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Studied German literature, linguistics, psychology and art history. She is a freelance curator, writer, and art critic (regular contributor for art/magazines and newspapers such as Kunstbulletin, Artis, Flash Art, Texte zur Kunst, Springerin, nbk, du, WoZ, Neue Zürcher Zeitung). In 1998 she received the art critic's award from the Bundesamt für Kultur, Switzerland.
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'''Yvonne Volkart''' is responsible for the research development at the Institute Art Gender Nature, FHNW Academy of Art and Design in [[Basel]]. She is senior lecturer of art theory and cultural media studies and supervisor for master and PhD students. She also holds a teaching position at the Master of Arts in Art Education, Zurich University of the Arts. In addition, she is freelance curator and project leader at the Department for Art and Architecture, City of Zurich Public Works Office. She writes regularly for ''[[Springerin]]'' and other art magazines. She was a curator at [https://archiv2012.shedhalle.ch/archiv2012.shedhalle.ch/en/ausstellungen.html Shedhalle Zürich], and a core-member of the cyberfeminist alliance [[Old Boys Network]] (OBN). Currently, she is writing the monograph ''[[Media:Volkart Yvonne Technologies of Care 2023.pdf|Technologies of Care. From Sensing Technologies to an Aesthetics of Attention in a More-than-Human World]]'' ([https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/technologies-of-care-7046 diaphanes], 2023). Her concerns lie in the modes how aesthetic theory-practice, ecology, technology, science, and decolonial feminism come together and bring us in relation to the world. In her research projects, she engages with innovative approaches such as experimental workshops, audio walks, mappings, excursions, audio essays, texts and exhibitions to address people in manifold ways beyond academic modes.
She is lecturer of German, New Media and Gender Studies at the Hochschule of Art and Design in Zurich, and holds a wide range of lectures, seminars and workshops at various international art schools and universities.
 
The latest exhibition projects were »Tenacity. Cultural Practices in the Age of Bio- and Informationtechnologies«, New York/Zurich, 2000, »Body as Byte. The Body as information flow« (2001), and the internet and CD-ROM part of »Double Life. Identity and Transformation in Contemporary Arts«, Vienna 2001.
 
She planned and organized various conferences - e.g. »Brave New Work«, a two-day conference in the framework of "Viper, 18th International Film, Video and Multimedia Festival", Lucerne, May 1998, and "Strategies of the New Cyberfeminism", 8-11 March 1999, Rotterdam.
 
In 2001, she is networker of Plug-In, forum for new media in Basel, and initiated projects with Shu Lea Cheang, Knowbotic Research and Blast Theory. She is currently writing a PhD about cyborgs in new media art (University of Oldenburg).
 
  
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Current research project: Plants_Intelligence. Learning like a Plant (2022–2025, funded by SNSF, led by Yvonne Volkart). Completed research projects include: [https://www.fhnw.ch/de/forschung-und-dienstleistungen/gestaltung-kunst/forschung/forschungsprojekte-des-instituts-kunst-gender-natur-iagn/ecodata-ecomedia-ecoaesthetics Ecodata–Ecomedia–Ecoaesthetics. The Role and Significance of New Media, Technologies and Technoscientific Methods in the Arts for the Perception and Awareness of the Ecological] (2017–2021; funded by SNSF, led by Yvonne Volkart); in this context, she co-curated the group exhibition and publication project Eco-Visionaries in collaboration with Karin Ohlenschläger (LABoral, Gijon) and Sabine Himmelsbach (HeK, Basel; 2018–2019); Times of Waste (2015–2018); [https://rhycycling.ixdm.ch/?lang=de RhyCycling. Aesthetics of Sustainability in the Basel Border Area] (2011–2012, both led by Flavia Caviezel and funded by SNSF); Cyborg Bodies. The End of the Progressive Body, a section which Volkart headed for the internet platform [http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/themes/#theme4 Media Art Net] (ZKM Karlsruhe/Institute Cultural Studies ZHdK, 2002–2005, led by Yvonne Volkart). [https://www.fhnw.ch/en/people/yvonne-volkart (2023)]
  
http://www.xcult.org/volkart/
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* [https://www.fhnw.ch/de/personen/yvonne-volkart Profile on FHNW]
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* [https://www.ixdm.ch/team/yvonne-volkart/ Profile on IXDM]
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 17 November 2023

Yvonne Volkart is responsible for the research development at the Institute Art Gender Nature, FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel. She is senior lecturer of art theory and cultural media studies and supervisor for master and PhD students. She also holds a teaching position at the Master of Arts in Art Education, Zurich University of the Arts. In addition, she is freelance curator and project leader at the Department for Art and Architecture, City of Zurich Public Works Office. She writes regularly for Springerin and other art magazines. She was a curator at Shedhalle Zürich, and a core-member of the cyberfeminist alliance Old Boys Network (OBN). Currently, she is writing the monograph Technologies of Care. From Sensing Technologies to an Aesthetics of Attention in a More-than-Human World (diaphanes, 2023). Her concerns lie in the modes how aesthetic theory-practice, ecology, technology, science, and decolonial feminism come together and bring us in relation to the world. In her research projects, she engages with innovative approaches such as experimental workshops, audio walks, mappings, excursions, audio essays, texts and exhibitions to address people in manifold ways beyond academic modes.

Current research project: Plants_Intelligence. Learning like a Plant (2022–2025, funded by SNSF, led by Yvonne Volkart). Completed research projects include: Ecodata–Ecomedia–Ecoaesthetics. The Role and Significance of New Media, Technologies and Technoscientific Methods in the Arts for the Perception and Awareness of the Ecological (2017–2021; funded by SNSF, led by Yvonne Volkart); in this context, she co-curated the group exhibition and publication project Eco-Visionaries in collaboration with Karin Ohlenschläger (LABoral, Gijon) and Sabine Himmelsbach (HeK, Basel; 2018–2019); Times of Waste (2015–2018); RhyCycling. Aesthetics of Sustainability in the Basel Border Area (2011–2012, both led by Flavia Caviezel and funded by SNSF); Cyborg Bodies. The End of the Progressive Body, a section which Volkart headed for the internet platform Media Art Net (ZKM Karlsruhe/Institute Cultural Studies ZHdK, 2002–2005, led by Yvonne Volkart). (2023)

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