INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL SPRING 2015 PROGRAM O4 INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL 1 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF ICI WELCOME Forty years ago, Nina Castelli language, visas and other economic factors remain Sundell and Susan Sollins came obstacles to the sharing of knowledge. together to dream up a unique organization—one of the first ever Shared learning and experiences are also generated to focus on the fundamental role of by our exhibitions, which in the past year alone were curators—with a prescient vision of seen in 37 art spaces in 16 countries. A new exhibition, a truly global and collaborative art EN MAS’, curated by Claire Tancons and Krista world. They founded ICI, committed Thompson, debuts this March at CAC New Orleans, to the curatorial field and to making our partner in the project. And we are announcing ICI’s exhibitions accessible around the world. Since then, ICI latest exhibition, Salon de Fleurus, which recreates has grown in its scope following the expansion of the a contemporary reconstruction of Gertrude Stein’s curatorial field, producing exhibitions, publications, and Parisian salon designed as a semi-private salon in Lower events for broad audiences, as well as training programs Manhattan from 1992 to 2013. The exhibition will be and research initiatives for curators. presented internationally with ICI, calling into question one of the main creation myths of Modernism, as one Today more than ever, the curator’s role is central to time capsule within another. art scenes around the world: when connecting artists to one another and to an audience, curators create more As we celebrate ICI’s 40th spring, and continue building than experiences; they support art practice and build a unique organization for a truly global and collaborative communities—through exhibitions, publications, events, art world, we would like to thank everyone who has TABLE OF CONTENTS and by creating art spaces and leading institutions. been a part of the journey—first and foremost all who In turn, by connecting curators in an international have served on ICI’s Board of Trustees over the past 1 Welcome framework for collaboration, ICI expands the support four decades (see a complete list is on page 47). And on 2 Spring/Summer 2015 Calendar structures they create. behalf of all of us at ICI, I want to also thank everyone who makes our programs possible: the curators, artists, EXHIBITIONS This dynamic network keeps growing, one collaboration our collaborators at art spaces around the world, the at a time. ICI programs have already taken place in foundations, and the many individuals who help us carry 4 EN MAS’: Carnival and more than 400 cities and 55 countries since 1975. And the mission. Thank You! Performance Art of the Caribbean this gives ICI a unique international perspective, while 6 Salon de Fleurus remaining connected to the specificities of local art 8 Martha Wilson scenes across the globe. 10 do it 12 Project 35: Volume 2 This spring, we are thrilled to see so many individuals 14 Free Play from ICI’s international network involved in the 56th 15 Harald Szeemann: Documenta 5 Venice Biennale. Chief among them is Okwui Enwezor, Renaud Proch 16 With Hidden Noise this year’s Artistic Director of the Biennale, and the Executive Director 17 Performance Now recipient of ICI’s 2007 Agnes Gund Curatorial Award, who is also featured in a conversation with Terry Smith in our PUBLIC PROGRAMS & RESEARCH upcoming publication, Talking Contemporary Curating. And dozens of curators, including several Curatorial 18 Curatorial Intensive Intensive Alumni, and artists are part of Enwezor’s 22 Alumni Updates exhibition, and several National Pavilions. 24 40 Years of ICI 26 Research Fellowships This is a sign that ICI thrives as a meaningful force 30 Curator’s Perspective for cultural exchange internationally. And our efforts 32 Curatorial Hub continue: in the coming months, ICI will hold a Curatorial Intensive for the first time in Marrakech, in collaboration NETWORK & ACCESS with Dar al-Ma’mûn; for the second time in Bogota, held entirely in Spanish, in a renewed partnership 34 Online Networks with IDARTES; and in New York in September. These 36 Publications international professional development programs for 38 Limited Editions curators provide new ways to create collaborative 40 Annual Benefit networks, while—critically—also providing unique 43 Support ICI opportunities and access in a world where borders, 47 Thank You 48 Access ICI 2 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 SPRING/SUMMER 2015 3 CALENDAR MARCH Felipe Mujica: Jugador EN MAS’ Project 35 Volume 2 MAY/JUNE CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS With Hidden Noise Como Pelota, Pelota March 6–June 7 January 15–June 8 INTENSIVE February 24–May 3 EVENTS Como Cancha Contemporary Arts Art Gallery, University of EVENTS do it Pasadena Art Center