Niels Van Tomme at PAVILION UNICREDIT, lecture

Niels Van Tomme (BE/USA)
Aporia curatoriatului

LECTURE

Joi, 12 ianuarie, 2012, 19:00

In loc de a asambla concepte cu precizie si competenta curatoriala, ce anume ar rezulta din introducerea indoielii si ezitarii ca principii de baza ale realizarii unei expozitii? Ce tip de cunoastere poate fi dobandit dintr-o asemenea pozitie curatoriala dubitativa? Inseamna oare ca expozitia se va narui in sine sau exista cumva alte modalitati de asamblare si traire a expozitiei care pot fi atinse?

Niels Van Tomme este un curator, cercetator si critic de arta stabilit in New York. Cea mai recenta expozitie curatoriata de Van Tomme este “Where Do We Migrate To?”, inaugurata la Centrul pentru Arta, Design si Cultura Vizuala din Baltimore si care va fi itinerata la New Parsons School of Design din New York, CAC in New Orleans, si la Centrul Rubin de Arte Vizuale din El Paso. El este editor colaborator al Art Papers si publica in periodice, reviste si cataloage expozitionale internationale. Van Tomme este in prezent coeditor al cartii intitulate “Aestheic Justice” (Justitia Estetica), care va aparea in Colectia Antennae, publicata de Valiz, Amsterdam, in 2012.

Conferinta sustinuta in cadrul expozitiei “Melancolia nu e indeajuns…”, curatoriata de Niels Van Tomme.

Imagine: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Incoronarea Regelui George VI, Londra, 1937.

Niels Van Tomme
The Aporia of Curating

LECTURE

Thursday, January 12, 2012, 19:00

Instead of installing concepts with certainty and curatorial authority, what would result in introducing doubt and hesitation as the ruling principles of exhibition making? What kind of knowledge can be acquired from such a skeptical curatorial position? Does it mean that the exhibition will necessarily collapse into itself, or are there other modes of exhibition making, and experiencing, attainable?

Niels Van Tomme is a New York based curator, researcher, and critic. Most recently, he curated the exhibition “Where Do We Migrate To?”, which premiered at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in Baltimore and will travel to Parsons The New School of Design in New York, the CAC in New Orleans, and the Rubin Center for Visual Arts in El Paso. He is a Contributing Editor of Art Papers and publishes internationally in journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues. Van Tomme is currently co-editing the book "Aesthetic Justice", forthcoming from Antennae Series by Valiz, Amsterdam, in 2012.

Talk held within the frame of the exhibition “Melancholy is not enough…”, curated by Niels Van Tomme.

Image: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Coronation of King George VI, London, 1937.