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IKT 2020 Virtual Meeting
“Sustainable Curating in Corona Times”
hosted by Marta Herford and IKT,
proudly supported by Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh & Bezirksregierung Detmold
Saturday, October 17, 2020 – 15:00-18:00 CET | 9:00-12:00 am EDT
Sunday, October 18, 2020 – 15:00-18:00 CET | 9:00-12:00 am EDT
Dear IKT members,
The registration for the IKT 2020 Virtual Meeting on October 17 and 18 is now open!
The participation in the virtual meeting is free and open to IKT members as well as to the general public, but registration is mandatory.
SmartEvents, our digital partners, set up a dedicated website where you can register for all events of the two days’

PROGRAM
(please note: this program might be submitted to slight changes)
Day 1: Saturday, October 17, 2020
(CEST = Central European Summer Time | EDT = Eastern Daylight Time)
14:00-15:00 CEST | 8:00-9:00 am EDT
Checking in
15:00 CEST | 09:00 am EDT
Welcome and introduction
15:15 CEST | 09:15 am EDT
It’s showtime from Marta Herford
15:20 CEST | 09:20 am EDT
A global outlook: stories from curators around the world, among them
Juraj Carny (Slovak Republic), Biljana Ciric (Australia), O’Neil Lawrence (Jamaica), René Morales (USA), Rahraw Omarzad (Kabul, Afghanistan), Julien Robson (USA), Paula Toppila (Finland), Eugenio Viola (Columbia), and others
16:30 CEST | 10:30 am EDT
Sessions: talking with the world
Debates and discussions in chat rooms
17:00 CEST | 11:00 am EDT
“Consequence Paralysis”
– a lecture by Till Briegleb
17:30 CEST | 11:30 am EDT
Q & A with Till Briegleb and the audience
17:50 CEST | 11:50 am EDT
Summary and outlook
18:00 CEST | 12:00 pm EDT
End of first day
Day 2: Sunday, October 18, 2020
15:00 CEST | 9:00 am EDT
Welcome and introduction
15:10 CEST | 9:10 am EDT
Tools for sustainable curating: panel discussion with inputs by Thomas Oberender, Artistic and Managing Director of Berliner Festspiele and curator of the ‘unplugged exhibition’ Down to Earth hosted by the Gropius Bau in Summer 2020; Lucia Pietroiusti, Curator of General Ecology at the Serpentine Galleries, and Farid Rakun, member of the Indonesian collective ruangrupa and curator of the fifteenth edition of documenta; moderated by Ombretta Agró, Executive Director ARTSail Residency and Research Program
16:00 CEST | 10:00 am EDT
Q & A with panelists and the audience
16:20 CEST | 10:20 am EDT
Intimate discussions facilitated by IKT members in working groups:
Bayardo Blandino (Honduras) on “Creative funding through international collaborations: a case study in Honduras”;
Neringa Bumbliene (Lithuania) on “Adapting to the Corona times: Artist-Less Exhibitions, Digital Tours, and More”;
Michele Fiedler (Mexico/Canada) on “The role of museums in the post-pandemic time”,
Vanina Saracino (Germany) on “Independent curating in times of isolation: creative evolution and survival strategies”, and others
17:00 CEST | 11:00 am EDT
Presentation of the outcomes of the working groups
17:30 CEST | 11:30 am EDT
Ask the curator: how much are we willing to change?
17:40 CEST | 11:40 am EDT
Farewell
18:00 CEST | 12:00 am EDT
End of the meeting
18:00-19:00 CEST | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Closing the day
The program is also available as download here.
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We are very much looking forward to sharing with you all interesting discussions and an exciting exchange of experiences!
Cordially,
Your IKT team

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