Guest Lecturer, Sounds Now Curating Diversity Course 2022 (Thursday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2022)
(as part of Time of Music Festival, Finland)
Guest lecturer for the Curating Diversity Course for emerging curators (as part of Time of Music Festival, Finland), alongside Du Yun (composer and performer), Julia Gerlach (curator and producer), Vigdis Jakobsdottir (Artistic Director and CEO of Reykjavik Arts Festival). Key highlights included:
- Solo one-hour lecture titled Are venues a curatorial challenge or ultimate opportunity?, exploring the role and responsibility of a curator in the world that we live in today, and how this can be achieved as a curator in a venue context (including references to my own curatorial approach); followed by a Q&A
- Curatorial Clinic individually working with a small group of students, providing a space for students to discuss/present their own projects, discuss challenges, and receive advice and feedback
- Group workshop, in collaboration with other guest lectures, guiding students through the creation of a curatorial manifesto for the future
- Group panel discussion, in collaboration with other guest lectures, hosted by Johan Tallgren (Artistic Director, Time of Music Festival) exploring curation and diversity in the new music field today