Education
After graduating from Alten Gymnasium in Bremen she studied art history, audiovisual media and feminist theory in Germany, the United States., England and Austria. She began lecturing in 1990 and published her first critical work in 1992. In 1999 she completed graduate work in art history at the with a Master of Arts-thesis on the subjectification processes in the visual arts, exemplified by the early work of Lynn Hershman.
In 2000 she began teaching at the University of Vienna, the University of Applied Arts, Vienna (film theory).
Since 2001 Noack has worked on the topic "Construction of Childhood" in the context of a research project In all of her activities, Noack adopts an interdisciplinary approach that closely incorporates film theory.
Career
Noack and Roger M. Buergel, co-curated documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany (June 16-September 23, 2007). 1995 “Scenes of Theory” at Depot, Vienna, examined art and film as agents of theory development. (with Buergel) 2000 "Things we don’t understand," Generali Foundation Vienna.
Responding to right-wing populism in Austria, the exhibition focused on the political role of aesthetic autonomy.
(with Buergel) 2001-2003 “Formen der Organisation/Organisational Form”, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg (Art space of the University of Lüneburg), gallery of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB), Leipzig, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana. (with Buergel) 2003 “The Government – Opening Exhibition”, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg (Art space of the University of Lüneburg).
(with Buergel) 2004 “The Government – The University is a Factory”, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg (Art space of the University of Lüneburg). (with Buergel) 2004 “The Government – Acts upon Acts”, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg (Art space of the University of Lüneburg).
(with Buergel) 2004 “The Government – How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground)”, Miami Art Central, Miami.
(with Buergel) 2005 “The Government – Elysian Spheres of Action”, Secession, Vienna. (with Buergel) 2005 “The Government – Be what you want, but stay where you are”, Witte de With, Rotterdam. (with Buergel) 2005-2007 documenta 12, Kassel.
(with Buergel) 2008 “Burak Delier, Ines Doujak, Andreas Savva”, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki-Kalamaria (2008) 2012 "Garden of Learning/Busan Biennale" (contributor).
