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Megan Hoetger, PhD, Projects

  • Conversational (8)
  • Curatorial (7)
  • Editorial (8)
  • Exhibitionary (4)
  • Presentational (4)
  • Production (5)
  • Workshop (8)
  • Writing (14)

An archive of projects, collaborations, and engagements organized according to typologies of labor performed.

Upcoming

“Active Archives. On Performance Curatorial Research and Historiographic Method” in The Routledge Companion to Performance Art, edited by Lucian O’Connor, et al. (New York: Routledge, forthcoming 2025).

“Projections from the Archive. On Performances of Cinema, Its Archival Counterapproaches, and Performance Historiography,” in Relational Acts: Performance Practices and Media of Documentation, edited by Barbara Büscher, Franz Anton Cramer, and Ulrike Hanstein (Berlin: De Gruyter, forthcoming 2025).

Thought-sounds, in collaboration with Paula Montecinos Oliva and After the siren, before the bell (a traveling sound system by Marissa Lee Benedict and David Rueter). Hosted by de Appel, Amsterdam on 3 November 2025.

  • Body + Motion. Mapping Movements from Early Photography to the Era of Video Art

    2024

    • Presentational
    Black and white photograph of Joan Jonas' face. At the bottom, the photograph is covered with a area in blue. The event details, in Polish, appear in white on top of blue.
    A person's head appears in front of a powerpoint slide projection. The white slide asks two questions about how the usage of photography and video throughout the twentieth century, which appear in black.
    Several people, sitting on chairs, face the front of the room, where a person is delivering a presentation. Behind the presenter, a slide is being projected onto a screen.
    A black-and-white photograph shows a male presenting person chopping wood with a hammer. There are white dotted lines on the photograph, which collide in the person's hand.
    A male presenting person appears running in 20 frames. In 10 of these, which occupy the majority of the image, the side perspective is shown. In the remaining 10, the pictures have been taken from a frontal perspective.
    Several people, sitting on chairs, face the front of the room, where a person is delivering a presentation. Behind the presenter, a slide with two photographs is being projected onto a screen.
    Artistic installation made up of two small TVs connected to each other by a see-through plastic-like material.
    Black-and-white photograph showing Joan Jonas' face and half of her hand. The image has been rotated horizontally.

    b-m04b.mp4 

    A person sits behind a desk and a computer, delivering a presentation. Behind them, a slide is being projected.

    b-m04c.mp4 

    CCA Łaźnia website 

  • book talk “Armed by Design”

    2024

    • Conversational
    Square with pink background. The book cover of
    Two copies of the book
    Two people are having a discussion in front of a screen showing an image and some text.
    Two people are having a discussion in front of a screen showing an image and some text. One of them is looking at the screen and the other faces their laptop.
    Two people are having a discussion in front of a screen showing several images.
    A hand is holding a book open, showing two pages with several posters.
    Two people are having a discussion in front of a screen showing an image. One of them is holding a poster, which the other person looks towards.
    A book has been left open on a table. There is a photograph on the left page and a text on the right. A small image on the right hand page says
    A hand is holding a book open. On the left page, there is a text written in French. There is an image on the right page.

    book webshop 

    Interference Archive 

  • I don’t believe in revolution, but sometimes I get in the spirit

    2024

    • Writing
    Website with white background. Occupying the majority of the image is the entry for
    An A4 sheet of paper has been filled with handwritten notes. Slightly on top of it, at the bottom, is another sheet of paper, printed digitally. It says 'Co' in a large font.
    A person sits at a table delivering a presentation. Behind them a slide is being projected. The slide is titled 'Accidental archivism' and shows two images. One of a group of people around a camera and another of a male presenting person in a natural setting.
    A slide with an image is being projected. The image is a photograph of a shelf of books annotated with colourful sticky notes.
    Travel postcards and brochures have been set on a table. A group of people is standing around it. Two people observe one of the postcards closely.
    A magnetic flipchart easel has been filled with notes. Behind it, to the left, something is being projected on a screen.
    A film is being projected onto a screen. The captured frame shows a monument with a star on top. Behind it, several flag poles remain empty. The subtitle reads:

    Our Many Easts program description 

    full online text 

  • ‘It Was the Way We Lived’: On Underground Cinema, Reproductive Labor, and Curating

    2024

    • Writing
    Illustration of red-headed person leaning back on elbows in grass. They are wearing a orange jacket.
    Book spread with table of contents on the left page and a photograph of a young person sitting on a sofa and holding a dog on the right page. The background is white, and the text and photograph appear in black.
    A feminine-presenting person holds a baby and faces the camera. To the left, a masculine-presenting person, wearing sunglasses, looks away.
    Book spread. On the left page, a photograph shows a feminine-presenting person holding a baby and facing the camera. To the left, a masculine-presenting person, wearing sunglasses, looks away. On the right page, the first page of the article
    Collage made from a newspaper page. Half of the page is occupied by a photograph depicting a group of people standing in front of a storefront. At the bottom half, there's an article with a photo and a missing chunk, on top of which there's a cut out from a different page, which only partially occupies the missing space.
    A group of three masculine-presenting people stand by the open door of a small Volkswagen bus, facing the inside.
    Section of a poster. It shows a black and while photograph with two people dressed in black, standing against a white background. On top of the photo, in red, there is a drawing of a clown and some handwritten notes. The event name appears above the photo.

    mhoetger_it-was-the-way-we-lived_octopus-notes-11-2024.pdf [pdf, 9.47 MB] 

    more info on XSCREEN 

    more info on Birgit Hein 

    Octopus Notes, No. 11 

  • screening “And still, it remains”

    2024

    • Conversational

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    A person, squatting down, faces an arid area, with hills at the distance. They appear to be wearing a light blue long garment and a turban.
    A worn-out sign, with the word Zone still visible, hangs on a building. In the background, there is a hill in an arid area. A subtitle reads:
    Hands, arms and torsos of a group of four people. They are sitting around a rock, where they are placing small rocks on top of a square one of them is drawing.
    Arid area with sandy hills. A subtitle reads:
    Three people sit around a low table having a discussion. Two of them hold microphones. There is a book propped up on the table.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    LUX listing page 

    Framer Framed event listing 

  • Colonial Toxicity: Rehearsing French Radioactive Architecture and Landscape in the Sahara

    2024

    • Editorial

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Orange tinted photograph of an arid area with some vegetation and small rocks.
    Purple book cover.
    Top edge of book, with pages forming a colour gradient.

    ct-overview.mp4 

    Two people sit next to each other on a stage. Megan speaks into the microphone. At the front, slightly blurred, three people face the stage.
    Red tinted book spread, with eight photographs on each page. The photographs show a small building, a wire fence and small objects in a desert area.
    Red tinted book spread, with three photographs. The photographs show a desert area, a wire fence and two half buried unidentifiable structures.
    Pink tinted book spread, with three photographs. The photographs show cranes. On the right, the crane is lifting materials. Under the photograph,
    Pink tinted book spread, with four photographs. The photographs show a team of people dressed in full coverage white suits arriving at a base consisting of several low buildings.
    Book spread, with two scanned pages with three photographs. They are aerial photographs of one or several desert bases, consisting of several buildings of different sizes.
    A person is reading from a book, holding the microphone. Two people, one on each side, look towards the person with the microphone.
    Book spread, with two scanned pages with seven photographs. The photographs show different buildings and some structures under construction. The word
    Blue tinted book spread, with two portrait photographs, one on each page, and a description for each of them. The photographs show two different feminine-presenting people in traditional North African dress.
    Blue tinted book spread. On the left page, a photograph shows a group of people sitting cross-legged. Across from them, someone holds a boom mic to the middle of the space. Everyone but the mic operator is wearing a turban. On the right page, there's the first page of an article on Mertoutek, accompanied with the photograph of a masculine-presenting person wearing a turban.
    In a lofty exhibition space, a group of people gather facing a stage. Many are sitting, others stand at the back. Around them, there are large screens, with photographs printed on them. On one of the screens, a video is being projected. On stage, four people sit on chairs.

