Art exhibitions are deeply linked to the values and categories that constitute a given time, whose socio-economic order they mirror and whose basic parameters they practice and enact. The presentation will explore the history of exhibitions as a series of decisive moments of transformation, arguing that the transformations of our epoch are asking for a new kind of ritual, in which situatedness plays a key role.
Dorothea von Hantelmann is an art historian and curator, based in Berlin. She was documenta Professor at the Art Academy/University of Kassel where she lectured on the history and meaning of documenta. Her main fields of research are contemporary art and theory as well as the history and theory of exhibitions. She is author of How to Do Things with Art and co-editor of Die Ausstellung. Politik eines Rituals.
Fall Semester brings together a diverse group of theorists, critics, researchers, and interested individuals to engage in multifaceted discourse on contemporary society and culture. Through public lectures and a digital platform, the second iteration of Fall Semester addresses current intersections of what constitutes the self. After discussing Miami as a globalized city in its inaugural session in 2014, Fall Semester now turns
its focus to the city’s inhabitants, those directly affected by current social
and economic change.
Written essays by visiting and online contributors Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Metahaven, Victoria Ivanova, Lisa Marie Blackman, Julieta Aranda, Federica Bueti, Zachary Cahill, Biljana Ciric, Dora García, Gertrud Koch, Roc Laseca, Ramón Salas, Allison Schifani and David Lyttle, Patrick Staff, Marcus Steinweg, Ian F. Svenonius, Andreas Töpfer, Lewis Warsh, and Jamieson Webster, will be available for sale during the event and posted online for further free access.
