Curating Genesis: The Mentor Series with Anselm Franke
About Anselm Franke
Anselm Franke is a curator and author. From 2013 till 2022, he was head of the visual arts and film department at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin (HKW). He is known for developing the format of the 'essay exhibition', which consist of extensive research-based forays into political and cultural histories and current artistic production.
About This Event
Kicking off the third iteration of Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations — a live gathering of Per°Form Fellows, intersectional practitioners across diverse disciplines of curation, research, education, visual culture, and performance, presenting their strategies for activating contexts and communities — is The Mentor Series. It features eminent thought leaders from the global artistic and cultural landscapes in-conversation on trends, negotiations and directions in their respective fields.
Drawing on theories of performativity and mythopoeia, as well as recent historiographic re-visions from ancient times to the Cold War era, at his keynote Curating Genesis, Anselm Franke will explore concepts of genesis, genre, reproduction, and origination, and situate them in an age where world-systemic relations of extraction and power give way to a novel, food-chain brutalism, on whose shores the founding myths and gestures of all times are washed up like undead flotsam. Anselm Franke will propose a number of concepts and tests their ability to re-map and re-narrate what happens within and across differential genres of life and value in the geopolitical matrix. Seeking to redefine the role of culture, the arts and the cosmographic exhibition and museum in bringing about a 'global consciousness‘ in the aftermath of Western universalism, Anselm Franke interrogates forms of agency and intervention within what must be properly understood as 'cosmogonic crises‘. Developing common horizons and political imaginaries beyond the imperatives of power and securitisation now requires conceptions of history and human capability reaching beyond the discursive molds defined by the modern disciplinary division of labour.
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About Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations
Per°Form Open Academy of Arts + Activations (POA), T:>Works’ pioneering platform on thought leadership in the arts, returns 7–28 February 2025. POA 2025 brings together some of the most respected and renowned figures at the intersection of arts and social responsibilities. Drawing on their decades-long practices to address issues of minority, disability, gender, sexuality, cultural representation, and stakeholder and public engagement, they challenge conventional perceptions on what is possible today.
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