Overt Research

A Multispecies Red-Light District for Amsterdam: A Propositional Image
White, N. and O.Connell, T. 2024. A Multispecies Red-Light District for Amsterdam: A Propositional Image. Cultural Politics. 20 (1), pp. 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-10969279

The Art Schools of the West Midlands
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2023. The Art Schools of the West Midlands. The New Art Gallery Walsall 17 Feb - 02 Jul 2023

Anthropogenic Noise: An Artist Talk
White, N. 2023. Anthropogenic Noise: An Artist Talk.

The Art Schools of the East Midlands
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2023. The Art Schools of the East Midlands. Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University 22 Sep - 02 Dec 2023

Practice Research Voices (PRVOICES): Final report and recommendations
Evans, Jenny, Vials Moore, Adam, Bailey, Helen, Basford, Jenny, Kotarski, Rachael, Mead, Joshua, Ranger, Holly, Stone, Alan, Watts, Nina and White, Neal 2023. Practice Research Voices (PRVOICES): Final report and recommendations. London University of Westminster. https://doi.org/10.34737/w3803

Nature of Truth
White, N. and O'Connell, T. 2022. Nature of Truth.

Perfect Nature: Amstelpark Test Site
White, N. 2022. Perfect Nature: Amstelpark Test Site. Amsterdam 22 Apr - 19 Jun 2022

Between the Barometer and the Dragonfly
White, N., Bremner, L., Cook, J. and Cullen, B. 2021. Between the Barometer and the Dragonfly. Venice Biennale of Architecture

Harmony, Contrast & Discord: Rochdale and the Art Schools of the North West
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2021. Harmony, Contrast & Discord: Rochdale and the Art Schools of the North West. Touchstones Rochdale 18 May - 03 Jul 2021

Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s, Natasha Zaretsky (2018)
Beck, J. 2021. Radiation Nation: Three Mile Island and the Political Transformation of the 1970s, Natasha Zaretsky (2018). European Journal of American Culture. 40 (1), pp. 85-87. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac_00039_5

On the Beach
Beck, J. 2021. On the Beach. Cultural Politics. 17 (1), pp. 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-8797627

Landscape as Weapon: Cultures of Exhaustion and Refusal
Beck, J. 2021. Landscape as Weapon: Cultures of Exhaustion and Refusal. London Reaktion Press.

An Atlas of Chronographic Things - (Time Machines - Part 1)
White, N. 2020. An Atlas of Chronographic Things - (Time Machines - Part 1) . Trondheim, Norway

Technocrats of the Imagination: Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde
Beck, J. and Bishop, R. 2020. Technocrats of the Imagination: Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde. Durham, North Carolina Duke University Press.

The Time Capsule and the Cut Up: Negotiating Temporality, Anticipating Catastrophe
Beck, J. and Dorrian, M. 2020. The Time Capsule and the Cut Up: Negotiating Temporality, Anticipating Catastrophe. Theory, Culture & Society. 37 (7-8), pp. 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276420958049

Tiny Love Songs (All our futures are scalable)
White, N. Forthcoming. Tiny Love Songs (All our futures are scalable). Holland

The North West Art School Record Machine
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2019. The North West Art School Record Machine. Bury Art Museum 12 Oct 2019 - 25 Jan 2020

The Deep Field Trilogy. Part One: Initial Conditions
White, N. and Thomson, J. 2019. The Deep Field Trilogy. Part One: Initial Conditions. UN/GREEN. Naturally Artificial Intelligences RIXC Festival and the 4th Open Fields conference on Art-Science Research July 4 – 6, 2019, Riga

The Art Schools of North West England
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2018. The Art Schools of North West England. Bluecoat, Liverpool 17 Nov 2018 - 31 Mar 2019

Brownsea: An Imaginary Island (An Island of the Imaginary)
White, N. 2018. Brownsea: An Imaginary Island (An Island of the Imaginary). Arts Catalyst, London 22 Mar 2018 - 12 May 2019

The Return of the Art and Technology Lab
Beck, J. and Bishop, R. 2018. The Return of the Art and Technology Lab. Cultural Politics. 14 (2), pp. 225-243. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-6609102

Archive in Ashes
White, N. 2017. Archive in Ashes.

All that is Data Melts into Air
White, N. 2017. All that is Data Melts into Air.