    Book webshop 

  • radio show “Ditzcourse: Pleasure”

    2024

    • Conversational
    Drawing of a horse, in purple. Around it, there is a heart in different colours and stars in purple. Above the horse,
    Two people are sitting across from each other at a table. They both have microphones in front of them. Behind them there is a bookshelf and a wall with posters, postcards and other decor.
    Ditzcourse is a series of conversations with painter, body artist, writer and perfume collector Sands Murray-Wassink. Ditzcourse as in: ditzy, as in silly, but still making discourse. Thinking out loud. Sharing information. Meaning making in relation. As informal as possible. The series is initiated by Radna Rumping who has been in conversation with Sands for some years. The gift that keeps on giving. How to edit? For each episode of Ditzcourse a guest is invited, and a keyword is suggested. Everyone brings a power object or reference to the table. This time Megan Hoetger is joining, and the keyword is Pleasure. Megan Hoetger is a performance researcher, curator, historian and hard femme. She grew up in California, and now lives in Amsterdam. Sands, Megan and Radna met at the end of 2019 to start a collaboration, commissioned by If I Can’t Dance, that became Gift Science Archive: a database which archives relations and nearly 2,500 studio objects from the art/life practice of Sands. Gift Science Archive is also, as Megan puts it, ‘a fierce feminist demand to centre the messiness of feelings and thoughts and sharing in our processes of meaning production, knowledge transmission and history-making’. They stayed in a continuous exchange. Now they meet at the home of Sands in Amsterdam, where he lives with his partner Robin and cat Duman. In this episode, recorded on May 23th 2024, Sands, Megan and Radna talk about the too personal, vulvic space, anal space, being a feminist killjoy, noticing, a bad behaviour boat, and the pleasure of interpersonal connection. A full transcript and list of references is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lw2Wpaa88laQ8p0eCpn9mIBShmcKe5Jv/view
    Ditzcourse is a series of conversations with painter, body artist, writer and perfume collector Sands Murray-Wassink. Ditzcourse as in: ditzy, as in silly, but still making discourse. Thinking out loud. Sharing information. Meaning making in relation. As informal as possible. The series is initiated by Radna Rumping who has been in conversation with Sands for some years. The gift that keeps on giving. How to edit? For each episode of Ditzcourse a guest is invited, and a keyword is suggested. Everyone brings a power object or reference to the table. This time Megan Hoetger is joining, and the keyword is Pleasure. Megan Hoetger is a performance researcher, curator, historian and hard femme. She grew up in California, and now lives in Amsterdam. Sands, Megan and Radna met at the end of 2019 to start a collaboration, commissioned by If I Can’t Dance, that became Gift Science Archive: a database which archives relations and nearly 2,500 studio objects from the art/life practice of Sands. Gift Science Archive is also, as Megan puts it, ‘a fierce feminist demand to centre the messiness of feelings and thoughts and sharing in our processes of meaning production, knowledge transmission and history-making’. They stayed in a continuous exchange. Now they meet at the home of Sands in Amsterdam, where he lives with his partner Robin and cat Duman. In this episode, recorded on May 23th 2024, Sands, Megan and Radna talk about the too personal, vulvic space, anal space, being a feminist killjoy, noticing, a bad behaviour boat, and the pleasure of interpersonal connection. A full transcript and list of references is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lw2Wpaa88laQ8p0eCpn9mIBShmcKe5Jv/view

    transcript-ditzcourse-pleasure.pdf [pdf, 179.44 KB] 

    Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee full episode listing 

    giftsciencearchive.net 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Episode #1: Decipher Me or I Shall Devour You

    2024

    • Production

    Part of:Sonic Feminist Fabulations

    A hand hovers over a small basket, possibly made from cotton or similar material. The basket is set on a dark table. The hand of someone else, sitting across, rests on the table.
    A number of round tarot cards have been set with no apparent order on top of a dark table. Someone is holding a card with both hands, while the person sitting across from them appears to be touching or picking a card. Next to the cards, two sound decks are partially visible.
    Two hands, belonging to two people sitting across from each other, are touching the same tarot card. Around it, there are other cards.
    A screen on a stand shows a table filmed from above. The arms of two people, sitting across from each other, rest on the table. There is also a sheet of paper with handwritten notes and a stack of round tarot cards. The screen is set in a wood-panelled room with some wall decoration.
    Two people sit across from each other. In between them there is a table with drinks and paper materials. One of them takes a sip from a beer. At the back, there is a screen on a stand, showing a table filmed from above. In this image, someone rests their arms on the table, with their palms facing up. Someone is sitting across from them. There is a sheet of paper and a stack of round tarot cards.
    A person stands behind a DJ booth. They are adjusting one of the decks. Next to the decks there is a light box, which emits a bright white light.
    On top of a light box, there are two coil spirals and a small sound deck with knobs. A hand can be seen holding an object, placed on top of one of the spirals.
    A person stands in a dark DJ booth, adjusting the knobs on a DJ deck. To their right, a bright light shines upwards from a light box that is set next to the deck.

    sffepone02d.mp4 

    A photo of sound equipment and a microphone set on the floor fill up the whole page. On the top left corner, we can see the bottom half of a person squatting down. Beneath them, black text reads:
    Next to a sound deck, two people are looking through a newspaper and smiling. They are in an indoor space after dark, possibly a bar or a cafe.
    Round tarot card. On its outer edge, a

    Break the Algorithm interview 

    Paula Montecinos Oliva artist website 

    Sonic Feminist Fabulations website 

  • Sonic Feminist Fabulations, episode #0

    2024

    • Production

    Part of:Sonic Feminist Fabulations

    Arrangement of colourful sticky notes, stuck to a white surface. The legible ones read:
    Detail of an arrangement of colourful sticky notes, stuck to a large white sheet of paper that is laid on the floor. On the left, there are some handwritten notes in orange. The legible sticky notes read:
    Decks and other sound equipment have been set in two low tables and on the floor. A person can be seen squatting next to the larger structure, using a laptop. Someone else is sat by the wall, with a laptop to the left and a deck to the right, which they are adjusting.
    In the backgroud, a person dressed in black is squatting in front of a sound deck and a computer, which they are using. They are holding a microphone to their mouth. At the front, a red coil spiral is stuck to the floor. A thin cable is attached to its center with purple table. Throughout the rest of the space, other sound equipment and colourful cables lie on the floor.
    Two people seem to be playing with a sound installation consisting of two coil spirals stuck to the floor. There are cables attached to both spirals. A booklet is open next to one of them. In the background, a person is lying on the floor. They have their elbows on a pillow and are reading a book or a magazine.
    A coil spiral has been stuck to the white floor with a transparent plastic. There are two cables attached to it, one to the centre and the other to the edge. A person can partially be seen sitting next to it. With their left hand they are holding a small yellow heptagon structure against the spiral. With their right hand, they are touching the spiral through the middle of the structure.

    sffepzero04b.mp4 

    Close-up of two coil spirals, stuck to the white floor with a transparent plastic. There are wires coming from each of these spirals, and another wire connecting them both. The arms and a foot of two people can be seen. One person holds a microphone to a magnet, that they have set on one of the spirals. The other person touches the centre of the other spiral.
    A group of people is sitting on the floor or on chairs. They are all facing the same direction. At the front, two people are sitting close together. One of them points to something on the floor, and the other, looking in that direction, holds a microphone to their mouth.
    A person is lying supine on a large black cushion. They have short hair and are wearing a grey sweater. Their hands are covering their ears and their eyes are closed.
    Three people are sitting or lying on black cushions on the floor, next to a white wall. They are sitting in different positions, but are all holding their hands to their ears.
    A red and white spiral that fills up the whole cover of a publication, with its centre slightly to the right. In between the spiral, the title of the publication can be read on the left:
    A booklet lies open, showing two white pages, each with some text and a line illustration, in dark red. On the left page the title reads:
    Round tarot card. In its outer edge, we can read

    Episode no. 0 listen-back with Radio WORM 

    Paula Montecinos Oliva artist website 

    Sonic Feminist Fabulations website 

  • The Partisan, the Dissident, and the “Postsocialist Contemporary”

    2024

    • Writing
    White webpage showing the beginning of

    tptdtpsc00-overview.mp4 

    The artist is standing in front of a nude study. She has short hair and is wearing a wrapped white coat, which is smudged with charcoal.
    Exhibition entrance for
    Detail of a thick piece of fabric to which small patches of other fabric have been attached. These patches have drawings or writing on them.
    Section of a piece of dark fabric with stitches in white, brown and yellow. These stitches appear in different shapes and form patterns.
    A large rectangular piece of fabric has been hung on the wall. There is some texture to it, created with stitching. At the bottom, one small object hangs from the fabric.
    Close up section of a large rectangular piece of fabric hung on the wall. There is some texture to it, created with stitching.
    Two feminine-presenting people, dressed in dark colours and wearing head scarves, stand by a clothesline full with white fabric in a natural setting.
    Lawn with several clotheslines, where white fabric and clothes have been hung. There are several feminine-presenting people taking care of this laundry.

    Full text online 

  • When Technology Was Female: Histories of Construction and Deconstruction, 1917–1989

    2024

    • Editorial

    Part of:When Technology Was Female

    The title
    The front cover reads
    Booklets of yellow and pink pages sit on top of white book jackets, where the title
    Several copies of the book
    A book is held open, showing a spread with yellow pages and four different images with descriptions. In the most visible them, a person uses a compass.
    Several copies of
    A book is held open, showing a spread with pink pages and four different images with descriptions. The photographs show two stills with the protagonists of Věra Chytilová's film

    wtwfhcd-overview.mp4 

    Four people sit around a low table. To their right, another person is behind a podium, towards which the others are looking. A slide with the tile of the book,
    Event room with several rows of chairs full of people. In front of them, four people side around a low table on stage. A slide with two photographs is being projected above them.

    book webshop 

  • When Technology Was Female

    2024

    • Curatorial

    Part of:When Technology Was Female

    A person looks towards a pull down projector, where a film is being projected. The image shows a person in a full orange suit and hat.
    Three people watch a film being projected on a wall of a hallway space. Two of them are sitting down, while the other stands up at the bottom of the stairs.
    A film is being projected on a screen. The image shows a head shot of a masculine-presenting person with a moustache. The image also appears partly reflected on a mirror to the left.
    Dark space. Only the projection of a still from Věra Chytilová's film
    Dark space. Only the projection of a film is visible.  The image shows a feminine-presenting person touching the head of another person.
    This is
    This is
    This is
    This is

    wtwf-handout.pdf [pdf, 370 KB] 

