Dr Frank Wasser

Wasser's research interests encompass but are not limited to:

Institutional Critique and Art Education: His exhibition, 'Title, to be announced', partially staged at WIP Space Studios in London in 2024, embodied a durational performance that questioned the conventions of art education and exhibition-making. The exhibition presented an unfinished thesis composed of fragmented objects, texts, and annotations, critiquing the neoliberal structures of contemporary art institutions.

Embodiment and Chronic Illness: Wasser's work often explores the body as a site of knowledge and resistance. His performances and installations engage with themes of embodiment, chronic illness, and affect, challenging normative representations of the body in art and academia.

Class and Identity: Wasser's practice reflects on the intersections of class, identity, and social structures. His work interrogates how these factors shape experiences within art institutions and beyond. Most notably "On Tenterhooks" (2023) an exhibition held at Pallas Projects in Dublin, this exhibition complicated into the history of the Tenters area of Dublin. The exhibition combined text, sculpture, and performance to explore themes of labor, displacement, and the sustained legacies of colonial apparatus.

Performance and Pedagogy: Wasser employs performance as a pedagogical tool, using it to engage audiences in critical dialogue about art and its institutions. His performances often blur the lines between artist, educator, and audience, creating spaces for collective reflection and learning.