Katalin Halasz

°1976
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Katalin Halász is currently working on a practice-led PhD in visual sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests include race and whiteness, affect and emotion, feminist and queer theories, and visual and artistic research methods.

As part of her ongoing artistic research on the affective performances of white femininities she has staged a number of participatory and multimedia performances (I Love Black Men, UK, 2011; Freeing Up Shame, Brazil, 2012; The Blush Machine, Bolivia, 2013; The Chamber of White, Denmark, 2014) and curated the exhibitions Visualising Affect (UK, 2013) and The Future of Art is Urban-Artistic Research Practices and Methods in Social Sciences (UK, 2014).


Halász, K., ed., 2014. The Future of Art is Urban - Artistic Research Practices and Methods in Social Sciences. Exhibition Catalogue. With texts by A. Rooke, M. Sassatelli, A. Rhys-Taylor, P. Thomas, L. M. Damiani, V. Bedö, H. Smith, D. Blachnicka-Ciacek, C. von Wissel

Halász, K., ed., 2014. Visualising Affect: an Exhibition. In: Street Signs, Goldsmiths, University of London, Issue 2014

Halász, K., ed., 2013. Visualising Affect Exhibition Catalogue. With contributions by S. Biswas, Y. Gunaratnam, K. Panapakidis

Halász, K., 2012. I Love Black Men. A Post-White performance. In Darkmatter Journal Special Issue 2 - Post-racial imaginaries. Nov 2012

Halász, K., 2012. Decentering Images – An interview with Coco Fusco. In Engel, A. and Dorrance, J. (Eds.). Bossing Images: The power of images, queer art and politics. Berlin: Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e. V
Halász, K., & Corble, A., Dabiri, E., Kennedy, S., Reddleman, C. 2012. The art of letters: An epic journey of intimate thought and exchange. In Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, Vol. 5, Issue 2.

Halász, K. & V. Bedö, 2012. An Utopian City in the Sand. In Street Signs, Goldsmiths, University of London, Issue 2012/2013
Halász, K., 2009. The rise of the radical right in Europe and the case of Hungary: 'gypsy crime' defines national identity? In Development, 52, 4, p. 490 – 494: Xenophobia, Culture and Identity, London: Palgrave/Macmillan