    Goethe-Institut event listing 

  • Studies in Character Development

    2024

    • Workshop

    Part of:Zone Collective

    character-studies-preview.mp4 

    Two hands hold a book open. Across the two pages, there is a photograph of objects on top of a black background. A red lego is discernible in the middle. White text appears at the bottom, on both pages.
    Two hands hold a book open. The left page is black, with white text at the bottom. The right page has a blurry image with a diagram, handwritten in black, on top. There is some text, written digitally in black, at the bottom.
    Four people sit around a table, on top of which there is printed material and pens and pencils. There two overhead projectors, one on each side of the table, projecting images to a wall. One of the people is writing on a sheet of paper, whose image is being projected on the wall.
    Handwritten notes, in several colours, have been written in a transparency sheet and left on top of an overhead projector's stage. A hand is partially visible, holding the corner of the sheet.
    A person's hands and arms are partially visible. They are writing, with a purple marker, on a transparency sheet, under a photograph. The sheet is on an overhead projector's stage.
    Several sheets of handwritten notes and printouts with notes have been laid on a table.
    A white sheet of paper with notes and drawings is at the edge of a table. There are pens and pencils around it. The hand of the person sitting in front of the sheet can be see on the bottom right corner.
    Several sheets with handwritten notes, printouts with notes and a photograph have been laid on a table. There are also pens and pencils, three glass and two scissors. Five people are partially visible around the table.
    Several sheets with handwritten notes, printouts with notes and a photograph have been laid on a table. There are also pens and pencils, a glass and a can of beer. Three people are partially visible around the table, one of them has their hand on top of one of the sheets.
    Several sheets with handwritten notes, printouts with notes and a photograph have been laid on a table. There are also pens and pencils, a smartphone and a can of beer. The laps and arms of three people, who are sitting around the table, are visible.

    character-studies-reading-1.mp4 

  • book talk “Against Ageism. A Queer Manifesto”

    2023

    • Conversational
    Grey book cover appears inside a white frame, with small squares with colour at the top. The title
    Two people sit in front of a group of people. The person on the right holds a sheet of paper and a microphone.
    Three people sit in front of a group of people. The name of several artists (Adrian Piper, Hannah Wilke, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Semmel and Senga Nengudi) is being projected in black text above them. The person to the left is holding a microphone.
    A black and white slide, where the following names have been written: Adrian Piper, Hannah Wilke, Carolee Schneemann, Joan Semmel and Senga Nengudi.
    Three people sit in front of a group of people. Above them, an image of several drawings stuck to a pink surface is being projected. The two people to the left look up to the image.
    Art installation consisting of several photo prints of anuses glued to a linen canvas, which has been propped against a white wall. A brown nylon textile with silver stars is draped on the right.
    Screenshot of an Instagram story announcing the launch of Against Ageism, in an event with the author in conversation with Sans Murray-Wassink and Megan Hoetger.

    book webshop 

  • Garden as Material, Map, Metaphor, State of Mind

    2023

    • Writing
    Workspace with large windows. There is a desk, a shelf, a smaller round table and large sheets of paper or photographic print on the floor. On the wall, hang several photographic prints showing the same flower.
    In an exhibition space, a large photographic print with green foliage is suspended from the ceiling. To the left, a photographic print has been placed on top of a plant in a vase. To the front of the print, a long line of flower prints that stretches across the floor is partially visible. On the walls, there are more prints with images and text.
    In an exhibition space, a large photographic print with green foliage is suspended from the ceiling. To its sides, we can find a red chair (right) and a wooden table with some photographic material on top (left). To its front, a long line of flower prints stretches across the floor.
    Four white A4 sheets, with Dutch words handwritten in black ink, are stuck to a wall.
    A white A4 sheet is stuck to a wall.
    A person sits in front of a large photographic print that hangs from the ceiling in the middle of a space. The print partially depicts green foliage. They hold a piece of paper and are gesturing with their right hand. In front, a long line of flower prints stretches across the floor.

    A Rising Flower Makes a Garden 

    The Garden as Material, Map, Metaphor, State of Mind, by Megan Hoetger 

  • Is Isolation a Form of Experience?

    2023

    • Workshop
    A group of people sit cross-legged on the floor. They are facing another person, who is on the spotlight. Behind them, a webpage is being projected on a large screen.
    A person sits on their heels in front of several art supplies. They face the curtains, to the back of the space.
    A person paints a sheet of paper on the floor. Around them, there are several other drawings. A group of people sit crossed-legged around the painter and the drawings, watching.
    A large projected image shows a website page with an image and some text. The image shows a torso with the words

    iife03a-simon-e-van-saarloos.mp4 

    Two hands, wearing white gloves, hold a large white sheet of paper, which reads
    Four people pose behind several colourful sheets of paper with drawings, which are arranged in a circle on the floor. In the middle of the drawings, there is a pillow.

    workshop-handout.pdf [pdf, 1.28 MB] 

    “Contagious & Queer” curatorial essay 

  • Performing Colonial Toxicity

    2023 – 24

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Screenshot of the exhibition announcement, written in Dutch. The exhibition took place between 8th October 2023 and 14th January 2024.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. Next to two of them, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. One of the screens has both images and documents with redacted information. Next to two of the other screens, there are vertical monitors playing videos. A video is being projected into another of the screens. The legible titles read:
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images and either a video projection or a monitor. Several people occupy the space, looking at the installations.

    pct01f.mp4 

    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. A person stands in front of one of the screens, pointing to the left. A group of people sitting in front, look in the direction the person is pointing at.
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. The title in one of them reads
    Close-up of a large screen. The installation is made from several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. There are large scans of newspaper articles printed across these pages.
    Close-up of two large screens. There are photos and documents printed on them. A person studies one of them carefully, with their arms behind their back.
    Lofty exhibition space with several floor-length screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. At the front, someone crouches down as they look at the text closest to the floor.
    Person looks at a large screen, which has images and text printed on.
    In an exhibition space, someone is sat down watching a video being projected on a large screen.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors. Two people watch a video being projected on one of the screens.
    Lofty exhibition space with several large screens hanging from the ceiling. The screens have both text and images. It is night time and the space is filled with visitors.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    pct-exhibition-booklet.pdf [pdf, 1.57 MB] 

    Framer Framed exhibition listing 

    Samia Henni website 

  • Testimony Translation Project

    2023

    • Editorial

    Part of:Performing Colonial Toxicity

    Schematic representation of a tunnel and location of nuclear weapon. The length of the tunnel is marked as approximately 1000 meters.

    ttp03a-overview.mp4 

    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database.
    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database. The thumbnails show documents, some with redacted information.
    Screenshot of several PDF files in a database. The thumbnails show documents, some with redacted information, and handwritten letters or notes.
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled
    Screenshot of a webpage titled

    ttp03b-solange-fernex-algerie-interviews-1992_part-3.mp4 

    Installation consisting of several A4 sheets attached to each other with metal rings. In this section, there is a document with redacted information and some handwritten notes below. The title reads

    solange-fernex-algerie-interviews-1992_part-2.pdf [pdf, 316.34 KB] 

    saliat-ali.pdf [pdf, 152.11 KB] 

    germaine-t.pdf [pdf, 1.65 MB] 

    maryse-m.pdf [pdf, 1.53 MB] 

    Testimony Database 

  • salimbayri.com

    2023

    • Editorial

    sbc05d.mp4 

    Website page, showing three photographs in beige tones, which depict several clay-toned figurines, furniture and indoor spaces. Under the photograph on the right, there is text in small black print.
    Art installation, consisting of a shop window where several clay-toned objects have been put on display.
    A person sits in front of a suspended desk with a laptop computer, which is close to the ceiling of an indoor space. Below, there are several objects laid on a table.
    Seen from a high angle, a large table occupies most of the room. A group of people stand around the table, observing the objects that have been laid on top.
    Partial screenshot of a webpage, showing some text and a photograph of a beige building, with someone holding up a mallet in front.
    A person sits at a table, staring at a laptop and adjusting the knobs on a sound deck.
    Notebook page, with sketches, notes and drawings.
    On the other side of a glass, an image is being projected in one of the walls of a gallery space. Above the image with a drawing of a face, text white reads:

    sbc00-overview.mp4 

    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    Salim Bayri artist website 

  • screening “ROHFILM” (in memory of Birgit Hein)

    2023

    • Presentational
    On top of a white background, with lateral yellow frames, the event description for
    Pink and green poster with a pink rectangle at the centre. A table in green appears inside the rectangle, as well as the event title
    Event description, which appears against a pink background, and event dates, which appear against a green background. The institutional logos appear at the bottom.
    A film still appears in a grey laptop screen. The black and white still reads
    The word APEGA appears inverted and flipped vertically.
    German newspaper page, showing different articles with black-and-white photos.
    Section of a poster. It shows a black and while photograph with two people dressed in black, standing against a white background. On top of the photo, in red, there is a drawing of a clown and some handwritten notes. The event name appears above the photo.
    Black-and-white catalog cover.
    This is
    This is

    more info on Birgit Hein 

  • ZWARTE IBIS

    2023 – 24

    • Production
    A group of people appear to be holding a young feminine-presenting person. Two hands hold her face. Below her face,
    At the bottom of the stairs a
    A child and an adult person sit at a table. In front of them, a camera on a gimbal has been left on the table.
    Group of people. Some are talking to each other.
    Close-up of two people holding hands. A sofa appears in the background.
    Three singing bowls have been set on a surface, below a microphone. Behind them, someone sits on their heels, with their hands on their knees.
    An audience sits in an auditorium. On stage, five people sit in two sofas and a chair, having a discussion. The Melkweg logo is being projected above them.
    A person is behind the decks, which they are adjusting. A black and white keffiyeh lays in front of the decks.
    Several deck chairs face a large outdoor screen, onto which a film is being projected. On screen, a feminine-presenting person rests their face on a door frame.
    A film is being projected in a cinema room. On screen, someone is submerged up to their chest in the ocean. A subtitle reads:
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    musoke-nalwoga-zwarte-ibis-already-and-forthcoming.pdf [pdf, 893.84 KB] 

