Amber Hawk Swanson (b. 1980, Davenport, Iowa) is a video and performance artist living and working in NYC. More...
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P R O J E C T S
+ "Doll Closet"
December 10-17, 2014
Watermill Center (Hamptons, NY)
simultaneous broadcast via Livestream beginning at 11am (EST) each morning with daily call-ins from doll owner “Jesse” beginning at noon (EST)
(made possible with a 2014 Franklin Furnace grant)
+ "FIVE DOLLS"
2013-Present
“FIVE DOLLS” is a performance & online experience that brings contemporary feminist art online while revising representations of doll subcultures. Five Amber Dolls based on the original RealDoll commissioned in Hawk Swanson's likeness in 2006 will be distributed to international participants, who will join her in a year-long interactive performance and culminating exhibition.
BOMB Magazine Preview here.
+ "Sidore Mark II / Heather > LOLITA"
December 10-15, 2013
LMCC Workspace (New York, NY)
simultaneous broadcast via Livestream beginning at 10am (EST) each morning with ongoing participation from doll owners "Davecat" and “Jesse”
(forthcoming full-length video)
+ "Letters to Pieces"
2012-Present
40-page excerpt presented by Women & Performance
View cover image & first page here.
C U R R E N T
March 9-May 25, 2015 New Museum Seminar: SPECULATION
September 2014-August 2015 Sharpe-Walentas Residency
R E C E N T
December 2014 The Watermill Center Residency
November 5, 2014 Yale University Sculpture Department Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visits (New Haven)
Performances at Dollstock, October 17-19, 2014
October 7, 2014 Columbia University Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS) Lecture and Studio Visits (NYC)
September 18, 2014 ]ps[ Lecture (London)
July-August 2014 Yaddo Residency
2013-2014 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Workspace Residency
Performances at DolLApolooza, July 17-19, 2014
Performances at Dollstock, November 1-4, 2013 (stills here)
June-July 2013 MacDowell Residency / Fellowship
May 2013 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency curated by Coco Fusco
Recently Added to Academic Writing (PDF Download):
+ David J. Getsy, "Queer Exercises: Amber Hawk Swanson's Performances of Self-Realization," GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 19.4 (Fall 2013): 465-85.
+ David J. Getsy, “Acts of Stillness: Statues, Performativity, and Passive Resistance," Criticism 56.1 (2014):1-20.
Coming Soon to Academic Writing (PDF Download):
+ Juana María Rodríguez, “Viscous Pleasures and Unruly Feminisms,” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (2014, Forthcoming) An earlier iteration, "Untitled Feminism" published on the NYU Press Blog here.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
P R O J E C T S
+ "Doll Closet"
December 10-17, 2014
Watermill Center (Hamptons, NY)
simultaneous broadcast via Livestream beginning at 11am (EST) each morning with daily call-ins from doll owner “Jesse” beginning at noon (EST)
(made possible with a 2014 Franklin Furnace grant)
+ "FIVE DOLLS"
2013-Present
“FIVE DOLLS” is a performance & online experience that brings contemporary feminist art online while revising representations of doll subcultures. Five Amber Dolls based on the original RealDoll commissioned in Hawk Swanson's likeness in 2006 will be distributed to international participants, who will join her in a year-long interactive performance and culminating exhibition.
BOMB Magazine Preview here.
+ "Sidore Mark II / Heather > LOLITA"
December 10-15, 2013
LMCC Workspace (New York, NY)
simultaneous broadcast via Livestream beginning at 10am (EST) each morning with ongoing participation from doll owners "Davecat" and “Jesse”
(forthcoming full-length video)
+ "Letters to Pieces"
2012-Present
40-page excerpt presented by Women & Performance
View cover image & first page here.
C U R R E N T
March 9-May 25, 2015 New Museum Seminar: SPECULATION
September 2014-August 2015 Sharpe-Walentas Residency
R E C E N T
December 2014 The Watermill Center Residency
November 5, 2014 Yale University Sculpture Department Visiting Artist Lecture and Studio Visits (New Haven)
Performances at Dollstock, October 17-19, 2014
October 7, 2014 Columbia University Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS) Lecture and Studio Visits (NYC)
September 18, 2014 ]ps[ Lecture (London)
July-August 2014 Yaddo Residency
2013-2014 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Workspace Residency
Performances at DolLApolooza, July 17-19, 2014
Performances at Dollstock, November 1-4, 2013 (stills here)
June-July 2013 MacDowell Residency / Fellowship
May 2013 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency curated by Coco Fusco
Recently Added to Academic Writing (PDF Download):
+ David J. Getsy, "Queer Exercises: Amber Hawk Swanson's Performances of Self-Realization," GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 19.4 (Fall 2013): 465-85.
+ David J. Getsy, “Acts of Stillness: Statues, Performativity, and Passive Resistance," Criticism 56.1 (2014):1-20.
Coming Soon to Academic Writing (PDF Download):
+ Juana María Rodríguez, “Viscous Pleasures and Unruly Feminisms,” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies (2014, Forthcoming) An earlier iteration, "Untitled Feminism" published on the NYU Press Blog here.
