On Julian Hetzel in Conversation with Maaike Bleeker by Ani Encheva   “No moral, individual and personal, standards of conduct will ever be able to excuse us from collective responsibility. This vicarious responsibility for things we have not done, this taking upon ourselves the consequences for things we are entirely innocent of, is the price…

  In the seminar, “Science as an adventure”, Simon Gusman explored how adventure serves as a powerful trope that frames various aspects of human experience. Adventure is everywhere—found in advertisements, games, recruitment materials, and even the way we narrate our personal lives. This idea intrigued me, particularly in relation to the metaphor of the cave…

by Jenny Chan   In the seminar “Everyday Activism in Times of Collapse: Bridging the Personal and the Planetary”, Chris Julien explicated how theory and practice are interrelated under the current ecological conditions. Through theory and practice, Julien explored our implicated positioning and different ways of engaging with the world. Julien first drew from Markus…

As someone studying artistic research – what it is, how it operates, to what ends – I often find myself curious about the invisible line that seems to have been drawn between artistic research and activism. To what extent can a practice that is developed with the intention of disrupting ideas, processes or systems, one…

  Understanding the social happenings as co-emergent, rather than embodying a linear causality, is crucial to form productive and generative practices in a world where epistemological foundations and material basis are constantly shifting. Chris Julien started his lecture by bringing in the way in which productive and potentially revolutionary practices can be situated in the…

by Ani Encheva “What is no longer archived in the same way is no longer lived in the same way.” – Jacques Derrida (1995, 18)   As colonial archives become digitized, what new sites of silence and forgetfulness emerge? How do contemporary visual art practices engage with Danish colonial history to trace and make sense…

“Commissioning responds to a need and hinges on the presumption that the commissioned artwork can satisfy this need.” (Sørensen, TiM Lecture 21 Feb 2024) Trine Friis Sørensen’s lecture “Inquiring & Caring with the Act of Commissioning” centered around how commissioning can be debunked as a caring and inquiring process. Thus, the result of creation should…

  In a thought-provoking seminar led by Trine Friis Sørensen, the nuanced role of the curator within contemporary art and archival practices was explored, shedding light on the evolving responsibilities that extend far beyond traditional collection management. Sørensen’s insights, drawn from her own rich experience, position the curator not just as a guardian of art…

by Jhor van der Horst   Trine Friis Sørensen presented a lecture on her PhD research, “We Can (Not) Work It Out: A Curatorial Inquiry into the Danish Radio Archive” (2015). While Sørensen intended to use this TiM lecture as an excuse for new research, a lack of time prevented her from doing so. Her…

  On December 13, 2023, I attended the workshop “How to Know Things with Works: On Practical Enquiry” as part of Transmission in Motion’s seminar series “Matters of Concern” at Utrecht University. The event featured Mick Wilson, a distinguished professor of art and director of doctoral studies at HDK – Valand Academy of Art and…