Texts

Selected essays, catalogue texts, and critical writing.

Lauren Yates. “How to Programme a Cyborg, and Shannon Novak’s Generative Dopamine Loop (2025)”. Essay for Generative Dopamine Loop, 2026.

Ellie Lee-Duncan. “Have You Ever Been Crying in a Hospital in Full Drag”. Exhibition essay, 2022.

Francis McWhannell. “Coming Out in Practice: Considering Shannon Novak’s Sub Rosa”. Essay for Sub Rosa, 2019.

Gregory Minissale. “Expanded Topology”. Essay for The Expanded Gallery, 2018.

Andrew Clifford. “Shannon Novak: Wellington Modulations”. Essay for Modulation, 2016.

Balamohan Shingade and Erena Johnson. “Shannon Novak: Listening Forms”. Essay for Listening Forms, 2015.

Ian Gwilt. “Creatively Augmenting the Urban Experience”. Essay for Manhattan Phrase, 2013.

Mary Reid. “Inside/Outside: Shannon Novak and the Legacy of Anthony Caro”. Essay for Manhattan Phrase, 2013.

Jane Button. “States of Consciousness: Synesthetic Responses in the Works of Shannon Novak”. Essay for One Song, Three Composers, 2011.