Transpositions: Artistic Data Exploration
White, N. 2017. Transpositions: Artistic Data Exploration. Färgfabriken, KTH, Stockholm 04 - 05 Oct 2017

Deep Architectures of Inquiry
O'Connell, T. and White, N. 2017. Deep Architectures of Inquiry. Office of Experiments.

Utah and the Times: Governing Temporality in Deseret
Beck, J. 2017. Utah and the Times: Governing Temporality in Deseret. in: Lübecker, N. and Rugo, D. (ed.) James Benning's Environments: Politics, Ecology, Duration Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 39-54

The potential of destruction in art and science
White, N. 2017. The potential of destruction in art and science. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 42 (1-2), pp. 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/03080188.2017.1297166

Is a meaningful dialogue possible between research practices in the arts and in science and technology?
White, N. 2016. Is a meaningful dialogue possible between research practices in the arts and in science and technology? Data Rush Symposium. Angewandte Innovation Laboratory 17 - 17 May 2016

Photography and Abstraction [Special Issue of Photographies journal]
Cunningham, D.I. and Beck, J. 2016. Photography and Abstraction [Special Issue of Photographies journal]. Photographies. 9 (2), pp. 129-228.

A Call for Radical Time
White, N. 2016. A Call for Radical Time. in: Le Feuvre, Lisa (ed.) A Lesson in Sculpture with John Latham Leeds Henry Moore Institute.

The Imaginary Archive; Third Campaign
White, N. 2016. The Imaginary Archive; Third Campaign. The Imaginary Archive. Whitechapel Gallery, London 29 Jan 2016

Flat Time
White, N. 2016. Flat Time. Dark Matters: Exploring Thresholds of (Im)perceptibility. An AHRC Exhibition and Workshop. Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, United Kingdom 14 Dec 2016

Cultures of the Anthropocene
White, N. 2016. Cultures of the Anthropocene . RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2015. Exeter University

Super Scale Psycho Data
White, N. 2016. Super Scale Psycho Data. Ars Santa Monica, Barcelona.

Neal White realises a Skoob. Henry Moore Institute
White, N. 2016. Neal White realises a Skoob. Henry Moore Institute. Leeds, UK 24 Mar - 19 Jun 2016

9 Events - Royal College of Art
White, N. 2016. 9 Events - Royal College of Art. Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Arts, London 05 - 25 Mar 2016

Overt Research: Fieldwork and Transparency
White, N. and Rowell, S. 2016. Overt Research: Fieldwork and Transparency. in: Williams, A.J., Jenkings, N., Woodward, R. and Rech, M.F. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods Routledge. pp. 387-406

The Future: RAND, Brand and Dangerous to Know
Beck, J. 2016. The Future: RAND, Brand and Dangerous to Know. in: Beck, J. and Bishop, R. (ed.) Cold War Legacies: Systems, Theory, Aesthetics Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 35-49

Introduction: The Long Cold War
Beck, J. and Bishop, R. 2016. Introduction: The Long Cold War. in: Beck, J. and Bishop, R. (ed.) Cold War Legacies: Systems, Theory, Aesthetics Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1-32

Introduction: Photography and Abstraction
Beck, J. and Cunningham, D.I. 2016. Introduction: Photography and Abstraction. Photographies. 9 (2), pp. 129-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2016.1181971

High Formalism: The aerial view and the colour field
Beck, J. 2016. High Formalism: The aerial view and the colour field. Photographies. 9 (2), pp. 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2016.1181969

A Military Definition of Reality: Researching Literature and Militarization
Beck, J. 2016. A Military Definition of Reality: Researching Literature and Militarization. in: Williams, A.J., Jenkings, A., Woodward, R. and Rech, M.F. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods Abingdon Routledge. pp. 84-94

Hyperdrone
White, N. 2015. Hyperdrone. Wysing Arts, Cambridge

Secrecy and Art in Practice
White, N. 2015. Secrecy and Art in Practice. Politics and Practices of Secrecy. Institute of North American Studies, Kings College, London 15 - 15 May 2015

Notes for a Manifesto
White, N. 2015. Notes for a Manifesto. White Heat Symposium. Department of Engineering, Cambridge University in association with Kettles Yard

Sites of Excavation and Construction
White, N. 2015. Sites of Excavation and Construction.

The Third Campaign: Extracts
White, N., La Fevre, L and Yiakoumaki, N 2015. The Third Campaign: Extracts. Whitechapel Gallery 22 Sep 2014 - 22 Feb 2015

Infomoma
White, N. 2014. Infomoma. Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule.

