Virtual Congress 2021

September 22, 2021, Belgrade, Serbia

Will the metaverse become the placeholder for the art institutions or anew deal? How is curating adapting to the new infrastructure?

The panel aims to understand the potential repurposing of curating in the decentralised and decontextualised realities.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

July 2021, Rotterdam, Netherlands

This footage provides insights into “The Great Invocation”, an exhibition at Garage Rotterdam. The exhibition addresses themes of interconnectedness by considering the legacy of 20th century spirit mediums. It looks to those who sought to become receivers for superphysical entities, channelling information from aether.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

Summer 2021, Limerick, Ireland

Ormston House in Ireland presents the Museum of Mythological Water Beasts, a multi-year project about, along and in the River Shannon. During the 2021 residency programme, the artists and curators respond to the theme of interconnectivity from the perspectives of strategic partnership, geographical location, and community participation.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

Summer 2021, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

New spectrum of interconnectivity: it means, for our Pakas, solidarity and cultural action project, formulating new perspectives for cultural management of the Honduran artistic community. We want to propose a diverse and dynamic panorama for contemporary artistic production, such as the creation of virtual platforms that allow collective exchanges.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Summer 2021, Oslo, Norway

A curator talk with LOCUS (Thale Fastvold & Tanja Thorjussen) and Ethan Rafal and Åse Kamilla Aslaksen discussing eco conscious and climate responsive art. Exploring how artists and curators work thematically with ecofeminism ism and hydrofeminism creating ripples in the art world.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

September 2021, London, UK

This contribution considers slowness in the age of acceleration. Artist Lydia Ourahman’s sonic playlist will form the backbone of this listening experience, whilst curators Hannah Conroy and Ellen Greig hold a space to discuss interconnectivity through labour, economics and art: to reimagine new ways to navigate our working lives.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

3 - 5 September 2021

Three institutions hosted this year’s IKT Mini-Congress in Westphalia: Museum Marta Herford, Kunsthalle Osnabrück and the art space hase29. It was a lively in-person gathering of about 20 German members and guests. The video documents the three-day event spread across different exhibitions and projects, as well as short curatorial statement.

2 September 2021, Southampton, UK

Artists, Perminadar Kaur and Alia Syed, discuss interconnectivity in relation to their artistic practice, discussing issues such as hierarchy, border control and UK Government surveillance. Additionally, Kaur and Syed discuss how they have stayed connected to their artistic practice during the global pandemic and national lockdown.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

28 September 2021, Potsdam, Germany

The reduction in interconnectivity between the actors and activists of art prevents honest and open discussions. Instead ‘Marketing Machines’ confuse the complex developments. The ‘Green NFT’ is an example of dishonest discourse in the crypto world.

Verona Voigt M.A. in conversation with Prof. Dr Dirk Boll (Christie’s London).

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

16 September 2021, Milan, Italy

This video is a moment of reflection on urban public space seen as the context of dichotomy, but also of collective sensitivities and requests; and on the possibility of overcoming the feeling of separation between self and other place, in the name of care. Could art become a platform for protagonism, intended as sensitive and active citizenship?

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

Summer 2021, Cork, Ireland

In six short hours in 2018, a fatal fire brought to an end two centuries’ worth of treasures in Brazil’s nation museum. The institution’s residues of body, data and matter are interconnected, becoming digital through us. They form an ecology of ‘leftovers’ that occupy a space in-between eras and orders – lecture performance followed by a talk with Miguel Amando.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

Summer 2021, Kampala, Uganda

The worst fear is of being confined and you can’t be remembered or recognised, as something familiar by a collective consent. ‘Checking in’ radio is mediating a contemporary view that fosters exchange and supports relationships. It provides the means by which artists can learn differently and become more engaging.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

September 2021, Manila, Philippines / Bandung, Indonesia

Interconnectivity is the making and remaking of networks that allow critical debate and action, enabled by reciprocity and trust. These are connections shaped by localities and informed by exchanges that are vital and responsive to their contexts.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Summer 2021, Kathmandu, Nepal

This video is about the conceptual art activities and dialogues that are taking place around it in the Nepali art scene. The talk focuses on some of the artworks, art activities, movements and exhibitions that took place over the last. 20 years in Nepal.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Summer 2021, Miami, USA

The Ant project is a horizontal structure of interaction inspired by the collective intelligence of ants, where individuals, operating as a collective, achieve remarkable goals that would be impossible for single members on their own. Interconnection strengthens the community of creators by listening and commenting on each other’s projects.

Produced with support of IKT Harald Szeemann Grant

Summer 2021, Zimbabwe

We gather to commune and to keep connected. At the heart of everything is the desire to invest in various networks and look for possibilities. We are all part of one network and are all connected.

Produced with the support of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen