︎ MARCUS JACK is a curator and writer based in Glasgow. His research looks for counternarratives in visual culture through analyses of statehood, socio-economics and political identity, with a particular emphasis on artists’ film.
He also collaborates with artists, filmmakers and organisations on print and digital design.
He also collaborates with artists, filmmakers and organisations on print and digital design.
Marcus is Director of Outreach (Art) and Lecturer in Contemporary Art Theory at the University of Edinburgh (2025–). Previously, he held academic roles at the University of Exeter (2023–2025), The Glasgow School of Art (2023), and was a visiting researcher with the Archive/Counter-Archive project at York University, Toronto (2022).
Marcus developed screening programmes and publications through Transit Arts (2015–2025) and was the founding editor of DOWSER (2020–2024), an open-access serial concerning artists’ moving image in Scotland.
He was a Trustee of Offline SCIO (2020–2025), advised on the Steering Group of the British Art Network (Tate and Paul Mellon Centre, 2019–2022) and submissions panels of Glasgow Short Film Festival (2016–2021) and Open City Documentary Festival, London (2019–2021).
Marcus developed screening programmes and publications through Transit Arts (2015–2025) and was the founding editor of DOWSER (2020–2024), an open-access serial concerning artists’ moving image in Scotland.
He was a Trustee of Offline SCIO (2020–2025), advised on the Steering Group of the British Art Network (Tate and Paul Mellon Centre, 2019–2022) and submissions panels of Glasgow Short Film Festival (2016–2021) and Open City Documentary Festival, London (2019–2021).
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