Dr. Ashley Scarlett

Associate Professor, Liberal Studies

My research lies at the intersection of art and computational culture, with a particular focus on computational aesthetics.

Ashley Scarlett

I am interested in how computational processes that unfold outside the phenomenal field of human experience are aestheticized, conceptualized, and made available for technical and cultural critique. This has regularly involved researching the histories, practices, and politics that comprise contemporary media art, a field defined by its critical preoccupation with emerging media technologies. Engaging with photographic technologies and practices, a longstanding research interest of mine, has provided a further outlet for this line of investigation.

I would welcome an opportunity to support and mentor graduate students working at the intersection of art and technology.

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Education

Ph.D. Information, University of Toronto

M.A. Sociology, Queen’s University

B.A. Sociology/Philosophy, University of Alberta

Publications

Manuscripts

  • Scarlett, A. (Forthcoming) The Artist Incorporated: Artist Residencies and the Contingent Histories of Art and Computation. Bloomsbury, International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics.

Special Issues

Journal Articles & Book Chapters

Exhibition Curation

  • Scarlett, A. & Lipton, L. (2021) Contingent Systems. Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada. September 2021 – November 2021.  

  • Zeilinger, M. & Scarlett, A. (2018) Rethinking Affordance. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany. June – July 2018.