Hello List,

I would like to add two points to start our discussion.
First off, I'd like to introduce two more respondents for this month's  
discussion:

- Amber van den Eeden (b. 1983) and Kalle Mattsson (b. 1979) initiated  
four online exhibitions on http://temporarystedelijk.com/. Amber van  
den Eeden is a communication scientist, artist and curator of online  
exhibitions. She's currently teaching at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.  
Kalle Mattsson is a graphic designer and artist based in Amsterdam and  
Stockholm. He designed campaigns for Foam What's Next, UnSeen, and  
worked for magazines such as Metropolis M. The current exhibition on http://temporarystedelijk.com/ 
  (programmed by Jonas Lund) is a collaboration with Constant Dullaart.

Secondly, I am copying below a message from Annet Dekker who has been  
conducting a series of Conversations with Curators that touch on some  
of the issues of our theme, with questions ranging from forms of  
display to audience engagement, funding and preservation. Very timely  
questions for our discussion! The conversations include some of this  
month's invited respondents such as Lindsay Howard, http://www.baltanlaboratories.org/borndigital/conversations-with-curators-1/ 
, who I have invited to contribute to the discussion also in relation  
to the project DUMP.FM - IRL, which was presented at 319 Scholes.
Annet interestingly states that 'These curators take the digital and  
physical realm as a given and move fluidly between the two, leaving  
traces in each' and I wonder if any of our respondents would like to  
pick up on this in relation to their projects/work?

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FROM ANNET DEKKER:

hi everyone,
Just as a direct response to MariaLouise theme-post, I wanted to draw  
your
attention to a series of interviews i'm doing at the moment for an
upcoming conference i'm organising with Baltan and Van Abbemuseum in
Eindhoven.

Some of the questions are similar to those Marialaura is asking so it
might be a nice addition to the discussion here.

Conversations with Curators can be found here:
http://www.baltanlaboratories.org/borndigital/ - the first 3 are up now,
more to follow.

With:
#1 Lindsay Howard: 319 Scholes/Eyebeam
#2 Domenico Quaranta: Link
#3 Tom Clark & Rózsa Farkas: Arcadia Missa
#4 Amber van den Eeden & Kalle Mattsson: Temporary Stedelijk
#5 Katja Novitskova: independent artist/curator
#6 Laura Mousavi: e-PERMANENT

Although curating digital artworks in physical spaces and online
exhibitions is becoming more widespread, such exhibitions are mostly
taking place outside of the world of traditional art. Currently a new
generation of curators is organising exhibitions in old warehouses,  
family
homes, small side-street galleries, or online. They use existing
curatorial formats for these presentations, adapting them if  
necessary, or
even creating new ones. A common denominator among these curators is  
their
experience with online curating and presenting online artworks in  
physical
spaces. These curators take the digital and physical realm as a given  
and
move fluidly between the two, leaving traces in each. The interviews  
focus
on their ideas and thoughts on curating today and how they deal with the
divisions between the various art worlds.

Since their practice mostly occurs online these interviews were  
conducted
by e-mail. All the curators were asked the same questions, with slight
variations due to their specific projects or to expand on previous
responses. The selection of curators for this interview series is  
based on
my personal encounters with them during the past year. I met all of them
through other projects, some by chance and some by appointment. When
talking and working with them, I noticed similar lines of thinking,
regardless of the differences in their curatorial styles. What at first
seemed a random choice became an interesting kaleidoscope of current
practices in curating.

thanks and looking forward to the discussion!
all best, annet

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Annet Dekker
curator/researcher

http://aaaan.net

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Marialaura Ghidini
PhD Researcher at CRUMB
University of Sunderland
m. +44 (0)7816 483221
skype: mlghidini
http://www.crumbweb.org/