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Art Forum Welcomes Rothem Rozenthal

September 15, 2015, 2:30 pm - 4:20 pm
Location Calcia Hall - 135
SponsorDepartment of Art and Design, College of the ArtsCostNo cost, open to the publicMore Informationhttp:/‌/‌www.montclair.edu/‌arts/‌art-and-design/‌faculty/‌artforum/‌Posted InCali School of Music
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Rothem Rozenthal, is a Photo-historian, curator and writer residing in Beacon, NY, Rotem Rozental explores the intersections of cultural technologies, institutional archives and civic identity. She pursues her dissertation research, titled Photographic Archives, Nationalism and the Foundation of the Jewish State, 1903-1948 under the guidance of Prof. John Tagg in the Art History Department of Binghamton University. In 2015-2016, Rotem will be the Dr. Sophie Bookhalter Research Fellow in Jewish Culture in the Center for Jewish History. Her project, Dead Lands: Karkaot Mawat, won the NurtureART curatorial call and will be exhibited in April 2016. Her essay, “Under Dor Guez’s Bed: Scenes from the Christian Palestinian Archive,” will be published in Photographies in 2016.

Traversing the domains of technology, media and art, Rotem has been working as a consultant, editor, writer and organizer for international publications, as well as cultural non-profits and organizations. Rotem currently serves as the Online Editorial Director of The Shpilman Institute for Photography and the startup Splacer.co. 

Her writings and scholarly texts appeared in publications such as Artforum.com, Philosophy of Photography and Uncertain States. International curatorial projects include We – Festi-Conference for Creative Collectives (2012-2013, Jerusalem), Three Cities Against the Wall (New York, Ramallah and Tel Aviv, 2005), and most recently, the collaborative archival project Outlet: The Archive of the Israeli Trade Center (Israel/Upstate NY 

Art Forum is a series of lectures and presentations by artists, critics, museum directors, art historians, and curators. Through exposing students to the experiences of international artists and members of the global arts community, this course intends to introduce students to the creative process, different philosophies of art, and the role of art in private and public life