Alan Ruiz ‘WS-K80X4,’ 2019 Electrical conduits connected to a building’s power supply, Four LED safety lamps, existing architecture. Photograph: David HaleThe programme invites students and practitioners from architecture, design, art, curating and theory to reimagine architectural exhibitions – their media, methods, and agents. Hosted by the Department of Fine Arts, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), the programme draws on the city’s rich academic and cultural landscape, fostering exchanges with institutions such as ETH Zurich and Kunsthalle Zurich, alongside a diverse roster of international guests and speakers.
The workshop unpacks various media, from models, drawings and photography to oral histories, performances and installations moving beyond an object-focused discourse. Each workshop day is devoted to a specific mediality and the different curatorial methods deployed. This is explored in depth by the participants in reading sessions and group discussions. Invited agents – curators, theorists, artists and architects – give lectures, engage the participants in conversations and guide them through exhibitions.
Lennart Wolff (Programme Head) studied architecture, history and theory at the University of the Arts in Berlin and the AA. He has worked for different offices in Santiago de Chile, Berlin as well as Selldorf Architects in New York City and is corunning an architectural practice in Berlin. Together with Elisa R Linn, he has founded the curatorial project km temporaer. Recent projects include performances, screenings and exhibitions at institutions and galleries such as National Gallery Prague, Prague; Bronx Museum, New York; South London Gallery, London; German Center for Architecture, Berlin; British School at Rome, Rome; as well as Museo Nivola, Orani. He has spoken at Royal Academy, London; Braunschweig University of Art, Brunswick; The New School, New York; NCCA / Nemoskva, Khabarovsk; among others. His writing appeared in magazines such as frieze, Kaleidoscope, Cura, and Spike Art Magazine.
Klaus Platzgummer (Programme Tutor) studied architecture at the ETH Zürich and holds an MA in History and Critical Thinking in Architecture from the AA. He is currently researching and teaching at the Department of Architectural Theory, TU Berlin and at the AA. He was a curatorial assistant for the Pavilion of Switzerland at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014, contributed to the Estonian Pavilion 2018 and has cocurated the exhibition ‘Architects Portraits’ at the Werner Oechslin Library Foundation in Einsiedeln, Switzerland.
The programme is open to current architecture and design students, artists, curators and anyone over 18 with an interest in the exhibiting art and architecture.
Fees for this programme will be announced soon.
Applications for this programme will open soon.