Curating and Activism: An International Panel and Conversation

CURATING AND ACTIVISM:
AN INTERNATIONAL PANEL AND CONVERSATION
Saturday 3/28/09

Moore College of Art and Design
20th Street and The Parkway,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1179

www.thegalleriesatmoore.org

This program is free
and open to the public.
Pre-registration via e-mail is requested.
PLEASE RSVP BY 3/20/09: jkaplan@moore.edu

The Galleries at Moore in conjunction with Moore College of Art and Design’s BFA in Curatorial Studies present “Curating and Activism,” the fourth in an ongoing series of public conversations about issues and ideas in contemporary curatorial practice. Through a series of grouped conversations with an international roster of distinguished panelists, we will examine multiple ways in which curatorial activities can be directed toward social and political activism.

Questions to be considered include: How effectively is social/political activism addressed through curatorial practice? What are the power dynamics involved in curating for social change? What is a curator’s responsibility in articulating his/her political stance? Are forums for public interaction inherently political? How is participation related to activism? What are the stakes in activist curating and what are the criteria for success? Can curatorial practice truly inspire productive political change?

9:30 am – 10 am
Welcoming Video by Andrea Bowers Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training, 2004

10 am – 11:15 am
Curating and Self-Organization-Facilitating Interactions
Katherine Carl + Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss + Michael Rakowitz + Carin Kuoni

11:15 pm – 12:30 pm
The Project of Performance-The Body and the Public
Sharon Hayes + Adam Pendleton + Martha Wilson

12:30 pm – 2 pm
Lunch on your own

2 pm – 2:30 pm
Welcome Back Video by Josephine Meckseper March for Peace, Justice, and Democracy, 04/29/06, New York City, 2007

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Models of Participation and Modes of Activism
Stamatina Gregory + Steve Kurtz + Anton Vidokle

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Plenary and Audience Q & A

4:30 pm
Reception

6:30 – 8 pm
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Moore College of Art and Design
20th Street and The Parkway / Philadelphia, PA 19103-1179 / www.thegalleriesatmoore.org

This symposium has been supported by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative
at The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and Moore College of Art & Design
through support from Frances and Bayard Storey.