    ZWARTE IBIS in the making 

    Black Speaks Back homepage 

  • Active Archives: Performing Social Realities in Archival Contexts

    2022

    • Curatorial
    On top of a white background, the following is written in larger black text across the top
    Six people sit on stage around a low table. The first rows of the audience are visible.
    A group of people stand around the stage of an auditorium. Above them, an image of a person wearing earphones is being projected. Beneath it, to the right and to the left, two other projections show a slide with text, which reads
    Two people sit on stage. Above them, the face of a person against a dark blue background is being projected.
    A person sits in front of a laptop computer. Their reflection also appears on a glass in front. The image has an orange hue.
    Instagram story showing an orange light panel and some text.
    Schematic consisting of several small squares and some connecting lines.
    In a dark space, a person stands behind a control desk.
    Two sentences are projected in white on a dark space:
    People take their seats in a dark auditorium.
    Pink spotlights illuminate a dark surface.

    House of World Cultures event listing 

    full program recording 

  • review “Black Joy/White Fragility”

    2022

    • Writing
    Indoor space with three video projections, where three different feminine-presenting people appear in domestic settings.
    Website page with event listing for Jo Mariama Smith's
    Indoor space with a large round top window and purple walls. In this space, there is an object on a plinth in the middle of the space, a neon sign on the wall, a mirror ball hanging from the ceiling and a small stool.

    mhoetger_black-joy-white-fragility-review-joy-mariama-smith-_theatre-journal-f2022.pdf [pdf, 13.52 MB] 

    Theatre Journal, Volume 74, Number 3, September 2022 

    Black Joy/White Fragility 

  • book talk “Take ‘Em Down: Scattered Monuments and Queer Forgetting”

    2022

    • Conversational
    On top of a pink background and with a blue bar at the bottom,
    In a small indoor space, a group of people either socialise or look at books.
    Seen from above, two people sit next to each other. The person on the left holds a microphone. The person on the right looks at them, while taking a sip from a drink. There are bookshelves behind them.
    Two people sit next to each other. The person on the left holds a microphone. The person on the right is laughing and looking at the other person. There are bookshelves behind them.
    Two people sit in front of a group of people. The person on the left holds a microphone. There are bookshelves behind them.
    Graphic announcement for
    Graphic announcement for

    book webshop 

  • Film Distribution and 1968: Radical Aspirations

    2022

    • Writing
    A person runs through an empty street. The trees are bare and the sky is grey. They are holding a large red flag. The title of the book,
    1986 appears in a vertical line, occupying the middle of the book cover from the top to the bottom.
    Social media post. Under a text description, an  image shows the photograph of a couple, who are kissing. The image appears inside a dark grey square. Above the photograph,

    hoetger_films-distribution-and-1968.pdf [pdf, 37.89 KB] 

    Discourse homepage 

    Celluloid Revolt book webshop 

    1968 and Global Cinema book webshop 

  • giftsciencearchive.net

    2022

    • Editorial

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads

    gsa.net-comm-animation.mp4 

    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. At the top, there is a blue banner with several words for the menu, which appear in white. Below, large black text reads
    White page with vertical pink banners on each side. There is an entry list with four items. The second of those, with the title
    White page with an image occupying the left side. The image shows a hand-drawn poster, where
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an entry list with four items. The first of those, with the title
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an entry list with two items. The first of those, with the title
    White page with pink banners on the left and the right. There is an open entry, with the title
    Hand-drawn scheme with text in black and red on top of a pink background. At the top,
    On the left, occupying the majority of the left page, there is a blue block with white text. On the right, there is a hand-drawn scheme in black and red, with six images around it, which were added digitally. Under it, there are two columns of blue text.

    https://www.giftsciencearchive.net 

  • Honouring Sands’s Horsepower

    2022

    • Writing

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    White page with a large photograph in the middle. The photograph shows an indoor space. On the left, there is a person with long hair sitting on top of a table. They face the opposite wall, which is full of drawings and hand-drawn posters. There are bags and others objects and materials on the floor, next to the walls. Above the photograph, large black text reads:
    White page with two images. The left image shows a black grid with some green scribbles. The right image is of a white paper with a purple handwritten sentence, which reads:
    White page with four photographs. One of the photographs shows a person with a microphone touching someone else's wrist, in front of a crowd. The other three show two video installations and a wall with several small photographs and a large handwritten word on top. There are paragraphs of text both above and under the images. On each side of the page, there is a vertical pink banner.

    hshp-scroll-through.mp4 

    hoetger_honouring-sands-s-horsepower.pdf [pdf, 1.56 MB] 

    giftsciencearchive.net/about 

  • Learning from ‘Gift Science Archive’

    2022

    • Writing
    In white, the words
    Two paragraphs of black text are aligned to the left of the page, starting near the top. The background is dark salmon.
    Table of contents showing as main sections of the book:
    Second table of contents page, showing as main sections of the book:
    Several colourful sheets of paper with handwritten notes have been loosely stacked. A digital page with text and images has been superimposed on the image. On the bottom right,

    hoetger_learning-from-gift-science-archive.pdf [pdf, 114.62 KB] 

    nGbK event series listing 

    full PDF for download 

    nGbK book webshop 

  • Performances of Cinema and Other Infrastructural Musings

    2022

    • Presentational
    Black text on white background. The title
    Inside a church with stained glass windows, a person stands in one of the aisles, with some text being projected behind them. Three rows of chairs, broken into two sections, are nearly full. The people look towards the presenter. In an aisle in between the chairs, there is a table with a projector, facing the presenter.
    A large white slide with black text that reads
    In a blurry image, four people lie down in two levels of sofa-like seating. The face of a fifth person is visible on the bottom left corner.
    Light streaks on top of a black background.
    Two people sit behind a projection booth, seemingly controlling the projector. In the background, people stand up on different levels, looking in the direction the projector is facing.
    A person sits at a table, with an open laptop. They are holding a microphone close to their face. Behind them, a large slide is being projected on the wall. The slide reads
    Two people sit on wooden chairs, facing an audience. Another person, stands next to a member of the audience, who is holding a microphone and gesturing with their hand.
    In a church, several people stand around a wooden table, with books on top. They are either holding books and paper materials, or looking at them. Behind them, a group of people is spread around the church.

    Oude Kerk open archive 

  • Reassembling East German Nightlife: Scores for Curating from Elusive Archives

    2022

    • Writing
    Spread around the page, several words in different positions and rotations have been written in white, often with the end of the word more faded than the beginning. These words are:
    A book lies open. Across the two pages, several words in different positions and rotations have been written in black. Extra text, in a smaller font, appears underneath each word. These are words like:
    A book lies open. On the top page,

    hoetger-kong_reassembling-east-german-nightlife.pdf [pdf, 2.49 MB] 

  • Collectivities Otherwise: Party Lines, Counterpropositions, and (Post)Socialist Spaces

    2022

    • Conversational

    Part of:When Technology Was Female

    Nearly full lecture room. On stage, a person stands behind a podium. There is an image being projected on stage and in another screen, which is closer to the middle of the room. The image shows a feminine-presenting person with short hair in black-and-white.
    Nearly full lecture room. On stage, a person stands behind a podium. There is slide being projected behind them. It has a text, a painting and a photograph in black-and-white.
    A person stands behind a podium on stage. They looks towards another person, who is off-stage to their right. The person off-stage looks as if they are speaking.
    Four people sit on stage, around a low round table. A slide with a photograph and a short text is being projected behind them. The person to the left holds a microphone.
    Five people sit on stage, around a low round table. The person to the right holds a microphone and is gesturing with their left hand.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    spui25 event listing 

  • Socialist Collectivity and the Aesthetics of (Dys)functionality

    2022

    • Workshop

    Part of:When Technology Was Female

    In a university room, four people sit around tables set up in a U shape. At the front, a person is standing up or slightly resting against a table. A slide with two black and white photographs is being projected behind them.
    A laptop screen is partially visible, with several  photo files open on the desktop. Behind it, five people sit around tables in a university room.
    Two text print outs have been set on a table. A thick yellow highlighter lays on top. In the background, five other people sit around other tables, looking in the same direction.
    Open laptop computer, showing a desktop with several open image files. Two text printouts are laying next to the computer.
    Website section showing three images with descriptions.
    Website section showing some text and two images, which appear inside blue blocks.
    Website section showing eighteen photographs, mostly in black-and-white, inside blue blocks.
    Website section showing two images and a text. Part of the text and the two images appear inside a green block.
    Website section showing nineteen photographs, which appear inside green blocks.
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep01 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep01 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep02 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep02 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep03 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud
    Listen to Altmann Talk Me Through-ep03 by Mhoetger #np on #SoundCloud

    makarenko_his-life-and-work.pdf [pdf, 12.65 MB] 

    popper_platos-political-programme-v-vi.pdf [pdf, 7.88 MB] 

    lutz-gentsch-passages.pdf [pdf, 115.43 KB] 

    Three Seminars from ‘When Technology Was Female’ 

  • Collective Annotation Sessions

    2022 – ongoing

    • Workshop

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Two people sit in front of a projection and a flip chart easel. On a table, in front of them, there is an overhead projector and several sheets of paper and other printed material.
    Two people sit facing the same direction. Behind them, there is wall projection of a red block with the words
    Three people are next to a table. Two are sitting and one is standing up. On the table, there are sheets of paper with handwritten notes and an overhead projector.
    A person stands in front of a projection of a black-and-white diagram.
    A white sheet of paper with notes, handwritten in different colours, has been stuck to the wall with two thin strips of black tape.
    A person is leaning over an overhead projector. They are making notes on the sheet on the projector's stage. The image is being projected behind them. Next to the projection, a white sheet of paper with notes, handwritten in different colours, has been stuck to the wall with two thin strips of black tape.
    At the end of a long table, on top of which there are several sheets of paper, a person is leaning over an overhead projector. They are making notes on the sheet on the projector's stage. Next to them, someone stands in front of a flip chart easel.

