Irit Rogoff


Irit Rogoff is a theorist, curator, and organizer who writes at the intersections of the critical, the political, and contemporary arts practices. Rogoff is a professor at Goldsmiths College, London University, in the department of Visual Cultures, which she founded in 2002.

Her work across a series of new 'think tank' Ph.D. programs at Goldsmiths (Research Architecture, Curatorial/Knowledge) is focusing on the possibility of locating, moving, and exchanging knowledges across professional practices, self-generated forums, academic institutions, and individual enthusiasms. Her publications include Museum Culture (1997), Terra Infirma - Geography's Visual Culture (2001), A.C.A.D.E.M.Y (2006), Unbounded - Limits Possibilities (2008), and the forthcoming Looking Away - Participating Singularities, Ontological Communities (2009).

Curatorial work includes De-Regulation with the work of Kutlug Ataman (2005-8), A.C.A.D.E.M.Y (2006), and Summit - Non Aligned Initiatives in Education Culture (2007).