Pool 4: (Un)curate! 

The relationship to curators and curatorial discourse.
Nummer und TypMAF-MAF-Po00.19F.004 / Moduldurchführung
ModulPool 
VeranstalterDepartement Fine Arts
LeitungElise Lammer
Anzahl Teilnehmendemaximal 40
ECTS3 Credits
LehrformWorkshop, group discussions, exhibition visits, guided tours.
Lernziele / KompetenzenAt the end of the seminar, the students will be able to contextualize their work within different artistic, social and political frameworks. By ways of exhibition visits, guided tours and group discussions, the goal is to acquire hands-on knowledge of the various typologies in which artists can be led to exhibit and produce their work today in relationship with a curator; from art prizes, to residency programmes, non-for-profit spaces and private institutions, etc.
InhalteOver the last 15 years, the figure of the curator has greatly gained importance in the art world. Historically a very old profession, one that once consisted in conserving, archiving and caring for artefacts and the knowledge thereof, contemporary curating has now changed the way we think about art and what exhibiting it entails. The 'curatorial' now includes a network of knowledge and strategies that operate way beyond the realm of art, and such term has been steadily leaking into widespread popular and sometimes commercial language.

Conducted in groups, this practice-led research focuses on the role of curating in contemporary artistic practices. The seminar attempts to trace a recent history of exhibitions from the perspective of artists' relationships with curators, with the goal to better negotiate, or negate, this new paradigm.

Elise Lammer (born in Lausanne, Switzerland, lives and works in Basel and Berlin) was trained as a fine artist in Barcelona and holds an MFA in Curating from Goldsmiths College, London. She is curator at Kunstverein SALTS in Basel, and the founder of Alpina Huus, a research platform exploring performance and domestic space. She is a guest Lecturer at HEAD, Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design (Geneva) and Institut Kunst | FHNW (Basel). As an artist, curator and writer, she has participated in exhibitions in institutions and galleries internationally, including Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow); Istituto Svizzero di Roma (Rome); MAMCO (Geneva); The Schinkel Pavillon (Berlin); The Goethe Institut (Beijing, Hong Kong); MCBA (Lausanne) among others. She is a contributor of Spike Magazine and Mousse Magazine.
Bibliographie / LiteraturHeidenreich, Stefan, 'Schafft die Kuratoren ab!' Die Zeit, 21.06.2017

O'Doherty, Brian, 'Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space.' Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999

Schubert, Karsten, 'The Curator's Egg: The Evolution of the Museum Concept from the French Revolution to the Present Day.' Manchester: Cornerhouse Publication, 2000
Leistungsnachweis / Testatanforderung80 % attendance
TermineTime: 09:00 - 17:00 o'clock

08 / 13 / 25 March
17 May
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