Question time: A lecture by Stefan Benchoam and Salma Tuqan

Hear our Creative New Zealand Te Manu Ka Tau international guests Stefan Benchoam and Salma Tuqan introduce their work as curators and arts organisers through the lens of the Artspace Aotearoa 2024 annual question “do I need territory?”

This kaupapa is presented in association with Creative New Zealand and the Office for Contemporary Art Aotearoa.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A.

Booking is encouraged but not essential.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This event is free.This event will be held in the Kit, which can be accessed by the main gallery entrance or alternatively by our car park on 8 East St for assisted access.This location is accessible with assistance.This event will be seated and microphones will be used.Light refreshments will be provided.

BIOGRAPHIES

Stefan Benchoam from Guatemala City is an artist and exhibition maker with a strong interest in collaboration. As an artist, he has participated in exhibitions at, amongst others, La Casa Encendida, Madrid; The White Cubicle Toilet Gallery., London; La Loseta, San Juan; LACMA Los Angeles; MAZ (Guadalajara; and MADC, San José. He is co-founder of Buró de Intervenciones Públicas, which develops projects in public spaces. He is co-founder and director of Proyectos Ultravioleta, a multivalent hybrid space/gallery for contemporary art, and is co-founder / co-director of NuMu-Guatemala's only contemporary art museum.

Salma Tuqan is a Palestinian contemporary art and design curator and cultural strategist. She is Director of Nottingham Contemporary, a leading centre of contemporary art in the UK. Prior to this she has been Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation and the Contemporary Middle East Curator at the V&A. She is also a committee member of the Santo Domingo Centre of Excellence for Latin American Research at the British Museum, London; Arab Image Foundation, Beirut; Art on the Underground, London; and Rivers Institute, New Orleans; Strategic Advisor to NuMu, Guatemala City; and former trustee of the Crossway Foundation,London, and The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit.

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