The nGbK working group „Curating through Conflict with Care“ (CCC) hosted to a three-day summer symposium from 4 to 6 August 2023. 

The symposium used conflict and contradiction as a methodology to identify and work through the paradoxes of inclusive curating. CCC addressed these contexts as a starting point for further developing best practices and existing debates on curatorial responsibility. The nGbK working group invited workers in the arts to exchange ideas on how to further develop the role of the curator and address contemporary challenges. Together they gathered experiences and ideas for (extra)institutional changes that put care at the center. The programme was divided into three thematic areas: Friday was about curating, Saturday about conflict and Sunday about care work.

Everyone could apply via our open call, whether as a contributor to the programme or as a participant. A large proportion of places wasreserved for BIPoC participants who self-identify as such. This ensures that those who are excluded from these spaces due to discrimination, access difficulties and unaffordability are given the opportunity to explore this work together.

Content

Curating through Conflict with Care (CCC) Symposium Program 2023 curated by Ayasha Guerin, Duygu Örs, Maithu Bùi,  Moshtari Hilal

Conflict as methodology: Reflections on how we’ve learned together in symposium by Ayasha Guerin (CCC)

Curating Conflict without Carewashing? by Maithu Bùi (CCC)

Do we have to like each other to care for one another? by Moshtari Hilal (CCC)

What are legitimate grounds for claiming an identity? by emet ezell

Responding to Questions on Conflict by Parand Danesh

A Poem: Rent is due by Fatim Selina Diaby

A polyphonic hypothesis by Azadbek Bekchanov

A Recipe for Land Acknowledgements by Azul Dugue

Curating space: Bottom-up/Bottom-down/Bottom-around Reflections by Cẩm-Anh Lương

Unbehagen Pflegen by Felisha Carenage

These three days, I am a sponge by Maike Siu-Wuan Storf

To Unite is to Recite Reflections on the CCC Symposium by Mon Sisu Satrawaha มอ่ น ศศิุสาตราวาหะ 

Post-Conflict or Institutionalization of Conflict by Rubén Ojeda Guzmán

Documentation Through Observations: How (not) to document conflicts by Pegah Byroum-Wand

Messy Map by Samira Ghoualmia

All texts published here reflect the opinions of the respective authors and working group members and are not congruent with those of the association.