God is Great: John Latham and Neal White
Latham, J. and White, N. 2014. God is Great: John Latham and Neal White. Portikus gallery, Frankfurt am Main 10 May - 29 Jun 2014

Correspondence between John Latham and Neal White
White, N. and Latham, J. 2014. Correspondence between John Latham and Neal White. NOIT. 1.

Burning
White, N. 2014. Burning. NOIT. 2.

White heat: art, science and social responsibility in 1960s Britain
White, N. 2014. White heat: art, science and social responsibility in 1960s Britain. Kettle’s Yard and Mima.

Art as event: John Latham and flat time theory
White, N. 2014. Art as event: John Latham and flat time theory. Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule.

Dark Data - Absence and intervention
White, N. 2014. Dark Data - Absence and intervention.

On Being Overt
White, N. 2014. On Being Overt. Knowledge Value and Dark Data: Absences, Interventions And Digital Worlds. University of Exeter 15 - 16 Dec 2014

Dislocated Data Palm (in Two Parts)
White, N. 2014. Dislocated Data Palm (in Two Parts) . Portikus, Frankfurt. Germany 10 May - 29 Jun 2014

Skoob Performances
White, N. 2014. Skoob Performances. in: Le Feuvre, L. (ed.) NOIT 2 / Burning London Flat Time House.

The Call of the Anthropocene
Beck, J. 2014. The Call of the Anthropocene. Cultural Politics. 10 (3), pp. 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-2795765

Postcatastrophic utopias
Beck, J. and Dorrian, M. 2014. Postcatastrophic utopias. Cultural Politics. 10 (2), pp. 132-150. https://doi.org/10.1215/17432197-2651729

The Art School and the Culture Shed
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2014. The Art School and the Culture Shed. Kingston upon Thames Centre for Useless Splendour.

The purloined landscape: photography and power in the American West
Beck, J. 2014. The purloined landscape: photography and power in the American West. Tate Papers. 21.

Modern British Sculpture Catalogue
White, N. 2013. Modern British Sculpture Catalogue. in: Curtis, P. and Wilson, K. (ed.) Modern British Sculpture London Royal Academy of Arts. pp. 278-279

Experiments and Archives in the Expanded Field
White, N. 2013. Experiments and Archives in the Expanded Field. in: Stuckey, K., Lane, V. and Vaknin, J. (ed.) All This Stuff: Archiving the Artist Faringdon, Oxfordshire Libri Publishing. pp. 47-61

On Not Knowing
White, N. 2013. On Not Knowing. in: Fisher, E. and Fortnum, R. (ed.) On Not Knowing: How Artists Think Black Dog Publishing.

Epistemic Events
White, N. 2013. Epistemic Events. in: Schwab, M. (ed.) Experimental Systems: Future Knowledge in Artistic Research Belgium Leuven University Press.

Strangers to the stars: abstraction, aereality, aspect perception
Beck, J. 2013. Strangers to the stars: abstraction, aereality, aspect perception. in: Armitage, J. and Bishop, R. (ed.) Virilio and visual culture Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 46-68

Beyond the darkness of the just lived moment
Beck, J. 2013. Beyond the darkness of the just lived moment. in: Makhoul, B. (ed.) Palestinian video art: constellation of the moving image Jerusalem Al Hoash. pp. 156-169

Between the castle and the village
Beck, J. 2013. Between the castle and the village. in: Bishop, R. and Hon, G. (ed.) Bashir Makhoul, Aissa Deebi: otherwise occupied Jerusalem Al Hoash. pp. 150-165

In and out of the box: Bashir Makhoul’s Forbidden City
Beck, J. 2012. In and out of the box: Bashir Makhoul’s Forbidden City. Theory, Culture and Society. 29 (7-8), pp. 341-357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276412459088

The art school in ruins
Beck, J. and Cornford, M. 2012. The art school in ruins. Journal of Visual Culture. 11 (1), pp. 58-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470412911430467

The place of catastrophe: Clarence King, Mike Davis and the politics of contingency
Beck, J. 2011. The place of catastrophe: Clarence King, Mike Davis and the politics of contingency. in: Wragg, D.A. and Heffernan, N. (ed.) Culture, environment and eco-politics Newcastle Upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 84-110

Signs of the sky, signs of the times: photography as double agent
Beck, J. 2011. Signs of the sky, signs of the times: photography as double agent. Theory, Culture and Society. 28 (7-8), pp. 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276411423773

Concrete ambivalence: inside the bunker complex
Beck, J. 2011. Concrete ambivalence: inside the bunker complex. Cultural Politics. 7 (1), pp. 79-102. https://doi.org/10.2752/175174311X12861940861789

Fieldworks from the Museum of the Void: Experiments in the Event of an Archive
White, N., Smith, D. and Jeong, D. 2010. Fieldworks from the Museum of the Void: Experiments in the Event of an Archive. University of the Arts London: Chelsea Space.

