The book investigates the subject of collecting from a critical perspective that queries
and expands on the existing ideas of museums and archives. The approach starts from voices that criticize the absence of items
and associations in collections; it then progresses to the discussion of various new collecting strategies.
The
point is to take collecting seriously against a trend towards media impact-oriented exhibitions and an "economization" of
collections: in order to think differently and afford it a long-term place with a view to democratization, facilitation, relationality,
and immateriality.
In addition to theoretical texts and artistic contributions, the publication comprises spotlight-type
discussions: statements from experts who curate and create collections – and who critically engage with them.
Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Vienna Museum of Science and Technology
Nora Sternfeld,
Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg
Luisa Ziaja, Belvedere, Vienna
The series curating.
austtellungstheorie & praxis is edited by Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Christine Haupt-Stummer, Renate Höllwart, Beatrice
Jaschke, Monika Sommer, Nora Sternfeld, and Luisa Ziaja. All editors are members of the association schnittpunkt. austellungstheorie
& praxis, an extra-institutional network for actors in the museum and exhibition field. Together they are directors and
teachers of /ecm - educating/curating/making. Study Programme for Exhibition Theory & Practice at the University of Applied
Arts Vienna.
BOOK PRESENTATION
Sich mit Sammlungen anlegen was presented to the
public on October 15, 2020 online.
All volumes of the series curating. ausstellungstheorie
& praxis:
Volume 7:
Nicht
einfach ausstellen – Kuratorische Formate und Strategien im Postnazismus (2025)
Volume 6:
Widersprüche
– Kuratorisch handeln zwischen Theorie und Praxis (2023)
Volume 5:
Sich
mit Sammlungen anlegen – Gemeinsame Dinge und alternative Archive (2020)
Volume 4:
Gegenöffentlichkeit
organisieren – Kritisches Management im Kuratieren (2019)
Volume 3:
Das
radikaldemokratische Museum (2018)
Volume 2:
Kuratieren
als antirassistische Praxis (2017) / Curating
as Anti-Racist Practice (2018)
Volume 1:
Gegen
den Stand der Dinge – Objekte in Museen und Ausstellungen (2016)
