Curating the Troubled Past
Dates
8.10.2023
Location
Schlossberghotel
Graz
Part of
Ideas
steirischer herbst continues a series of discussions begun in February 2023, connecting exhibition- and festival-making with urgent political and social issues, locally and globally. The discussion casts a wide look on projects working with unresolved and troubled histories in various contexts. Why are many curators of contemporary art turning to historical artworks, contexts, or figures? When are references to the past harmful or unproductive? When is it a conscious critique of a neoliberal city politics that, all over the world, exploits the vocabulary of the future?
Schedule
11:00–11:15
Welcome by Ekaterina Degot
11:15–12:45
First panel
Defne Ayas and Ruth Noack
Moderated by David Riff
13:00–14:30
Second panel
Tom Engels and Ares Shporta
Moderated by Pieternel Vermoortel
14:45–16:15
Third panel
Hans D. Christ/Iris Dressler and Elisabeth Fiedler
Moderated by Ekaterina Degot
16:30–17:00
Closing discussion
With Defne Ayas, Hans D. Christ, Iris Dressler, Tom Engels, Elisabeth Fiedler, Ruth Noack, and Ares Shporta
Retrospective
Retrospective