Dawoud Bey in Dialog – Artist Speak, Museum Folkwang, Caring for Photography Symposium, Essen, Germany – Information & Occasions

The present cohort of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation’s “Museum Curators for Photography” scholarship program is organizing a symposium on the Museum Folkwang on the subject of “Care in Curatorial and Photographic Practice”.

What does care imply right this moment, and the way is it applied within the arts and tradition sector? In gentle of world crises and rising social tensions, what buildings and abilities can we develop to form the environment and society sustainably and collaboratively? Against this backdrop, the precept of care is more and more coming into focus as a unifying, solidarity-building, and accountable curatorial strategy. Various panels, lectures, and a tour/workshop invite members to replicate collectively on care as a participatory apply of mutual studying. 

Contributions from worldwide curators, artists, researchers and mediators supply totally different views on the subject.

Concept and group: Dortje Fink, Esra Klein, Noa Lohrmann – scholarship recipients within the “Museum Curators for Photography” program of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation

Participation is free. No registration required.

The occasion will probably be held in German and English.

Artist Dawoud Bey and curator Cate Lartey will probably be in dialog with Lisa Klosterkötter. The dialog, Caring for Community, will happen from 2:30 to 4pm.