    “Şimdicilik”ten şimdinin siyasetine doğru 

    Beyoğlu’nun yeni failleri 

  • Notes from the Table. A Not-Yet Manifesto

    2022

    • Writing

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Scans of a list and of a diagram appear next to each other. There are blocks of transparent yellow across the top of the list and bottom of the diagram. The words
    Black-and-white diagram, with a block which reads
    Black and purple diagram.
    Three images have been overlaid. At the back, a diagram has its blocks empty. At the front, two images with notes in blue and red have been superimposed.
    Close-up of diagram, where the words
    Close-up of diagram, where the words

    Notes from the Table. A Not-Yet Manifesto 

  • Zoning Play Complex

    2022

    • Workshop

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Six people sit around a rectangular table. There is a spotlight shining on the table; the space around it is in the dark.
    Two people sit behind a long table, with several objects. The person on the right has their laptop open on the table. Two structures hang from the ceiling to the right of the table.
    Five people sit around two rectangular tables, engaging in conversation. There is a spotlight shining on the table; the space around it is in the dark. Bowls, plates, mugs and cutlery are set on the table. A board with bread and dip is partially visible.
    A person sits in tribute seating, wearing a headset and holding a plate. Another person walks behind them.
    A person sits in tribute seating, with their left leg crossed. They are wearing headphones and holding a white cup. Around them, there are several installations hanging from above, mostly made from legos. Two of them have small cartoon eyes attached.
    Hanging installation, made from legos: at the bottom, a long red lego has been left horizontal. A brown and yellow lego with two eye cartoon stickers has been placed vertically slightly higher, in front. Behind it, other hanging structures are discernible, as well as a table with a few plates with food.
    A small white porcelain bowl has several white paper strips with zig zag edges in it. Around it, there is a paper with
    Table with three different printed materials, a pen, a white paper strip with zigzag edges and the edge of a plate. The printed materials are either white or black, and have text printed on.
    Five people sit around a table. The person facing the camera gesticulates with their hands, while the others look in their direction. There is food on the table, as well as cutlery, crockery and other paper materials. Two people sit on the floor, also looking towards the person gesticulating.
    A transparency sheet with handwritten notes is being projected on a tiled wall. The larger sentence, in red, reads:

    zpc-briefing.pdf [pdf, 71.39 KB] 

    zpc-menu.pdf [pdf, 50.88 KB] 

    zpc-placemat-position1.pdf [pdf, 22.07 KB] 

  • Archiving Club Cultures from Late Socialism through the Era of ‘Social Distancing’

    2021 – 22

    • Workshop
    A photograph of a mirror ball, reflecting lights in different colours on the ceiling, occupies the top half of a white page. At the bottom, large black text reads:
    Across an empty square, a building is visible. On the left, channel letters spell out
    Empty street. Two buildings are visible, a brown building and a terracotta one, with a green tower. There are several cars parked in front of the second building and some bare trees along the street. The sky is cloudy.
    A large terracotta bricked building is visible across a courtyard. On the ground floor, the building has green doors. There are six trees in bloom in the courtyard. Two cars are parked underneath them. The word
    Exhibition space with several installations. At the back, there is an image being projected on a wall, and a large doll dressed as a jester. There are photographs on the side wall and a table emitting some light. A plastic shape, resembling a dress, hangs next to it. At the centre of the space, another table has a propped up brochure.
    Three people wearing face masks look at a poster lying on a table. There are other posters stacked underneath. Behind the table, there is a large shelf with several grey and white boxes. Other rows of shelfs are partially visible behind it.
    Dark 2D map with some spots marked with red, yellow, pink and blue pins. There is a pink line connecting three of the pink pins. A large white block with some black text and a black-and-white photograph is connected to one of the blue pins.
    On a landscape digital white page, there are four square images. Three of them contain imperfect circles, two red and one yellow. Another is a photograph of a series of lines coming from a centre point, and making up a round shape. To the left, there is a column of black text.
    On a landscape digital white page, there are four images, occupying the bottom half of the page. A text, written in black, appears above them.
    Two images appear side by side. On the left, there is an illustrated poster with the words

    archiving-club-cultures_-curriculum-plan.pdf [pdf, 55.5 KB] 

    Susanne Altmann interview 

    Scoring Elusive Archives 

  • Art/Obscenity/Underground Cinema in West Germany, 1968–1973: Circulating through the Debates

    2021

    • Writing
    In the middle of the page, a photograph shows light streaks against a dark background. The image description appears underneath, in black. It is marked as
    Word document. At the top, larger text reads

    art_obscentiy-color-plate.pdf [pdf, 1.26 MB] 

    hoetger_art_obscenity_underground-cinema-in-west-germany-1968-72.pdf [pdf, 4.02 MB] 

    In and Out of View 

  • Black Revelry: In Honor of ‘The Sugar Shack’

    2021

    • Editorial

    Part of:Black Revelry

    Grey background with album cover on top. The cover is black with some yellow elements. At the top, there is a yellow banner with text in black.
    Open record jacket on top of a grey background. The inside is black and yellow, with the left side reminiscent of a wood pattern. The right side is black with a yellow shape in the middle. There is a yellow block with some black text on the left side. And white text at the bottom and the top of the right side.

    carter-cali-memory-intro-excerpt.mp3 

    Yellow text on top of a black background. The text appears on the left side in two columns, with two sections of text appearing redacted in yellow. A photograph, also in black and yellow, occupies the right side. It depicts a person sitting at a desk. They are are holding the back of the chair with their right hand and gesticulating with their left hand, keeping their left elbow on the table.
    Grey background. On the right side there is a orange square with a photograph and some text in black. On the right, only partially visible, is a photograph. A book and three polaroids are partially visible in the photograph.
    Several print materials have been stacked on top of each other, with the edges visible. Each sheet has a different colour; from bottom to top: yellow, black, white, light brown, blue and burgundy.
    Yellow square with digital text in black.
    On top of a glass table there is a vinyl player, with the needle on on top of the vinyl disk. To the right, there is an open record jacket with headphones on top. Behind it, another album cover of the same record has been propped up.
    Two people sit behind a low table. On the table, there is a vinyl player, an album propped up and some paper. There is a microphone in front of the person on the left. The person on the right adjusts the needle of the record player. Behind them, in the middle of the two, there is a pole where a square photograph has been attached.

    book webshop 

    Late Night DJ playlist by DJ Lynée Denise 

    black poesis/radical composition 

  • COLLABORATION. How can we work together?

    2021

    • Conversational

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Video player on top of a black background. There is an X on the top left corner of the page and two arrows in opposite directions on the right. Inside the video player, the visible still shows five people sitting around a L shape table. They each have a microphone in front of them.
    Two people sit at a table with microphones in front of them. There is an open laptop in between them. In the foreground, an open laptop is visible on someone's lap. The image on the laptop shows a close-up image of one of the people sitting at the table.
    Three people sit behind a table. They each have a microphone in front of them. The two people on the right look in the direction of the person on the left, who is looking back at them.
    On the left, two people are sitting behind a table with microphones in front of them. On the right, a person stands behind two tripods with cameras. To their left, a screen is mounted on a stand. There are large windows at the back of the room and a blue equipment box.
    This is
    This is

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

    Rijksakademie Open Archive 

  • In Good Company (Horsepower): Materials from the ‘Gift Science Archive’, 1993–present

