On curating performative practices with Nora-Swantje Almes

The Department of Theory and History of Art of VŠVU and the Július Koller Society cordially invite you to a online Nora-Swantje Almes talk on curating performative practices. The talk will be a journey through the core curatorial projects that lead to our ongoing exhibition Hungry Is My Favourite Word. How can methodologies be built over years of practice? What are the challenges and opportunities in curating performative practice?

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When?

  • April 25, 2024 at 12.30 PM (GMT+2)

 


Nora-Swantje Almes

is a curator, based in Bergen, Norway, where she works as Bergen Kunsthall's Live Programme Curator. Her research explores topics of intersectionality, queerness and gatherings as a performative format for platforming a multiplicity of voices. Previously, she held positions at Glasgow International, PARTICIPANT INC, Art Angel London and Schinkel Pavillon Berlin. Independently, Nora co-curated 'Aggregates' at Raven Row London and Ausstellungsraum Klingental Basel, 'love and other rhythms' at Kunsthalle Exnergasse Vienna and curated the exhibition series 'What’s good for me is good for you? A physical multilogue' at Mimosa House London, amongst others

 


The lecture is part of the grant KEGA 001 VŠVU – 4 / 2022 Contemporary thinking about exhibitions and curation