Tuesday, March 24 Center, New Orleans Saint Joseph Curatorial Intensive in May 22–July 31 College of Design Curator’s Perspective: 6:30–8pm New Orleans, LA West Hartford, CT ICI Reception at Fabrica, Marrakech, Morocco KKW Kunst Kraft Werk Pasadena, CA Naomi Beckwith ICI Curatorial Hub 2015 Venice Biennale May 19–25 Leipzig, Germany Tuesday, March 10 New York, NY Free Play With Hidden Noise May 6–10 do it 7–8:30pm January 13–March 6 February 24–May 3 Venice, Italy Curatorial Intensive in EN MAS’ June 27–September 5 NYU Steinhardt EXHIBITIONS The College of Wooster Pasadena Art Center Bogotá, Colombia March 6–June 7 Kunsthal Rotterdam New York, NY Art Museum College of Design ICI at NADA New York June 17–23 Contemporary Arts Rotterdam, The do it Wooster, OH Pasadena, CA May 14–17 Center, New Orleans Netherlands HUB EVENTS February 23–April 3 299 South Street HUB EVENTS New Orleans, LA The Episcopal Academy Harald Szeemann: New York, NY do it & do it (archive) Some Thoughts on Newtown Square, PA Documenta 5 Y.ES Collect Free Play June 19–August 30 Culture and Revolution: February 24–March 20 Curator’s Perspective: Contemporary El April 25– August 3 Napa Valley Museum Dread Scott and Ryan do it & do it (archive) University of Pittsburgh Sam Bardaouil and Till Salvador Art Gallery of Greater Yountville, CA Wong February 13–April 24 Pittsburgh, PA Fellrath Claire Breukel, Simón Victoria Thursday, March 19 Anne & Gordon Samstag Tuesday, June 2 Vega, and Mario Cader- Victoria, BC, Canada With Hidden Noise 6:30–8pm Museum of Art, University Martha Wilson 7–8:30pm Frech June 5–July 27 ICI Curatorial Hub of South Australia February 20–April 30 Hunter College MFA Thursday, May 28 Project 35 Volume 2 University of Southern New York, NY Adelaid, Australia Fales Library, New Campus 6:30–8pm January 15–June 8 Florida Contemporary Art York University; Pratt New York, NY ICI Curatorial Hub Art Gallery, University of Museum Manhattan Gallery New York, NY Saint Joseph Tampa, FL New York, NY Patrons Trip: Garage West Hartford, CT Grand Opening June 9–15 Moscow, Russia APRIL Domestic Revolution: EXHIBITIONS Martha Wilson JULY/AUGUST do it Project 35 Volume 2 Megan Witko with February 20–April 30 June 27–September 5 August–January EVENTS Alina Bliumis and Ben do it Fales Library, New EVENTS Kunsthal Rotterdam Garage Museum of Kinmont February 23–April 3 York University; Pratt Rotterdam, The Contemporary Art Curator’s Perspective: Tuesday, April 7 The Episcopal Academy Manhattan Gallery Summer Cocktails Netherlands Moscow, Russia Inti Guerrero 6:30–8pm Newtown Square, PA New York, NY July Wednesday, April 8 ICI Curatorial Hub New York, NY do it 7–8:30pm New York, NY do it & do it (archive) Project 35 Volume 2 July 30–August 8 School of Visual Arts February 13–April 24 January 15–June 8 EXHIBITIONS Nuevo Museo de Arte New York, NY A Conversation on Anne & Gordon Samstag Art Gallery, University of Contemporáneo Photography in Ethiopia Museum of Art, University Saint Joseph do it Guatemala City, ICI Conversations: Yinka and Guyana with of South Australia West Hartford, CT May 22–July 31 Guatemala Shonibare Grace Aneiza Ali and Adelaid, Australia KKW Kunst Kraft Werk Wednesday, April 29 Aida Muluneh With Hidden Noise Leipzig, Germany With Hidden Noise James Cohan Gallery Tuesday, April 28 EN MAS’ February 24–May 3 June 5–July 27 New York, NY 6:30–8pm March 6–June 7 Pasadena Art Center do it & do it (archive) University of Southern ICI Curatorial Hub Contemporary Arts College of Design June 19–August 30 Florida Contemporary Art HUB EVENTS New York, NY Center, New Orleans Pasadena, CA Napa Valley Museum Museum New Orleans, LA Yountville, CA Tampa, FL In the Canyon, Revise the Canon: Géraldine Free Play Gourbe April 25–August 3 Thursday, April 2 Art Gallery of Greater 6:30–8pm Victoria ICI Curatorial Hub Victoria, BC, Canada New York, NY 4 EXHIBITIONS EN MAS’ 5 EN MAS’ EN MAS’: CARNIVAL AND PERFORMANCE ART OF THE CARIBBEAN Curated by Claire Tancons and Krista Thompson, co-organized with Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans EN MAS’: CARNIVAL AND PERFORMANCE ART OF THE CARIBBEAN is a pioneering exploration of the influences of Carnival on contemporary performance practices in the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. Conceived around a series of nine commissioned performances realized during the 2014/2015 Caribbean Carnival season across eight cities in seven different countries, the exhibition considers the connections April 21, 2014, Kingston, Jamaica. Photo: Marvin Bartley , performance, between Carnival and performance, masquerade and social criticism, diaspora and transnationalism. Taking its title from a pun on “Mas” (short for masquerade and synonymous with carnival in the English-speaking Actor Boy: Fractal Engagement Caribbean), EN MAS’ considers a history of performance that does not take place on the stage or in the gallery but rather in the streets, addressing not the few but the many.