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Indoor space with white walls and a large purple carpet at the centre. On top of the carpet, there is a L shape white table, with two chairs. On top of the table there is a desktop computer, headphones, a book and other objects. Hanging on the wall, to the left, are nine rows of photograph shelfs, filled with photographs. To the right, there is a tall plant and next to it a large word gratified in brown ink, across the corner of the room. Hanging on top of the graffiti, there is an arrangement of photographs. A white block and a wooden cabinet are visible at the back of the room. A photograph hangs above the cabinet. Hanging from the ceiling, in the middle of the room, there is a piece of see-through purple fabric with words painted in gold.
    A reflection on a glass surface shows a river and buildings on the opposite bank. In purple text, the following text appears:
    A person sits in front of an Apple desktop computer. They have their left hand on their chin and the right hand on the computer mouse. On the table, there is a pair of headphones and a closed spiral bound book. They are looking at a photograph on the desktop screen, which shows four frames hanging on a wall: three rectangular ones and, above them, a triangular one. At the back, there are four rows of photograph shelfs with photographs of green, natural settings; a tall plant and several photographs attached to the wall.
    In a wooden shelf cabinet, there are 6 grey storage boxes with white stickers on the left side. A person, whose hands and forearms are visible, is pulling out the second box from the top.
    Wooden box with two plastic bags with paper and fabric inside. Above the box. There are two grey storage boxes with white stickers on the left side.
    A scribble has been graffitied on a wall in light brown ink. Several photographs and printed pages have been nailed to the wall, some of them partially covering the scribble. Most of these images have
    A piece of black and purple fabric with a flower lies extended on top of a black frame, on top of a white table. On top of the fabric, there is a stack of photographs and a pair of white gloves. A chair is partially visible at the back, next to the table.
    In the middle of a room, on top of a purple carpet, there is a white L shaped table. At the end of the table there is an Apple desktop computer. One person sits at the table, wearing white gloves. They are holding a paper, which they look at. There are other paper materials next to them, as well as several slide photographs on a white surface, which is propped up. Another person stands in front of an open grey box, looking down. There are sheets of paper on both halves of the box.
    A person sits at a table, in front of an Apple desktop computer. They are writing on a notebook. Next to the notebook, there is an open spiral bound book and a pair of headphones. At the forefront, part of an open laptop computer is visible, as well as a lit up box with several slide photographs set on top. At the back of the room, behind the person writing, there is a fridge and a jacket in a coat stand.
    A person sits at a table. In front of them, there are two small stacks of printed materials. They are wearing white gloves and handling one of the sheets of paper. Behind the person, there is a tall plant. To the left, there are 5 rows of photograph shelfs with photographs of green, natural settings.
    Two people sit across from each other at a long white table. They are both wearing white gloves and holding photographs, which they are looking at. There are photo envelopes on the table, a see-through plastic bag and a round white plate with two stars and a word written in black. At the back of the room, there are several photographs on the wall. Behind them, there is a large hand-painted word, which is not fully visible.
    On top of a white surface, there are several photographs and photo envelopes. The hands and arms of two people are visible. They are wearing white gloves and handling the pictures. One of them is putting a stack of photographs inside an envelope, and another touches one of the photographs on the table.
    A person sits on their heels. In front of them, there is an open storage box with a stack of A3 paper. The person is leaning towards this paper, looking down at it. They wear all black, glasses and a face mask.
    This is
    This is

    in-good-company-bulletin.pdf [pdf, 759.32 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Without You I’m Nothing (Blue)

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Seen from above, several hand-drawn posters have been set on a grey floor. Two people stand, in different spots, in between the posters. At the back of the room there are other objects, namely an open laptop on the floor.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. Around the room, there is a frame, a photograph installation, an installation of four pieces of textile, a large blue poster, a mirror, another mixed-media installation and a TV screen. These are all hanging or propped against the walls, except for the TV which is on the floor, in one of the corners.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. At the back of the room, filling one of the walls, there are several hand-drawn posters. On the wall on the right-hand side, there is an installation made of several black-and-white photographs. Another two pieces are seen hanging on the opposite wall.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. The visible wall space is filled with hand-drawn posters, hanging from floor to ceiling.
    Indoor space with white walls and grey floor. Around the room, there is a large blue screen, a mirror, a frame, a TV set and a mixed media installation. These are all hanging or propped against the walls, except for the TV which is on the floor, in the right corner. On the large blue screen there is a hand-drawn horse with rounded black text at the top, reading:
    On the floor, several copies of the same image are piled up. A mirror is propped against the wall, showing the reflection of the stack of images.
    In the corner of a room, a TV set lies on the floor, showing an image. To its right, there is a mixed-media piece, made from a large canvas with several pictures, and a piece of brown fabric with golden stars, which is draped on the right side.
    On the right, hanging from an over the door hook, there is a t-shirt, a plastic bag and a handbag. Through the open door, a room is partially visible. There are hand-drawn posters and drawings hanging on the walls, a pink chair, shelfs and other boxes and materials on the floor.
    A person is leaning towards an open box with large sheets of paper, which they are handling. Another person, to the right, observes. At the back of the room, there is an desk with an open laptop and frames hanging on the wall. On the left, posters and drawings hang on the wall. There is also a shelf next to this wall, as well as other materials on the floor.

    without-you-i-m-nothing-blue-list-of-works.pdf [pdf, 202.53 KB] 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • How We Behave / An Archive of Radical Practice

    2021 – 23

    • Curatorial
    Collage made out of three items, against a white square background.
    White digital page.
    A black-and-white photograph of a group of people posing for the camera has white text on top, which reads
    Website page. At the top,
    Brown poster has been digitally imposed on top of a photograph of a garden. On the poster, different paragraphs of white text (on the right) correspond to different colours, which appear written on the left:
    A black-and-white photograph of three people posing for the camera has text in black around it. It reads
    Website page. At the top,
    Two people read an exhibition text, which appears inside a white poster on a red wall. At the top, the text reads in larger font
    Two people sit in front of screens. They both have headphones on. The person on the left touches the screen, in which there is a picture of a person and a purple block with one word inside. On the right screen, an image of a person wearing a moustache and headgear is visible.
    Three people sit around a wooden table. There are booklets and other printouts on the table. The two people with their backs to the camera are leafing through a booklet and a printout stapled at the top left corner. The printout shows the photograph of a person wearing sunglasses.
    Three people sit in front of three screens, wearing headphones. The screens all show different images of single people.
    A person sits behind a microphone. They are wearing a bright pink blazer and high heels, a lighter pink scarf and headgear and trousers and a top with pink hues. They are holding paper with their hands. There are also two sheets of paper on the floor, in between their feet. At the back, two other people sit behind another microphone.
    Two people stand next to a microphone. They are both holding paper and looking at each other.

    hwb-suely-rolnik-script.pdf [pdf, 32.06 KB] 

    hwb-ramallah-transcript.pdf [pdf, 527.08 KB] 

    How We Behave studio project 

    Grant Watson website 

  • Lively Archives: Activating Performance Archives and the Performativity of Archival Methods

    2021

    • Workshop
    A group of people sits around low tables. At the front, a screen shows a projected image. Someone sits to the right of the screen. One of the people is on top of a table, and stretches themselves to reach something on a nearby table.
    A group of people sits around low tables or on the floor, which is on a higher level, on par with the tables. One of the people lies, belly down, on their elbows and another person lies on their side. People are grouped in twos and are engaging in conversation.
    An open laptop screen shows an open website with a white background, two images and some text. Behind it, a group of people sits around low tables or on the floor, which is on a higher level, on par with the tables.

    lively-archives-slides.pdf [pdf, 7.5 MB] 

    cultures-d-avenir-full-program.pdf [pdf, 915.99 KB] 

  • The Actress

    2021 – 23

    • Production
    Curtain printed with a montage of several word documents. There is a large cross on top of the image occupying the right half of the curtain. On the wall, next to it, a black text reads:
    Three hanging pieces of fabric have black text printed in different sizes.

    teaser-the-actress-04.mp4 

    teaser-the-actress-03.mp4 

    At the end of a room, a large screen shows the image of a person with a short fringe and long straight hair. Their head is tilted to the left, resting on their left fingers. In the room, a person sits near one of the walls. They are facing a different direction than that of the screen.
    Two people appear, as separate images, against a black background. One is an older child with long hair, facing the camera, and the other a person leaning back. They are only visible from the torso up.
    Two people appear, as separate images, against a black background. They both appear to be on stage, with a spotlight on them. On the left, a young person with long hair sits on their heels, reading a piece of paper. More paper lies on the floor in front of them. On the right, the other person is at the distance, standing up straight.
    Two images appear, separately, against a black background. On the left, in high transparency, a young person with long hair sits on their heels, reading a piece of paper. More paper lies on the floor in front of them. On the right, a sheet of paper appears in front of the camera. Behind it, there is a microphone stand and a few people.
    A large screen shows the image of a person with a short fringe and long straight hair. They are leaning to the left and have their eyes closed. In front of them, held horizontally, two palms are held against each other.

    ta-animation.mp4 

    Two images appear at the centre of a beige background. On the left, the image shows fragments of a text. On the right, a finger points at a line of text on a sheet of paper. Under them, two yellow buttons read, respectively,
    Four stacks of word documents have been imposed digitally on a beige background.

    gkv_aimee_zito_lema_becket_mwn_hand-out_a4_p_file_en.pdf [pdf, 1.96 MB] 

    the-actresses_curatorial-note.pdf [pdf, 66.37 KB] 

    the-actress_becket-essay_aimee-notations.pdf [pdf, 2.27 MB] 

    the-actress_interview-with-camila_becket-notations.pdf [pdf, 3.63 MB] 

