Making the World More Than Less Real.

Making the World More Than Less Real. Intersectional Feminisms in Curatorial Education and Criticism

A two-day assembly featuring lectures, workshops, and screenings.

Organising Committee: Sonia D'Alto, Jana J. Haeckel, Laura Herman, Isabel Van Bos in collaboration with the Archival Sensations Research Cluster.

Speakers: Marwa Arsanios, Rebecca Jane Arthur, Barbara Debeuckelaere, Autocoscienza Writing Group, Laura Huertas Millán, Nuraini Juliastuti, Benny Nemer, Laura Palau, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Matylda Taszycka (AWARE), Lola Olufemi.

About

Today, intersectional feminist thought and action advance ideas of equality, freedom, and care, transcending traditional gender boundaries. This ethos is also reflected in the art field. While new developments in the arts rapidly influence curatorial practice, they do not always permeate educational methodologies at the same pace.

The conference will feature panel presentations, keynote speakers, breakout sessions, and open discussions centred on pivotal questions: How can intersectional feminist curating inform pedagogical strategies in curatorial education? What methodologies can be employed to teach concepts of care, situatedness, collective action, and responsibility in curatorial practice? Additionally, we will explore the current landscape of intersectional feminist art criticism and writing, focusing not just on representing female artists or critiquing art history, but on the practice of feminist writing as a form of wor(l)d-building.

Organisation

The conference is an initiative of Curatorial Studies in collaboration with KASK & Conservatorium/School of Arts of HOGENT, Howest, Ghent University, S.M.A.K. – the contemporary art museum in Ghent, and Kunsthal Gent. The event is supported by the Archival Sensations Research Cluster at KASK and AWARE Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions, with support from the French Embassy in Belgium and the Institut français, as part of EXTRA, a programme that supports French contemporary creation in Belgium.

Host or Publisher Curatorial Studies, S.M.A.K.