KGB-Kunstwoche 2022

Podcast series with contributions of the conference (in German)

– Welcome: Stéphane Bauer and Karin Scheel
Introduction: Linnéa Meiners and Solvej Helweg Ovesen
– Lecture by Selina Kahle: Culture and Sustainability — Municipal Galleries are on their Way
– Workshop by Corinna Vosse: Sustainability in the Cultural Sector begins with the right Attitude
– Lecture by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach: Zero Waste — Ideas for Sustainable Exhibition Operations
– Lecture by Solvej Helweg Ovesen: Deep Curating —More time, localness, presence, depth, quality, team satisfaction, meaningful narratives, analogue work
– Discussion with artist collective Yours truly, LoL (represented by Rahel grote Lambers and Julia Lübbecke), and Vincent Schier and Linnéa Meiners: What a way to make a living — On emotional sustainability and its preconditions

More time, locals, presence, depth, quality, happy employees, deep narratives, analogue working Less events, trash, transport, travels, posts, zooms, heating, overtime, light, printing

The question of how to deal with limited, dwindling resources is currently a highly charged topic in the context of the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine. Sustainable and resource-conserving activity is one potential strategy for facing challenging developments in the long term. The Berlin Municipal Galleries Working Group has put together a conference to explore the topic, particularly the question of sustainable curatorial and artistic practices in concrete terms, and to offer a networking opportunity to local stakeholders from a variety of cultural institutions.
The conference highlights relevant and actionable options for curatorial work and exhibition practice, featuring interdisciplinary approaches and a range of perspectives from participating artists, curators, and academics.
Lectures, workshops, and a panel discussion will focus on different dimensions of sustainability and explore the following core questions: How can art and cultural workers — especially in the municipal sector — shape their work in a sustainability-conscious way? How can our carbon footprint be reduced? What are the positive influences on human ecology (work culture, the social and cultural relationships of organisations)? How do we adapt our organisations, practices, and work culture to new sustainable conditions?
The focus will be on discussing practical curatorial and technical strategies to achieve sustainable exhibition design and a reduction in operational resources in the lead-up to winter.

Conference Concept
Linnéa Meiners and Solvej Helweg Ovesen

Conference with contributions by
Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, Irene Fernández Arcas, Lena Fließbach, HakkaMoon, hooops, Selina Kahle, Linnéa Meiners, Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Lena Johanna Reisner, Vincent Schier, Corinna Vosse, Yours truly, LoL

Acknowledgements
Stéphane Bauer, Karola Braun-Wanke, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Barbara Esch-Marowski, Ralf F. Hartmann, lululemon, Diana Thun

Conference Venue
Zitadelle – ZAK Zentrum für Aktuelle Kunst, Am Juliusturm 64, 13599 Berlin-Spandau