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Brandon Bauer is an associate professor of art at St. Norbert College. He uses art as a space for ethical inquiry, exploring issues relating to democracy, nuclear abolition, terrorism and the climate crisis by examining critical histories embedded in cultural ephemera. His work utilizes photography, video, digital graphics and installation.
Bauer’s work has been exhibited and screened internationally, including at the Aces(s) electronic media festival in Pau, France; the European Media Arts Festival in Osnabruck, Germany; and the Carnival of e-Creativity in Shillong, India. He has published in academic journals such as Media-N, Hz and Arts & International Affairs. Brandon is a recipient of the Bishop Robert F. Morneau Community Service Faculty Award for the development of his art and democracy service-learning courses.
Books:
Oliver Ressler – Catastrophe Bonds, Published by the Art Discipline at St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
Book chapters:
Forthcoming Book Chapter: Art in a Democratic Society - Community Engagement and the Covid-19 Pandemic, Vernon Press, Wilmington, DE, USA
Catastrophe Bonds. An Interview with Oliver Ressler - Chapter 2: The Edge of Equilibrium, Vanillaedizioni, Albissola Marina, Italy (2021)
Landscapes of Absence – Chapter 16: Critical Digital Making in Art Education, Peter Lang Publishing, Bern, Switzerland (2020)
Academic journals:
Aram Han Sifuentes - Let Us Vote!, Ruukku: Studies in Artistic Research, Nr 20: Artivism, April 2023
Art in a Democratic Society, fsm. Volume 2, Issue 7, Late-November 2022
Oliver Ressler: Catastrophe Bonds, Arts & International Affairs Issue 3.3 – 4.1 Autumn/Winter 2018-2019
Landscapes of Absence, Hz #21, January 2019 • Landscapes of Absence, Media-N: Uncovering News: Reporting and Forms of New Media Art, V. 12 N. 3, Fall 2016