    Grazer Kunstverein  

    The Actress(es) studio page 

  • Cinema for Houseboats

    2021

    • Curatorial

    Part of:Zone Collective

    On a deck, a group of people stand or sit in front of a screen where something is being projected. To their right, there is a playground with a slide, next to which two children and two adults are sitting. In the background, behind the screen, there is a river and two large buildings on the other bank. The sky is dark and several of the windows in the buildings have lights on.
    On a beige road, six creatures follow a smaller one. The body of the larger creatures is drawn as a white square, with two small round feet, a white semicircle for a wing, a black blob for the tail and a blue beak or antenna. The smaller one is rounder, drawn in blue and white. There are two tall telephone poles next to the road.
    Two rows of white squares, each with a L shaped leg underneath, and a blue horn on top, seemingly make up the body of a creature. On the bottom one, two semicircles and a black dot have been drawn to the left and to the right, facing the left side, seeming to represent the nose and an eye. On the top row, the semicircle faces the right. Besides the legs and the horn, there are also two thick black lines, near each of the legs.
    On a deck, viewed from above, a group of people stand or sit in front of a screen where something is being projected. To their right, there is a slide. In front of the screen, there is a red playground overhead ladder, behind which someone is standing, wearing headphones. In the background, behind the screen, there is a river and two large buildings on the other bank. It is dark and several of the windows in the buildings have lights on.
    A group of people is either standing or sitting, all facing the same direction. Behind them, there is an overhead ladder and other playground equipment. It is dark, and at the back, two buildings have several windows with the lights on.
    Photograph of a person, on top of which eyebrows and a moustache have been drawn in pen. These are exaggerated in size, much bigger than the face of the person.
    Two overhead projectors are projecting images on the wall. A person stands next to them, adjusting the contents on the stage of the left projector. Besides the table on top of which the protectors have been set, there are other tables in the space. The back of a person and the bottom leg of another one, who are sitting around these tables, are visible in the picture.

    more info on Vlado Kristl 

  • Drawing the Archive

    2021

    • Presentational

    Part of:Zone Collective

    On top of a overhead project's stage, someone is making notes in red on a piece of glass. Underneath it, there is a printed text.
    Two people stand behind a long table, each next to one of the two overhead projectors. They both look at things on the table, on which several other printed materials have been laid. The projectors are shining a light behind the two people, but no image is being projected. At the centre of the image, there is a dark grey triangle inside a grey circle, to indicate a
    Four people stand around a table, on top of which there is an overhead projector and other materials. On the wall, two projections show documents with handwritten notes.
    Four people stand around a table, on top of which there are two overhead projectors and other materials. On the wall, two projections show documents with handwritten notes.
    Section of text. The first two lines read
    A television box has been set on a black plinth. Behind it, there are beige curtains a white wall, onto which a text is being projected.

    dta-session-2_excerpt01.mp4 

    dta-session-2_excerpt02.mp4 

  • Shadow Zones: Experimental Cinema History in Yugoslavia; or, a Cinema and a History Made and Unmade by Maps

    2021

    • Exhibitionary

    Part of:Zone Collective

    Rectangular collage with three sections, each a triangle. At the top, in black-and-white, a photograph shows the top of a person's head and the top of a film projector. The middle section is made out of sections of three different word documents. The left one shows a text highlighted in blue, the middle one a diagram which leads to the word
    Ground level view of building front, with a glass door and a glass floor to ceiling window with letterbox. On the floor, window side, there is a square light box, in which
    Small indoor space with large beige curtain. Next to the curtain, there is a large white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. On each side of the curtains, there is one television box on a plinth. Across, two overhead projectors are projecting on the opposite wall. At the front, there is a table with other printed materials.
    A grey curtain occupies two thirds of the image. To the left, a table with books and other printed materials is visible. An image and some text is being projected on the wall next to it.
    In a dark room, two overhead projectors project two images. On the left, an old document on beige paper. On the right, a blue photograph with a close-up of a person's face and some text in black around it.
    Overhead projector, shining a strong light towards its stage. Behind it, there is large beige curtain and a white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. In front of the curtain, there is one television box on a plinth.
    Table seen from above. Laid on the table are several photographs, printed texts, booklets and a few old photo slides.
    Table seen from above. Laid on the table are several photographs and other printed material.
    On a table with black cloth, two transparency sheets with black text have been left on top of a white booklet. The title of the right transparency sheet is
    Table seen from above. On the table, there is a tablet on which the image of a masculine-presenting person gesticulating with their left hand can be seen. There are subtitles on the image. A set of headphones has been connected to the device, and lays on the table next to it. Other books and printed material can also be seen on the table.
    Small indoor space with large beige curtain. Next to the curtain, there is a large white textile with a printed diagram hanging from near the ceiling. A group of people, either sitting or standing up, faces the direction of two overhead projectors. There is also a table with printed material on top.
    A wall text appears at the bottom of a wall; the first line appears on the wall, with the remaining of the text on the beige floor. To the left, a white plinth remains empty. The text reads

    sz-walkthrough.mp4 

    shadow-zones-handout.pdf [pdf, 230.02 KB] 

  • Black Revelry Quiet Storm

    2020 – 21

    • Production

    Part of:Black Revelry

    A person sits at a table, in front of a large red microphone. They are wearing headphones. On the table, there are several wires, an open notebook and a pen, a blue bottle, an Evian bottle and several other objects. Behind them, a courtyard and two cars are visible through the large windows.
    On top of a table, there is a laptop, two headphones, several wires and a vinyl cover. Under the items, there is a table cloth with the words
    Three square images are overlaid on top of a grey background. The middle image is a collage with two photographs, one of which has
    online radio dedicated to the arts visit our website for an overview of shows and an indexed archive
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    Recommended reading: Sent 

    dublab guest session: Gathering 

    dublab guest session: Dispersal 

    dublab guest session: Frequency 

  • RELATIONSHIPS. Feminist Legacies, Queer Intimacies

    2020 – 21

    • Editorial

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    On top of a table, there are several sticky notes, a photograph, a shell, a rock, pens and highlighters, and a sheet of paper with a photograph of two people and some words in black text. A hand is resting on top of this paper. There is a white digital frame around the photograph.
    Pink page with a digital collage of images and text in the middle. On the top left corner, black text reads:
    Mustard yellow paper with a see-through shape consisting of a rectangle and a semicircle. Inside the rectangle, there is a small, rectangular piece of white paper with the following text:

    rflqi03a.mp4 

    Pink page with a block of text and a black-and-white photograph. The photograph shows a naked person sitting against a wall with their legs open. They are resting their head on their right hand. On the top left corner of the page, black text reads:
    Pink page with three large paragraphs of black text. On the top left corner, larger black text reads:
    Pink page with six paragraphs of text. The first paragraph is black and the remaining text is purple. On the top left corner, larger black text reads:
    Pink page with four photographs. These photographs show the same two people posing for the camera, in selfie pose. They have a scarf wrapped around them. The photograph was taken in an indoor space. A ladder is partially visible on the two photographs at the bottom. On the top left corner, large black text reads:
    Pink page with some text and an image. The image shows a screenshot of an Instagram post, with the caption and comments appearing in a white column on right side. On the top left corner, large black text reads:
    A black garment with fringes is partially visible, with three other images digitally juxtaposed. One of them is a photograph of a black-and-white hand-drawn poster with a horse. Above the horse, the largest text reads
    A black garment with fringes is partially visible. The fringes appear at the center, whilst the edges of the fabric appear at the bottom and at the top. In the middle, an image with a drawing of a skull had been digitally juxtaposed. Above the skull

    rflqi03b.mp4 

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

    Aimar and Sands (Sands Music for us = Black & White) 2020 

    RELATIONSHIPS - full epistolary exchange 

  • VALUE. What is trash? What is trashy but valuable?

    2020

    • Conversational

    Part of:Gift Science Archive

    Eight people sit in line. The person on the right is holding paper and looking down at it. The other people look in their direction. Behind them, there is a wall with drawings and hand-drawn posters. A group of people sits on the floor, facing the eight people who sit on chairs.
    Five people sit in line. Behind them, there is a wall with drawings and hand-drawn posters.
    Two people sit next to each other, facing each other. Behind them, there is a wall with drawings and hand-drawn posters.
    A few people sit in line. The three people in the middle are looking at each other and laughing. Behind them, there is a wall with drawings and hand-drawn posters. Two other people, whose heads are visible, are sitting on the floor in front of them.
    In an indoor space, there are three rectangular frames hanging next to each other, each with two photographs and some text in black. Right on top, there is a yellow triangular frame with three photographs. Below them, there is a low table with a projector, whose light shines towards the camera. One person sits to the left and three people to the right of the projector. The person on the left looks behind, towards the left, to a large white poster with black text, which hangs on the wall. In front of them, there are other people, whose upper bodies are partially visible.
    A few people sit in line. Two of them are leaning forward, supporting their elbows on their knees. They lean towards the people who are sitting on the floor, facing them. One of the people on the floor is gesturing with their hands. The other people look towards them.
    This is
    This is