Dark Places Catalogue (First ed.)
White, N. 2010. Dark Places Catalogue (First ed.). University of Southampton: John Hansard Gallery.

The Body in Contemporary Art
White, N. 2009. The Body in Contemporary Art. in: O'Reilly, S. (ed.) The Body in Contemporary Art Thames & Hudson.

Voids/Vides. A Retrospective of Empty Exhibitions. Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Bern, Centre Pompidou-Metz
White, N. 2009. Voids/Vides. A Retrospective of Empty Exhibitions. Centre Pompidou, Kunsthalle Bern, Centre Pompidou-Metz. in: Copeland, M., Hendricks, J., Philpot, C., Metzger, G., Perret, M.-T. and Lippard, L.R. (ed.) Voids: a retrospective Paris, France JRP/Ringier.

Et in Arizona ego: Baudrillard on the Planet of the Apes
Beck, J. 2009. Et in Arizona ego: Baudrillard on the Planet of the Apes. in: Bishop, R. (ed.) Baudrillard now: current perspectives in Baudrillard studies Cambridge Polity. pp. 100-115

Dirty wars: landscape, power, and waste in Western American literature
Beck, J. 2009. Dirty wars: landscape, power, and waste in Western American literature. Lincoln University of Nebraska Press.

Velocities of power
Beck, J. and Crosthwaite, P. 2007. Velocities of power. Cultural Politics. 3 (1), pp. 23-34. https://doi.org/10.2752/174321907780031034

Resistance becomes ballistic: Vanishing Point and the end of the road
Beck, J. 2007. Resistance becomes ballistic: Vanishing Point and the end of the road. Cultural Politics. 3 (1), pp. 35-50. https://doi.org/10.2752/174321907780031070

Zapruder, Warhol, and the accident of images
Beck, J. 2005. Zapruder, Warhol, and the accident of images. in: Holloway, D. and Beck, J. (ed.) American visual cultures London Continuum. pp. 183-189

Reading room: erosion and sedimentation in Sebald's Suffolk
Beck, J. 2004. Reading room: erosion and sedimentation in Sebald's Suffolk. in: Long, J.J. and Whitehead, A. (ed.) W.G. Sebald: a critical companion Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press. pp. 75-88

Ott’s Sneeze
Norfolk, L. and White, N. 2002. Ott’s Sneeze. London Bookworks.

Writing the radical center: William Carlos Williams, John Dewey, and American cultural politics
Beck, J. 2001. Writing the radical center: William Carlos Williams, John Dewey, and American cultural politics. Albany State University of New York Press.

Without form and void: the American desert as trope and terrain
Beck, J. 2001. Without form and void: the American desert as trope and terrain. Nepantla: views from South. 2 (1), pp. 63-83.

An over-illuminated world: Reyner Banham and art history in the wilderness
Beck, J. 2000. An over-illuminated world: Reyner Banham and art history in the wilderness. Everything. 3, pp. 26-33.

‘A certain but fugitive testimony': witnessing the light of time in Cormac McCarthy's Southwestern fiction
Beck, J. 2000. ‘A certain but fugitive testimony': witnessing the light of time in Cormac McCarthy's Southwestern fiction. in: Wallach, R. (ed.) Myth, legend, dust: critical responses to Cormac McCarthy Manchester Manchester University Press. pp. 209-216

Blown away: wars visible and invisible in Richard Misrach’s Desert Cantos
Beck, J. 2000. Blown away: wars visible and invisible in Richard Misrach’s Desert Cantos. European Journal of American Culture. 19 (3), pp. 156-166. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejac.19.3.156

Buckminster Fuller and the politics of shelter
Beck, J. 1999. Buckminster Fuller and the politics of shelter. in: Hughes, J. and Sadler, S. (ed.) Non-plan: essays on freedom, participation and change in modern architecture and urbanism Oxford Architectural Press. pp. 116-125