talks

Me talking about the encounters, materials, voices and texts that have shaped my writing: Audre Lorde, Quatermass, Jon Snow & Gerry Adams, Leigh Bowery.

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For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country.

Aftereffects and Untold Histories, Politics and Spaces of Performance since the 1990s
15 April 2021

 For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country.

My keynote at the conference 'Aftereffects and Untold Histories, Politics and Spaces of Performance since the 1990s'.

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Unlocking Collections

School of Advanced Study
18 March 2021

Unlocking Collections

What new tools are emerging for recording and sharing cultural heritage?

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Writing is... Art

Maynooth University
16 March 2021

Writing is... Art

Writing is…Art / with Kathryn Scanlan and Maria Fusco

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A Belly of Irreversibles - reading

Bluecoat
19 February 2021

A Belly of Irreversibles - reading

An essay about working class method.

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Practice Research Assembly

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities
4 November 2020

Practice Research Assembly

Convener of Practice Research Assembly at The Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities.

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Abbey Theatre award

Abbey, National Theatre of Ireland
3 November 2020

Abbey Theatre award

Award from The Abbey Theatre Dublin as part of their Engine Room development funding.

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Flash Art feature

11 June 2020

Flash Art feature

A feature about my work.

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Royal Opera House Engender Fellowship

Working with the Royal Opera House to develop a new opera.

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TO SEE AND KNOW MORE - event

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
31 January 2020

TO SEE AND KNOW MORE - event

An event to celebrate my Bothy Project William Grant Foundation residency on Eigg.

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Research Writing Studio

international research collaboration
16 January 2020

Research Writing Studio

Research Writing Studio, an international collaboration.

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De-localising Dialect

AHRC funded network
15 November 2019

De-localising Dialect

Exploring new creative and critical practices for and about dialect.

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Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship

Scottish Book Trust
1 August 2019

Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship

I was awarded the The Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship, an annual award from the Scottish Book Trust.

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ECZEMA! record launch

Accidental Editions at South London Gallery
5 June 2019

ECZEMA! record launch

The launch of my limited edition vinyl with Accidental Editions.

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On the Creative-Critical

Institute of English Studies & UEA & National Centre for Writing
1 June 2019

On the Creative-Critical

Plenary speaker at a summit on the creative-critical.

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Legend of the Necessary Dreamer - radio

Radiophrenia
16 May 2019

Legend of the Necessary Dreamer - radio

Commission from Radiophrenia.

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Nine Qwerty Bells

Whitechapel Gallery
8 May 2019

Nine Qwerty Bells

Whitechapel Gallery invited me to make an exhibition.

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Bothy Project residency

Eigg
18 March 2019

Bothy Project residency

Residency in Sweeney's Bothy on the little isle of Eigg.

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art & education interview

Me being interviewed by Chris Sharratt about my teaching methods in Art & Education.

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Gestures Writing that Moves Between

Whitworth Gallery
15 February 2019

Gestures Writing that Moves Between

Keynote speaker at conference about writing as gesture.

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Along the Peaceline

BBC Radio 4
13 December 2018

Along the Peaceline

BBC Radio 4 documentary about the peaceline I grew up beside in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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ECZEMA!

National Theatre Wales
28 July 2018

ECZEMA!

A play celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS commissioned by National Theatre Wales.

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VOICE OBJECT VOICE

Radiophrenia
19 November 2017

VOICE OBJECT VOICE

A new broadcast work.

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Art Writing is an Aesthetic Catalyst

Aarhus Literature Centre
2 September 2017

Art Writing is an Aesthetic Catalyst

A symposium examining and testing art writing in the Nordic context.

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Extratextual

Contemporary Calgary
1 September 2017

Extratextual

Text and visual and spacial culture.

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El tejido continúa en lo ilegible

Aeromoto, Mexico City
5 August 2017

El tejido continúa en lo ilegible

Exhibition of books on the theme of illegibility.

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We Human Creatures Must Find Our Match in Scale

Arnolfini, Bristol
11 May 2017

We Human Creatures Must Find Our Match in Scale

A performative lecture at Arnolfini in Bristol.

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Fiamme

IUAV University of Venice
5 May 2017

Fiamme

The Happy Hypocrite in Fiamme.

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Feminist Library Cataloguing

Leeds College of Art
20 April 2017

Feminist Library Cataloguing

A symposium and exhibition on the theme of 'gendered words'.

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Whatcha Doin', Marshall McLuhan?

BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature
19 March 2017

Whatcha Doin', Marshall McLuhan?

BBC Radio 3 feature about Canadian public intellectual Marshall McLuhan.

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In conversation with Jessica Harrison and Jonathan Owen

Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
15 March 2017

In conversation with Jessica Harrison and Jonathan Owen

In conversation with artists Jessica Harrison and Jonathan Owen.

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Dialecty

The Common Guild, Glasgow
18 January 2017

Dialecty

My new project considering the critical uses of vernacular forms of speaking and writing.

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Art and its Theatrical Turn

University of Glasgow
26 November 2016

Art and its Theatrical Turn

A symposium about art, theatre and performativity.

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The Influence Machine: a conversation

University of Edinburgh
23 November 2016

The Influence Machine: a conversation

In conversation with Tony Oursler and James Lingwood.

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International Literature Festival Dublin

Reading at the International Literature Festival in Dublin.

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Hauntings

21 May 2016

Hauntings

Reading at Hauntings event at the Bluecoat in Liverpool.

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Master Rock book launches

The launches of Master Rock book.

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Experimental Writing

London
18 March 2016

Experimental Writing

In conversation with Kreider/O'Leary about experimental writing.

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Curatorial Studio

CCA, Glasgow
30 January 2016

Curatorial Studio

Writing masterclass on objects and their place in the world.

