Public Talk #1: The Autumn School of Curating

๐Ž๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ, we open The Autumn School of Curating with a public talk built around the topic of synchronicity and how it determines new ways of thinking about the worldโ€™s events and challenges. 

โœจ Our ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ is curator Philippe Van Cauteren (artistic director of S.M.A.K. Ghent), who is also the leader of this yearโ€™s edition of TASoC.

๐Ÿ“– ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐๐„ ๐•๐€๐ ๐‚๐€๐”๐“๐„๐‘๐„๐ 

He is the artistic director of S.M.A.K. (Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium). He studied sociology and art history at the University of Ghent. For the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, he co-curated the exhibition โ€˜Cripplewoodโ€™ with the work of Berlinde De Bruyckere for the Belgian Pavilion. In 2015 the Ruya Foundation commissioned him to curate the Iraqi Pavilion for the 56th Venice Biennale. At the invitation of the Siddartha Arts Foundation, he curated the exhibition โ€˜My City, My Studio / My City, My Lifeโ€™ for the Kathmandu Triennial in 2017. In the same year, he made an exhibition with a selection from the Barjeel Art Collection for the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Philippe Van Cauteren published the book ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’” – a compilation of letters he has been writing to artists for the past 15 years. 

๐€๐‘๐†๐”๐Œ๐„๐๐“ 

๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ฅ. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ 4๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’โ€™๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก (๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™) ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฅโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘š, ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›,โ€ฆ.๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’. – Philippe van Cauteren 

๐Ÿ†“ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก. 

Learn more about this yearโ€™s topic and previous editions here ๐Ÿ‘‰https://ecca.ro/the-autumn-school-of-curating-4th-edition/. 

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ-๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ฬฆ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ .