Dr. Christine Ross

Biography

Christine Ross is the Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Her research focuses on contemporary media arts, vision and visuality, transformations of spectatorship in contemporary art, and participatory media art. She investigates artistic redefinitions of the public sphere and the reconfigurations of time and temporality in contemporary media art practices, as well as the responses of contemporary art to migration. Christine has published several influential books, including 'Art for Coexistence: Unlearning the Way We See Migration' (MIT Press, 2022) and 'The Aesthetics of Disengagement: Contemporary Art and Depression' (University of Minnesota Press, 2006). She was the principal investigator of various FQRSC-funded research projects, including MediaTopia and the Art and New Media initiative, and served as the Director of Media@McGill, a hub for interdisciplinary research at the intersection of media, technology, and culture. In recognition of her contributions to the field, she has received several awards, including the Artexte Canadian Award for Research in Contemporary Art and was elected as a Member of the Royal Society of Canada. Christine continues to engage with critical issues in contemporary art and media, recently working on a book project addressing the migrant crisis.

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