Art & Ideas: Curatorial Research Today

In contemporary art, the production of ideas increasingly takes place across multiple forms: artworks, exhibitions, and writing. Artists frequently engage philosophical, historical, and political questions as part of their practice, while curatorial work has developed into a mode of research that organizes and activates these inquiries in public space. In this sense, exhibitions, publications, and artistic practices operate together as interconnected sites of knowledge production.

This event marks the launch of the , a collaborative research platform conceived together by e-flux and KADIST that places ideas from in conversation with works in KADIST's collection.

For the launch of this new platform, this conversation at e-flux will reflect on the movement of ideas between artistic practice, exhibition making, and writing to consider how these different forms of work contribute to the shared intellectual field of contemporary art. The event will be introduced by Anton Vidokle (e-flux) with Vincent Worms and Sandra Terdjman (KADIST), who will describe the theoretical basis and functionality of the . Following this introduction, the conversation on the nature of artistic and curatorial research today will feature Lauren Cornell, Trevor Paglen, and KJ Abudu.

For more information, contact [email protected].

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– Two flights of stairs lead up to the building’s front entrance at 172 Classon Avenue.
– For elevator access, please RSVP to [email protected]. The building has a freight elevator nearest to 180 Classon Ave (garage door) leading into the e-flux office space. A ramp is available for steps within the space.
– e-flux has an ADA-compliant bathroom with no steps between the event space and this bathroom.

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