Keely Macarow
Associate Professor
Art
RMIT University
Australia
Biography
"Keely Macarow is Coordinator of Postgraduate Research in the School of Art at RMIT.Keely's research is focused on socially engaged art and the nexus between creative arts, social justice, health and wellbeing, and social and natural science. Currently, Keely is a member of The Untitled (a collective of artists, urban and graphic designers, architects and housing researchers based in Melbourne and Stockholm) who produce creative works, publications and interventions in Australia and Sweden to advocate for Homefullness (rather than homelessness). Her film, video and exhibition projects have been presented in Australia, the UK, the US, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Hungary, France, Scotland and Denmark."
Research Interest
socially engaged art
Publications
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Designing sound for health and wellbeing in emergency care settings
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Original sound compositions reduce anxiety in emergency department patients: a randomised controlled trial
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 Art education: a social good or corporate thorn?Â
