Show and tell

How do reflection, relevance and responsibility play a role in my work as a curator in general and specifically in two case studies – the research project Parallellepipeda on the collaboration between scientists and artists resulting in a museum show at Museum M, Leuven in 2010, and WIJHEIZIJWEIHIJ… a landart project for the Belgian ngo Vredeseilanden also scheduled for 2010.

In this presentation I want to focus on the particular responsibilities of the curator towards the artists and organisation(s) involved in these projects as well as the public. I will briefly speak about the particular relevance of group shows in this context and the reflection by the curator as artistic research. This last aspect is part of the ongoing proces of working as a curator, but is also interesting in retrospect once a serious body of work has been realised.

Edith DOOVE, Advisor visual and audiovisual arts IvOK/curator
IvOK – Institute for practice-based research in the arts