In 2020 I had the opportunity to co-create the course, Writing and Curating, with Dr. Rachael Rakes, that has since been part of the programme Curatorial Studies at KASK & Conservatorium (School of Arts). Currently co-teaching with Brussels-based curator Eliel Jones, the programme offers a rigorous programme of critical theory integrated with hands-on practice and placements for professional development, and welcomes postgraduate students from Belgium, Europe and internationally.
It’s a space where I feel fortunate to be able to explore and experiment with pedagogical approaches, invite diverse and interdisciplinary guest contributors, and open up multi-contextual discussions of practice and philosophy.
This fall, my colleagues at KASK have organised a fantastic assembly. I’m honoured to be part of this wonderful line up.
Making the World More Than Less Real. Intersectional Feminisms in Curatorial Education and Criticism
18 & 19 November 2024
A two-day assembly featuring lectures, workshops, and screenings
Making the World More Than Less Real brings voices from diverse cultural contexts to enter in dialogue about how we can weave intersectional feminist perspectives into the fabric of curatorial education, in step with an ever-shifting cultural landscape.
How to reorient or imagine curatorial education and writing ‘otherwise’? Feminist pedagogy is about struggle, collaboration, wor(l)d-building and making the world “more than less real”. This two-day assembly featuring lectures, films and break-out rooms brings together an intimate group of artists, curators and researchers to develop a code of practice that will inform the future of our programme.
Speakers: Marwa Arsanios, Rebecca Jane Arthur, Barbara Debeuckelaere, Annie Jael Kwan, Autocoscienza Writing Group (Alessia Arcuri, Lucia Farinati, Sara Paiola, and Sara Ortolani), Laura Huertas Millán, Nuraini Juliastuti, Benny Nemer, Laura Palau, Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, Matylda Taszycka (AWARE) and Lola Olufemi.
Organising Committee: Sonia D’Alto, Jana J. Haeckel, Laura Herman, Isabel Van Bos in collaboration with the Archival Sensations Research Cluster.
The assembly is an initiative of Curatorial Studies in collaboration with KASK & Conservatorium/School of Arts of HOGENT, Howest, Ghent University, S.M.A.K. – the contemporary art museum in Ghent, and Kunsthal Gent. The event is supported by the Archival Sensations Research Cluster at KASK and AWARE Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions, with support from the French Embassy in Belgium and the Institut français, as part of EXTRA, a programme that supports French contemporary creation in Belgium.
Annie Jael Kwan 