Talks on Curatorial and Artistic Practice: Lea Schleiffenbaum: A series of talks organised by the OnCurating Academy Berlin and Dorothee Richter

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Lea Schleiffenbaum (Neue Auftraggeber): "Artistic Production Reconfi gured: Actor Constellations and Knowledge Exchange in the New Patrons Model" Situated beyond the confi nes of museums and galleries, public art projects depend on collaborative networks of artists, civilians, municipal staff, administrators, and other intermediaries. The presentation traces these actor-constellations through the example of New Patrons, offering a historical overview of the organization’s origins in France in the early 1990s and the concept behind its model. It then turns to a close analysis of two projects initiated and implemented through New Patrons’ Berlin offi ce: Sasha Waltz, In C (2022) in Marl (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Sol Calero, Casa Isadora (2022) in Schwarzheide (Brandenburg). Operating from a central offi ce but working across diverse locations, New Patrons collaborates with local partners, administrations, and residents. The presentation considers the nature of these collaborations and the shifts they bring about in the roles of curator, artist, and spectator/participant. The series ‘Talks on Curatorial and Artistic Practice’ by the OnCurating Academy Berlin and Dorothee Richter, continues at Radialsystem from December 2024, carving out space for critical curatorial thinking as well as new perspectives and formats in the context of curatorial practices. The OnCurating Academy Berlin is an international postgraduate programme and platform that aims to strengthen the community of emerging curators, artists, and cultural workers. The focus of the series builds upon the platform and the OnCurating postgraduate programme, and aligns with goal of (further) developing cooperative and interdisciplinary working methods. Curating means the creation of innovative structures toward the presentation of cultural artefacts through collaboration. In curatorial practice, art, digital media, design and architecture overlap in new ways that require constant reflection.