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We are no longer needed by what we created

The MAC, Belfast
23 January 2016

We are no longer needed by what we created

A reading of a newly commissioned piece to accompany Felix Gonzalez-Torres' solo exhibition at The MAC in Belfast.

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Master Rock

15 October 2015

Master Rock

A commission from Artangel & BBC Radio 4.

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Caesura

Edinburgh
12 March 2015

Caesura

A poetry reading.

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In conversation with Vivienne Dick

LUX Scotland
11 January 2015

In conversation with Vivienne Dick

Talking about traces, the experimental and feminist anti-narratives.

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PhD Researchers Collective

9 December 2014

PhD Researchers Collective

An evening about writing about art writing.

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In Conversation with Duncan Campbell

The Common Guild
2 October 2014

In Conversation with Duncan Campbell

A conversation.

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Punctum: Reflections on Photography

Salzburger Kunstverein
25 July 2014

Punctum: Reflections on Photography

An exhibition about the nature of photography today.

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Aarhus Literature Centre

Masterclass.

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Moving Mountains Conference

University of Edinburgh
18 June 2014

Moving Mountains Conference

An international conference on mountains studies in place, society and cultural representation.

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There are reasons for looking and feeling and thinking about things that are invisible

A two day event on New Narratives in art writing.

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Legend of Ashlar

Art Neuve
3 March 2014

Legend of Ashlar

Lawrence Corby's exhibition of paintings.

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Mediating Landscape

Flip Project Space
19 February 2014

Mediating Landscape

Group exhibition in Naples.

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Jim Elkins Conversation

16 January 2014

Jim Elkins Conversation

A short conversation with Jim Elkins.

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Hawthornden Fellowship

14 December 2013

Hawthornden Fellowship

My Fellowship at Hawthornden Castle.

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The Happy Hypocrite 6 launches

Edinburgh and London launches of The Happy Hypocrite issue 6.

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With A Bao A Qu Reading When Attitudes Become Form launches

Launches and readings of my latest book.

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Artists Moving Image Festival

28 September 2013

Artists Moving Image Festival

Artists Moving Image Festival at Tramway, Glasgow, examining the ecology of art work. I presented two Belfast-made television documentaries at this diverse range of film, video and performance.

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Lisbon Architecture Triennale

Writer-in-Residence
16 September 2013

Lisbon Architecture Triennale

Writer-in-Residence at Palácio Pombal in Lisbon.

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Canongate Future 40

2 September 2013

Canongate Future 40

Defining the next four decades.

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Adaptation

Collective Gallery
1 July 2013

Adaptation

Adaptation is a phased year long project considering the effect that changing circumstances can have on forms, with Banu Cennetoglu & Philippine Hoegen, Maria Fusco, Dominic Paterson and Sarah Tripp. I am working on writings based on the film roles of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland.

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What Would Thomas Bernhard Do?

Kunsthalle Wien
23 May 2013

What Would Thomas Bernhard Do?

Ten days, one hundred events in Vienna.

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International Art Writing Seminar

Aarhus, Denmark
14 March 2013

International Art Writing Seminar

I was invited to keynote at the International Art Writing Seminar in Aarhus.

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Tyrone Guthrie Centre

24 July 2012

Tyrone Guthrie Centre

My residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.

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The Happy Hypocrite art writing readings

The Happy Hypocrite's new cycle of art writing readings.

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Convergence: Literary Art Exhibitions

An exhibition about how reading literature can be at the core of contemporary art practice.

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Cove Park

Residency
2 June 2011

Cove Park

My residency at Cove Park in Scotland.

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London Word Festival

Me + The Mechanical Copula + London Word Festival.

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The Mechanical Copula Launch

Hot off the press.

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COSEY COMPLEX

27 March 2010

COSEY COMPLEX

COSEY COMPLEX came crashing into consciousness one Thursday afternoon near Kings Lynn as Cosey Fanni Tutti and I talked about, amongst other things, how nomenclatures can numb, nurture, pay and percolate concepts into life. This wonky process of taxonomy got me thinking on the train back to London if Cosey could be methodology in and of itself.

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Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing

Maybe the world's first Festival of Art Writing? This parley-based event took as its eponymous starting point issue three of The Happy Hypocrite, Volatile Dispersal: Speed and Reading, as usual themed by methodology, as usual not themed by content.

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Living Clay

Art Writing Readings
22 September 2009

Living Clay

Living Clay was a series of bi-monthly reading events, co-hosted by myself and an invited publication, about art writing as a meeting place for deduction, disagreement and debate, part of my role as Writer-in-Residence at Whitechapel Gallery. Guest publications included: Cabinet (New York), The Happy Hypocrite (London), Fillip (Vancouver), MATERIAL (Los Angeles) and F.R. David (Amsterdam).

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Who is this who is coming?

Arts Writing Symposium
18 June 2009

Who is this who is coming?

A two-day symposium discussing the practice of contemporary art writing at Whitechapel Gallery, London, as part of my role as Writer-in-Residence there. Speakers included: Beatrice Gibson, Jennifer Higgie, Craig Martin and Alexandre Singh.

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Make an Icon Out of Popcorn

An experimental one-day publishing project devised by myself, and produced in collaboration with APFEL A Practice for Everyday Life, Art Quarters Press and Matt’s Gallery, London.

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Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism

Conference
27 February 2009

Judgment and Contemporary Art Criticism

A two-day international conference held at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada. Participants included: Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Jeff Derksen, Diedrich Diederichsen, Maria Fusco, Markus Miessen, Tom Morton, John O’Brian, Kristina Lee Podesva, Jordan Strom, William Wood and Tirdad Zolghadr.

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Put About Conference

Tate Modern
27 November 2004

Put About Conference

A conference on contemporary independent arts publishing which I convened at Tate Modern.

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