    Sands Murray-Wassink artist website 

  • Performative Writing as Documentation

    2020 – 23

    • Workshop
    Five people sit on the floor, looking up at a small screen with the image of a person with long hair, dressed in a red dress. The screen is hung to the wall, and there are several shelfs with books around it.
    Several people, wearing face masks, sit in four rows of tribute sitting. Many seats are left empty. There is a floor lamp at the back. The only visible wall has a large black-and-white photograph as wallpaper.
    Indoor space with large windows. There is a stage-like structure with two levels. There are several signs on poles, set on this structure. They have yellow backgrounds, an illustration and a word underneath. The words appear in different languages and in the illustrations several animals appear: a rat, fishes, a turtle, etc. There are six people sitting on the first level.
    A group of people lay back on bean bags, looking at a large screen. The screen shows the image of a tree in a field. The tree leans to the left. The room is dark.
    A person is sitting on a red bean bag next to a structure that is closed off with a purple textile. The person is leafing through a book. There are two other pillows, one of which says
    In an indoor space, three people sit on a bench, facing the same direction. Behind them, there is a large screen, seen from the back, and a sentence in green neon lights, which hangs on a wall.
    In a lofty indoor space, a person sits in front of a screen, which hangs from the ceiling. There is a monitor in front of the screen, which they look towards. There is a black column in the space, visible at the front, and a mezzanine level, visible at the back.
    Four people sit or stand next to a table. One of the people is pointing at the screen of a grey laptop, which is open on the table. There is a cup, an open bag of crisps and a sheet of paper also on the table.
    A person is sitting in front of a large screen. On the screen, a text in white is being projected.

    sndo-sample-syllabus-dec-2021.pdf [pdf, 131.56 KB] 

  • EXPRMNTL Nights

    2019

    • Curatorial
    Open booklet with light green pages. On the left, the date
    On top of a grey background, possibly a wall, the following text has been handwritten:
    Red square with letters in black, reading:
    A person is laying down with their right cheek on the floor, facing the camera. Behind them, several people stand up in a line, facing a different direction.
    The heads of four people are visible in a black-and-white photograph, which is in the shape of an incomplete circle, cut at the top. Above their heads, black text reads, in all caps,
    Green page with a photograph in the middle. The photograph shows one feminine and one masculine presenting person. They are shoulder to shoulder, but facing opposite directions. Below the photograph, large black text reads:

    EXPRMNTL documentary film homepage 

    more info on EXPRMNTL  

  • A Sentimental Punk: An Incomplete Kurt Kren Film Retrospective, 1956-1996

    2018

    • Curatorial
    Photo composition. In the background, there are several small black-and-white photos. Over it, in the middle, there is a transparent pink square. Inside it,
    Open case with a film camera stored inside. Several information has been written over it digitally, on the right side of the photo. At the top
    Grey background with two images. On the left, a notebook cover. There is a white box in the middle, where
    White page with text in black.
    Grey background with two images. On the left,
    Grey background with two images. On the left, there is a blurry photograph of four people sitting on or near a red couch. On the left, there is a handmade poster. Handwritten in black, the following information appears in bigger letters:
    White page with text in black.
    Grey background with two images, showing charts. There is text in black in the top right corner and the bottom left.
    Grey background with three prints. Each print is made out of three photographs of a person's face in close-up. On the prints on the left and right, the same image recurs. On the print in the middle, the top image is different to the ones below. There is some text in black under the images.
    White page with black text and a black-and-white photograph of a person on stage, holding a sheet of paper.
    Grey background with two images. One shows a stamp in front of a blue box and the other an envelope addressed to
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
    Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

    The Lab event documentation 

    Canyon Cinema event listing 

    Kurt Kren filmmaker website 

  • Falter, Stumble, Plunge: Kurt Kren’s Structures

    2018

    • Writing
    White page with black text. Large black text reads
    Black-and-white portrait of a person on stage. They are wearing a leather jacket and holding a sheet of paper. The person is looking up and smiling.
    Digital black text on top of a white page. In the middle, there is a block showing two images, which look like two charts.
    A person wearing a suit and tie holds a camera at their eye. The image is slightly blurry.
    Digital black text on top of a white page. In the middle, there is a block showing two images. On the left, a close-up of a white door, showing the door knob and keyhole. On the right,
    On top of a grey background, three different photographs show three different stamps in front of the same blue box. The stamp at the top reads

    legrice_kurt-kren.pdf [pdf, 7.86 MB] 

    tscherkassky_lord-of-the-frames-kurt-kren.pdf [pdf, 92.01 KB] 

    Full text online 

  • Underground International: Kurt Kren and Tomonari Nishikawa

    2018

    • Curatorial
    White page. At the top, there is a black image with the words
    Black-and-white nature scene with shadows that make it difficult to discern. There appears to be some snow and bare trees.
    River with red bridge. There is green vegetation on the river banks. Several bars are out of focus, in the forefront of the photograph.
    Three people are sitting underneath the projection of an image. The person on the left is holding the microphone and gesturing towards the screen with their left hand. The image shows square paper with squares hand-painted in different colours. Each square has a number inside.
    Square paper with squares hand-painted in different colours. Each square has a number inside.
    Square paper with a hand-drawn timeline chart. The lines have different colours and some of them are marked with numbers.
    Square paper with a hand-drawn timeline chart. 29 lines appear, in 7 different colours, which appear as blocks.
    Square paper with several hand-drawn column graphs.
    A moving train is arriving to the platform. There is some reflections in the image, perhaps from double exposure.
    Three people sit under a screen. The person on the right is holding a microphone to their mouth. The other two people look towards them. There is an open laptop in front of the person on the left, and a low table with a water jug and glasses in front of the person in the middle.
    Into the Mass (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 6 min., double projection 16mm, silent, color, USA) The visual was originally captured through two Super 8 cameras, which were attached on the pedals of a bicycle, through my ride from Marin County to San Francisco. The time-lapse footage was optically printed onto 16mm film afterwards, and the double projection would show a new landscape of the photogenic city. The ride ended after joining Critical Mass, an event occurs the last Friday of every month in San Francisco.
    Into the Mass (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 6 min., double projection 16mm, silent, color, USA) The visual was originally captured through two Super 8 cameras, which were attached on the pedals of a bicycle, through my ride from Marin County to San Francisco. The time-lapse footage was optically printed onto 16mm film afterwards, and the double projection would show a new landscape of the photogenic city. The ride ended after joining Critical Mass, an event occurs the last Friday of every month in San Francisco.
    I buried a 100-foot (about 30 meters) 35mm negative film under fallen leaves alongside a country road, which was about 25 km away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, for about 6 hours, from the sunset of June 24, 2014, to the sunrise of the following day. The night was beautiful with a starry sky, and numerous summer insects were singing loud. The area was once an evacuation zone, but now people live there after the removal of the contaminated soil. This film was exposed to the possible remaining of the radioactive materials. This project is made possible with funds from the Media Arts Assistance Fund, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, Electronic Media and Film, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; administered by Wave Farm.
    I buried a 100-foot (about 30 meters) 35mm negative film under fallen leaves alongside a country road, which was about 25 km away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, for about 6 hours, from the sunset of June 24, 2014, to the sunrise of the following day. The night was beautiful with a starry sky, and numerous summer insects were singing loud. The area was once an evacuation zone, but now people live there after the removal of the contaminated soil. This film was exposed to the possible remaining of the radioactive materials. This project is made possible with funds from the Media Arts Assistance Fund, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, Electronic Media and Film, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; administered by Wave Farm.

    BAMPFA event listing 

    Tomonari Nishikawa filmmaker website 

    Kurt Kren filmmaker website 

  • In Terms of Performance

    2014 – 16

    • Editorial
    Empty stage with black curtains. There is a microphone stand in the middle, at the front.
    White page divided in two. There is a list of words on the left side. On the right, larger black text reads
    White page divided in two. There is a photograph of a person sitting on a chair on the right side. On the left, there is a list with words. Under
    Indoor space with wooden floors, a small window and a table. There are 7 blue chairs around the table. Several large bass drums, or bombos, are hanging from the ceiling. There are smaller ones on the table and by the window.
    White page divided in two. There is a photograph of a person sitting on a chair on the right side. On the left, there is a list with words like
    White page divided in two; with an image on the left side and text in black on the right. The image is a scan of a handwritten text with some marks in red.
    Two hands hold a paper with handwritten notes. The person's head is out of focus, but partially visible on the left side of the photograph.
    White page divided in two.; with a photograph on the left side and text in black on the right. The photograph shows a person opening a curtain to an indoor space. They are wearing headphones and hold a small monitor.
    Black-and-white photograph shows a large group of people walking in the same direction in an open field. There is a large building in the background.

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  • double review “Tiresias” and “Incorruptible Flesh”

    2013

    • Writing
    Blue page, with a photograph occupying the majority of the space. It shows a person on top of a square, white platform. They are standing inside a glass cuboid, up to their hips. Above the photograph, white text reads
    On stage, three people appear behind a metal structure. Purple light lights the space.
    A person wearing a tall hat and a cape is at the center of the stage, with one of their arms raised. A spotlight shines on top of them.
    Blue page with white banner at the top. At the top, black text reads

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  • History As An Experience To Be Had

    2012

    • Writing
    White page with yellow dots and lines occupying most of the page.
    White page with yellow dots and lines occupying most of the page. There is black text on top of it, with numbers to the left of each block.
    Black wall with a black wallpaper with white shapes. On the wall, there is a lit up, green
    A band is playing inside a white canopy tent. There are five elements in the band, all bare chested. The person at the front, wears only boxers.
    On a white wall of an indoor space a single image appears several times, filling nearly the entirety of a wall. The image appears larger at the centre of the wall, inside a frame. It then appears smaller also on the wall, in six rows. The image shows an American shot of a person wearing only white briefs. They have short hair and their lips are painted red.
    A large mural is outside a building with a glass facade. Two people look at the mural, which has a large map with large yellow areas. A section with a few paragraphs of text is on the right edge of the mural.

    hoetger-history-as-an-experience-to-be-had.pdf [pdf, 7.79 MB] 

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