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Maggie McCormick is an Honorary Fellow at RMIT University's School of Art, based at the City Campus in Australia. Her academic work bridges the disciplines of visual arts, urban studies, and cultural theory with a particular focus on the intersections between art practice and urban consciousness.
McCormick's research interests center on Art Theory and Criticism, Visual Arts and Crafts, Cultural Studies, and Specialist Studies in Education. Her work explores urban consciousness through multiple lenses including globalization and culture, art and urbanization, contemporary cultural concepts, contemporary Chinese art practice, and art in public space. She investigates how digital technologies and transcontinental connections reshape our understanding of urban environments and human experiences within them.
Her extensive publication record reveals a consistent focus on mapping urban experiences through artistic research. McCormick's work demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between visual arts, urban studies, and digital media. She has developed innovative methodologies for exploring urban emotion, particularly through projects like SkypeLab that examine transcontinental urban connections and the concept of 'urbaness.' Her research shows increasing attention to the impact of digital networks on public space, especially evident in her more recent work responding to pandemic-era urban transformations.
Maggie McCormick actively supervises research students, with projects including 'Curating In-Between,' 'Sounding Transformation in Three Cities,' 'Princes Park and the Persian Garden,' and 'Transitory Encounters.' These supervision projects reflect her commitment to embodied artistic research that addresses contemporary urban challenges across different cultural contexts. Her work demonstrates a sustained engagement with how art practice can re-territorialize public space and give voice to marginalized urban experiences.
