Curating Context
In 2017, Council contributed to Curating Context, with a text named 4 movements of the Inquiry. 1
Curating Context describes a field where the curatorial practice is extended beyond curating exhibitions into working with entire contexts. It articulates the why and how of curating art projects that gain their meaning in relation to a surrounding context, or which need a specific structure in order to play out. In this practice, curatorial considerations are interwoven with the production, and the intentions of artists and curators lead the way rather than institutional structures.
The texts and conversations in this book reflect on how these curatorial methodologies not only situate works in different places, but also transfer curatorial methods into other fields, such as the contexts of law, urban development, and constructions of the civic. This exciting curatorial approach where each project sets new demands, requires very specific skills rarely taught in curatorial programs. Curating Context is an attempt to share a sustained conversation among practitioners in the field.
Curating Context: Beyond the Gallery and into Other Fields
Art and Theory Publishing and Statens konstråd, 2017
English
148 mm x 210 mm
143 pp.
Softcover
25€
EDITOR
Magdalena Malm
WRITERS
Grégory Castéra
Claire Doherty
Elvira Dyangani Ose
Suzanne Lacy
Raimundas Malasauskas
Magdalena Malm
María Mur Dean
RAQS Media Collective
Jessica Segerl
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Kölqvist
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Top image : Detail, Curating Context: Beyond the Gallery and into Other Fields, Art and Theory Publishing and Statens konstråd, 2017.