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Hybrid Forms of Curating: Beyond Digital and Physical Space

Online Course by Node Center with Barbara Kiolbassa, Fanny Kranz

Duration: Oct 11 – Nov 8, 2021
Fee: 172€
Max seats: 28
Enroll before: Oct 7, 2021
Dedication: 3 hrs/week

This online course will explore different forms of curating digital-analog hybrid experiences. Social distancing and lockdowns have led museums and exhibition spaces to expand their digital possibilities. With the outlook of a “post-covid” return to the physical space, those digital experiences can’t be left behind. On the contrary: they will have to meet physical space.

The future directions of curating point to “hybrid experiences” – formats, exhibitions and spatial concepts that combine both physical and digital aspects. This course will explore the different layers, aspects, problematics and possibilities of curating hybrid experiences. What does hybridity really mean in the curatorial context? How do we think beyond the dualism of analog vs. digital to imagine new medial, social and spatial constellations? And how can hybrid exhibition formats allow for a comparable mode of attendance for both an onsite/present and an online/remote audience?

In addition to group discussions and practical exercises, this online course will culminate in a design sprint to develop a common definition of “hybridity” that participants can adapt for their future curatorial projects.

Program

Session 1. Starting Conditions
  • Round of introductions
  • First collection of “hybrid experiences”
  • Programme overview
Session 2. Hybrid Conditions – Mapping the Layers
This class will attempt to map the diverse layers of the term “hybrid” and define a common understanding of “hybridity”. What aspects, forms and layers does the term entail?
  • How does “hybridity” relate to a curatorial practice?
  • What are the potentials and the challenges of “hybrid formats”?
Session 3. Spatial Conditions – An Apéro of Commoning
This class will experiment with a potentially hybrid setting. We’ll meet in our kitchens and connect through the making of dough, reading of texts and sharing thoughts about the following questions:
  • How have exhibition audiences been transformed by the lockdown experiences? How can mixed modes of attendance ensure comparable levels of participation?
  • In our understanding of curating as a social practice, we approach exhibitions as spaces of the commons. How does “hybridity” relate to forms of commoning, and how does this translate into space? (eg. What might a hybrid third space look like?)
Session 4. Bodily Conditions – Sharing Presence
Let’s not forget that no matter what social, medial and spatial constellation we move in, we are living, breathing bodies. What does it mean to be present in “hybrid spaces”?
  • – How can “hybrid experiences” include a feeling of shared presence?
  • – What can we learn for “hybrid experiences” from other forms of cultural practice, such as theatre and performing arts?
Session 5. Concluding Conditions – The Book Sprint Spirit
This class will sum up our insights in a collective document in the form of a micro-book sprint to be shared after the course.
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