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STEDELIJK | SYMPOSIUM
COLLECTING GEOGRAPHIES:
GLOBAL PROGRAMMING AND
MUSEUMS OF MODERN ART
24 sessions, 85 lectures with James
Clifford, Pamela M. Lee, Annie CohenSolal, Paul Goodwin, and others
March 13, 14, and 15, 2014
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The sessions will be supplemented with public
keynote lectures and discussion panels with
prominent speakers such as James Clifford
(professor emeritus, history of consciousness,
University of California) and Pamela M. Lee
(professor art and art history, Stanford University).
Amsterdam, February 24―The Stedelijk
Museum―in collaboration with ASCA/ACGS at
the University of Amsterdam, Moderna Museet
Stockholm, Folkwang Museum Essen, and the
KEYNOTES:
Tropenmuseum Amsterdam―is proud to present
the three-day conference Collecting Geographies: Thursday, March 13, 7:30 – 8:30 pm:
Global Programming and Museums of Modern Art. Pamela M. Lee
The conference is part of Global Collaborations,
the three year program launched by the Stedelijk
at the end of 2012 to explore developments in the
visual arts around the world, with special focus on
upcoming regions such as Africa, the Middle East,
and Southeast Asia. The project is based on
collaborative partnerships with experimental and
multifaceted art institutions around the world and
includes exhibitions, publications, events, an
online platform, and this upcoming conference.
Friday, March 14, 10:30 – 11:30 am:
James Clifford
Saturday, March 15, 10:30 – 11:30 am:
Annie Cohen-Solal and Paul Goodwin
Location: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
DISCUSSION PANELS:
The conference’s focus is the impact of
globalization on the curatorial field. In the
conference sessions, approximately 100
participants will reflect on themes such as recent
and historical exhibitions within this context
(e.g. the 1989 Magiciens de la Terre),
(post)colonial collecting policies, the urge for
growth (e.g. the Louvre Abu Dhabi), and artists’
thoughts on these themes.
Thursday, March 13, 8:30 – 9:30 pm:
COLLECTING GEOGRAPHIES
Speakers: Ann-Sofi Noring (co-director, Moderna
Museet), Tobia Bezzola (director, Museum
Folkwang), Jeroen de Kloet (ASCA/ACGS),
Wayne Modest (head of research,
Tropenmuseum)
Moderator: Margriet Schavemaker
(curator and head of research & publications,
Stedelijk Museum)
Location: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The conference consists of public keynote
speeches and panel discussions, as well as
85 lectures in 24 themed sessions. For these
sessions, papers were selected from an open
call, to which an overwhelming number of
curators, artists, theoreticians, sociologists, and
scholars responded, from institutes like Centre
Pompidou, MoMA, Guggenheim, and Haus der
Kulturen der Welt.
Friday, March 14, 8 – 10 pm:
THINKING GLOBALLY: MUSEUMS, ART AND
ETHNOGRAPHY AFTER THE GLOBAL TURN
Speakers: Kader Attia, James Clifford, Wendelien
van Oldenborgh, Pamela M. Lee, Jette Sandahl
Moderator: Leon Wainwright (The Open
University and editor-in-chief Open Arts Journal)
Location: Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
Wendelien van Oldenborgh, La Javanaise, 2012, film still.
Foto Bárbara Wagner
The head curator of Global Collaborations is Jelle
Bouwhuis (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam).
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The complete program and updates, including
biographies of all lecturers and abstracts of their
papers, can be found on the website:
http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/calendar/symposia/call
Global Collaborations online Journal
On the website of the Stedelijk Museum, an
international team of writers covers the many
facets of the Global Collaborations program in
detail. The conference also will be highlighted
online; a large portion of the program will be
described in essays, interviews with the speakers,
and reports on the sessions.
http://journal.stedelijk.nl/en/category/globalcollaborations/
Practical information:
Locations:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, several spaces
Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
Admittance:
Entrance ticket + € 2,50 per Public Program
€ 100 for the entire conference (all public lectures,
academic sessions, panels, lunches, etc.)
€ 50 for one day
Reservations: via [email protected]
mentioning name and the event concerned.
(seats are limited)
Information after the conference
Lectures of the keynote speakers will be filmed
and shared through the website afterwards.
In October 2014, the first edition of Stedelijk
Studies, the scientific online magazine of the
museum, will be dedicated to this conference.
Global Collaborations is being supported by:
Partners of the symposium:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is being supported by:
Principal sponsor
Partner
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