David Eckersley

Dr David Eckersley is an artist and academic, whose practice involves image-making, writing and performance. His interests are interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary even, and broadly focused on the intersection of aesthetics, politics, ecologies and philosophy, with a particular attentiveness to the production of subjectivity. Spanning several different concerns and critical directions, David’s work operates across different modes and methods, including art practice, practice-based research, and more conventional academic strategies. His work has appeared nationally and internationally.

David holds a BA in Photography and a Masters in Critical Theory. In 2019 he was awarded a PhD in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies from the University of Nottingham. His thesis, Get Rid of Yourself: Toward an Aesthetics of Anonymity, examines the conceptual history of anonymity in dialogue with practices that explore and experiment with the politics, ethics and aesthetics of anonymity as a way of resisting and refusing the dominant techno-economic system and the majoritarian forms of subjectivity it produces. During his doctoral research, he worked as part of the Public Programme and Research team at Nottingham Contemporary.

He joined the University of Huddersfield in 2023, having previously taught at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham. He is Course Leader for BA (Hons) Photography.