About

I am currently completing a PhD in Screen Cultures at Northwestern University.

My dissertation project examines a period of intensified corporate investment in visual culture at Mobil Oil from 1960-1985. This period brought the globalization of oil, the flourishing of petrochemical development, and growing environmental concern about fossil fuels. I ask how visual media were used to manage pressures for and construct the norms of responsible corporate governance and public citizenship. The project is titled, “DESIGNS FOR REFINEMENT: MOBIL AND THE VISUAL CULTURE OF OIL, 1960-1985.

I also love making ceramics and Super 8 films and working, learning, connecting in the context and communities of both media. A selection of work is featured here.

Pebble is my small press project interested in nature, craft, regionalism, and obscure or unclassifiable excellence.

For inquiries, you can reach me at kylierwalters [at] gmail [dot] com.