Spicy Depository: The Metabolization of Museums (online lecture by Clémentine Deliss)
What if museums were not only archives of the past, but living organisms that constantly change and reflect on themselves? In cooperation with the Bratislava City Museum and AFAD, we bring you an online lecture by theorist and curator Clémentine Deliss.
MMB, Faust Hall, Old Town Hall, Bratislava
Deliss is among the most prominent figures in today’s debates on the decolonization of collections and museum institutions. In her work, she combines curating, research, and experimental museology. She is currently active at KANAL-Centre Pompidou in Brussels, where she is preparing the exceptional project The Metabolic Museum-University – an experimental exhibition that will be part of the opening of the new KANAL cultural center in November 2026.
She is also a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where she guides students toward an interdisciplinary and critical approach to art.
From 2020 to 2023, she worked at the renowned KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. It was there that she created the exhibition Skin in the Game, presenting works by important artists such as Ruth Buchanan, Otobong Nkanga, and Rosemarie Trockel. The exhibition explored the theme of personal risk in artistic practice – to what extent can artworks endanger the very creators themselves?
From 2010 to 2015, she directed the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt am Main, which under her leadership transformed into a space for exploring the colonial past and seeking new forms of responsibility in working with cultural heritage.
In 2020, she published the book The Metabolic Museum, where she develops her vision of the museum as a constantly changing organism. Since 1996, she has also led the independent art and literary magazine Metronome, which connects authors, artists, and thinkers from around the world.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to glimpse into the future of museums with one of the most influential figures in contemporary museology!
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Lecture admission:
General: €4 | Reduced: €2
Tickets available on-site or online.