Un/gleich/zeitig: The Power Zone of Curators and Juries - Who Decides What About Whom and When?

The visibility of artistic work is strongly dependent to a massive degree upon the curators and juries who make the decisions regarding funding applications, stipends and spaces. While these positions are, on the one hand, connected with power, they also bring a curatorial responsibility with them as well as the challenge of making the right decisions.

In this discussion format, experts in working as jurors, curators and artists enter into conversations with the participants. A variety of different models of jury and selection processes will be taken into consideration and the moments of chaos will be reflected upon: from the individual decisions made by people acting alone to collective leadership models and juries all the way to special models like the jury of Vienna’s independent performing arts community – how are informed, well-considered and responsible decisions made today? How is criticism dealt with? And how do things look in terms of the independence of artistic leadership and juries from political developments?

In German spoken language.

With Susanne Stephani (Hamburg University of Music and Theatre), Ulrike Kuner (General Manager eaipa – European Association of Independent Performing Arts), Martin Naundorf (curator, Festival OSTEN), Modjgan Hashemian (dancer, choreographer) and Eliza Posny (Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion)

Moderation: Fatima Çalışkan (artist, moderator, author)

Fatima Çalışkan is a moderator, curator, author and performance artist whose work focuses on cultural policy in Germany, in the independent performing arts, theater, literature and funding policy.