Aesthetic Agency – please engage me!

ONE-DAY SEMINAR at SMK, Statens Museum for Kunst, 29 September 2021: The auditorium

At a time when the pandemic, climate crisis, radicalisation and right-wing extremism are front page news everywhere, this seminar puts the agency of art on the agenda and explores the possibilities open to the realm of aesthetics. What can art do and make us do? How can curatorial practices effect shifts and changes? How can aesthetic modes of expression set actions in motion?

Featuring contributions from curators and artists alike, the seminar will pave the way for a discussion of art’s agency in the fields where activism and aesthetics overlap, adding greater nuance to the question of what an act of change can be. Over the course of the day, new terms such as ‘care’ and ‘materiality’ will be added to the vocabulary of protest, and a joint workshop will translate words into action in a final performance. 

REGISTRATION

Participation in the seminar is free of charge but a ticket to the museum is required on arrival at the museum. Coffee, drinks and snacks is included.

Please register no later than September 22nd 

Seats are limited.

Please note: Ticket does not include entrance to the museum.

PROGRAMME 

12.30 – 13.00 Registration

13.00 – 13.15 Welcome, Camilla Jalving

13.15 – 14.15 Keynote by Helena Reckitt: Curating and Care: Possibilities and Limits

14.15 – 15.15 Panel 1. Aesthetic agency, curatorial and institutional practice: 
                     Carl Martin Faurby, Tominga Hope O’Donnell, Kirsten Astrup and Maria Bordorff

15.15 – 15.45 Coffee break

15.45 – 16.45 Workshop for all participants lead by Signe Vad

16.45 – 17.00 Break

17.00 – 18.00 Panel 2. Aesthetic agency and artistic practice: Louka Anargyros, Rikke Luther and Mette Winckelmann

18.00 – Closing of the seminar followed by reception 

18.20 – Performance in the museum by Signe Vad and performers

The seminar is a collaborative effort arranged by ART WEEK and SMK and funded by The Bikuben Foundation.