Kelly Rappleye

Kelly Rappleye

Curator, Arts Writer, Researcher @ContaktCollectiveLondon, United Kingdom
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Kelly Rappleye

Kelly Rappleye

Curator, Arts Writer, Researcher @ContaktCollectiveLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Curator, Arts Writer, & Researcher. Co-founder of @contaktcollective Research collectives. Exploring the intersections of artistic practice & pedagogy, pathology, racialization, criminalization & the pscychogeography of urban spaces and online network spaces.
Projects
  • Contakt Collective
    Contakt CollectiveContakt Collective LINK: @contaktcollective LINK: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Aa5e7898e-4a02-45ab-8902-70a53745ba1a Research Publication 1, Published 29/05/2020. We are a collective of researchers brought together in the Visual Cultures Department of Goldsmiths, University of London, exploring social space in a time of human capital and social distance. We experienced this pandemic together as students, as carers, as workers, as immigrants, & we fac
Projects credited in
  • Contakt Collective
    Contakt CollectiveGroup project part of the Spatial Biopolitics module (2020) in the MA Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Work history
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    Researcher, Co-founderContakt Collective
    London, United KingdomFull Time
    Co-founded a collective of researchers within the Visual Cultures Department of Goldsmiths, University of London exploring themes of human capital and sociality in a time of imposed social distancing. Organized an Instagram diary series on the @contaktcollective page. Publicized, programmed, and moderated virtual live panel discussion event on research themes. Contributed to collective research publication, published on May 29th, 2020. On-going research and publications are in the process of being developed.
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    Editorial Assistant, ContributorArtillery Magazine
    Los Angeles, United StatesFreelance
    Seasonal Editorial Staff Assistant, Contributing Writer 2010- ONGOING PROJECTS Provided copy-editing, editorial support, and administrative assistance for their monthly coverage of the contemporary art scene of Los Angeles Assisted in the curation of magazine events showcasing debates between scholars and artists on emerging topics in the contemporary art community Contributed articles and reviews for publication In the summer of 2009 I began as a hired assistant at contemporary LA-based art magazine Artillery Magazine. From then on I worked seasonally as an assistant for the summers. The summer of 2011 I began a more intensive internship with the magazine and worked closely with the editor-in-chief Tulsa Kinney. I assisted in contacting galleries for sales and information, in editing articles for print, and all other editorial functions. I also worked with the advertising team calling potential new advertisers and cold calling potential national carriers of the magazine.
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Skills
  • Art Curation
  • Art Criticism
  • Archival Research
  • Historical Research
  • Academic Writing
  • Art Writing
  • Art Exhibition
  • Art Education
  • Art Events
  • Art Theory
Education
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    MA Contemporary Art TheoryGoldsmiths College, University of London
    London, United Kingdom
    MA Contemporary Art Theory within the Visual Cultures department at Goldsmiths, University of London.
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    Exchange ProgramUniversity of Amsterdam / Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
     - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Spent one year as an exchange student in the Humanities/ Humanistic studies department at University of Amsterdam.
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