Exhibition Ecologies: Workshop and public lectures
02 / 2025
February 27 – March 1, 2025
Organized by Mateo Chacón Pino (Universität Kassel/documenta Institut) and Friederike Schäfer (Freie Universität Berlin/Exzellenzcluster Temporal Communities).
Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in research both in exhibition studies and in environmental humanities, particularly at the intersection of art and ecology. However, a cohesive interdisciplinary field combining these two areas has yet to be fully established. The Working Group “Exhibition Ecologies” was founded in 2024 with the aim of examining exhibitions through the lens of ecological perspectives and to create an international research network of scholars dedicated to this topic. The group responds to the urgent need for developing suitable methodologies and theories to address the intricate intersection of exhibitions and ecologies, focusing on aesthetics, epistemologies, infrastructures, and ideologies. The members and critical friends convene for this purpose to a second work meeting in Berlin in 2025.
PROGRAM
February 27, 2025 | 6.15 - 7.30 pm
Exhibition Ecologies - Exhibiting Ecologies. Some Considerations
Public lecture by Hannah Baader (Institute of Art History in Florence)
Venue:
Free University Berlin
EXC 2020 “Temporal Communities”
Room 00.07
Otto-von-Simson Street 15
14195 Berlin
February 28, 2025 | 19.15 - 20.30 pm
Fragile Ecologies Across Aesthetics and Politics
Public lecture by Shannon Jackson (University of California, Berkeley)
Venue:
Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Kohlfurter Str. 41-43
10999 Berlin
Current members of the working group Exhibition Ecologies:
Dr. Friederike Schäfer (Freie Universität Berlin/EXC 2020, initiator)
Mateo Chacón Pino (University of Kassel/documenta Institute, Initiator)
Dr. Linn Burchert (Central Institute for Art History, Munich)
Dr. Lee Chichester (Ruhr University Bochum)
Dr. Regine Ehleiter (University of Münster)
Dr. Michael Klipphahn-Karge (Central Institute for Art History, Munich)
Vis. Prof. Dr. Fiona McGovern (Kunsthochschule Kassel)
Magali Wagner (University of Bern/SNF project “Mediating the Ecological Imperative: Formats and Modes of Engagement”)
Critical Friends:
Dr. Hannah Baader (Institute of Art History in Florence)
Prof. Dr. Shannon Jackson (University of California, Berkeley)
Prof. Dr. Liliana Gómez (University of Kassel/documenta Institute)
Dr. Maria Bremer (Ruhr University Bochum)
Isabelle Lindermann (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)
Further information
The lectures on February 27 and 28, 2025 are open to the public, registration is not required. The working meeting is a closed event.
For further questions, please contact Mateo Chacón Pino (mateo.chaconpino@uni-kassel.de) or Friederike Schäfer (f.schaefer@fu-berlin.de).
Recording online
The recordings of both lectures are now online on our YouTube channel.
Hannah Baader: Exhibition Ecologies – Exhibiting Ecologies. Some Considerations
Shannon Jackson: Fragile Ecologies Across Aesthetics and Politics
