Mark Peter Andrew Rohtmaa-Jackson (born 2 February 1976) is an US-American British

curator A curator (from , meaning 'to take care') is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular ins ...

based in the

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. In 2023 they were appointed the Director of LungA School, an independent artist-led art school in

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Life and work

Jackson is the co-founder of

IMT Gallery IMT Gallery (also known as IMT or Image Music Text) is a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green in London's East End of London, East End. History IMT Gallery was founded by Lindsay Friend in 2005 as IMT and launched with the first London sol ...

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, acting as the gallery's curator from 2005 to 2023. At IMT, Jackson specialised in

sound art Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary Time-based media, time-based Artistic medium, medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in Cross-genr ...

and audiovisual practice, curating exhibitions including 2010's ''Dead Fingers Talk: The Tape Experiments of William S. Burroughs'', an exhibition built around a series of unreleased experiments with

audio tape Audiotape is magnetic tape used for storing audio. Information stored can be in the form of either an analog or digital signal. Audiotape can be used in various tape recorders including machines for reel-to-reel audio tape recording on open reels ...

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major Postmodern literature, postmodern author who influen ...

. Their book on curating, ''Contemporary Exhibition-Making and Management'', was published by

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in 2023. Jackson originally studied and taught in the

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having a degree in

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from the

University of East London University of East London (UEL) is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford, London, Stratford and London Docklands, Docklands, following the opening of University Squar ...

and an MA in Fine Art Media from the

Slade School of Fine Art The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as ...

. They taught on MA Sound Arts at

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from 2008 to 2014, BA Fine Art at

Southampton Solent University Southampton Solent University (formerly and commonly known as Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near ...

from 2013 to 2014 and was a Senior Lecturer in art history and critical theory at

Northumbria University Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a Public research university, public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, North East of England. It has been a university since 199 ...

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, from 2014 to 2023 where they were the curator of exhibitions at the university's art gallery Gallery North from 2014-18. They are an authority on Burroughs's experiments with tape, researching a PhD on the tape experiments at CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice),

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, supervised by Angus Carlyle, Salomé Voegelin and

David Toop David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, and emeritus professor. From 2013 to 2021 he was professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a regular contributor to British ...

and speaking on Burroughs at conferences including ''Beyond the Cut-up: William S. Burroughs and the Image'' at

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and the Sound Art Curating conference at ZKM. In 2014 they composed ''This is a game called ‘Hello, hello, here is X.X.’'' a limited-edition art-work in the form of a vinyl made from a recorded interview between Burroughs and journalist Roger Clarke. Jackson has also exhibited or performed as an artist, including as part of

Plastique Fantastique Plastique Fantastique is a London-based art group active from 2004–present envisaged as a group of human and inhuman avatars delivering communiqués from the extreme past and the future. The group was originally conceived of by Simon O’Sulliv ...

from 2011 to 2020.

External links

website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Mark Living people 1976 births Academics of the London College of Communication Academics of Northumbria University Academics of Southampton Solent University Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Alumni of the University of East London American emigrants to England American expatriates in Iceland British curators British expatriates in Iceland People educated at Bedales School