Construire une exposition: Les stratégies et les enjeux d'une grande exposition (Dis-placed)
Location: Art Talks Area
Language: French
Guest Speaker(s): Charlotte Masse (Curator, Head of Exhibitions Konschthal Esch)
Christian Mosar (Director Konschthal Esch)
Moderator: Charles Wennig (Co-Curator on Dis-Placed I)
Under the title Dis-placed, the Konschthal Esch is part of the Biennial 2024 - Architectures, Esch Cultural Capital. Divided into two parts between July 2024 and January 2025, this major project brought together the works of a dozen international artists around the notion of the loss of ‘home’.
Situated at the intersection between architecture, sculpture, cinematography, graphic arts and photography, graphic arts and photography, all these proposals have been selected in close collaboration with the artists - all of whom have different personal, cultural and artistic backgrounds - in order to reflect the current scene's preoccupations with issues of belonging and exodus.
A complex implementation of the project in the public space and the spaces of the Konschthal Esch offers the public a unique experience, transforming these ‘architectures’ once again.
The subject of this conference is of exhibition scenography, its strategies for enhancement, the people involved and its impact on the programming of an institution like the Konschthal.
Biographies
Charlotte Masse is a curator at the Konschthal Esch since its opening in late 2021. She has curated a number of solo exhibitions at this new contemporary art center, including Phantom Limbs by Hisae Ikenaga (2024) and Flying Mercury by Tina Gillen (2023). She regularly collaborates with Christian Mosar and other guest curators on group and solo exhibitions. Depending of the projects, she is also the editorial coordinator for publications associated with the Konschthal Esch.
Christian Mosar is the founder and director of the Konschthal Esch since 2020. He has curated several major monographic exhibitions at the Konschthal Esch, including Gregor Schneider's Ego-Tunnel (2021), Deimantas Narkevičius's Anachronisms (2022) and Titus Schade’s TEKTONIK (2024). At the same time, he is an active contributor to the publications of the Konschthal Esch. Christian Mosar is also the managing director of the Bridderhaus - Artists' Residence in Esch-sur-Alzette.
Charles Wennig is an assistant director / professor on secondment at the Konschthal Esch. He recently curated Ben Greber's solo exhibition Green Machine (2023), co-curated Vera Kox's exhibition Sentient Soil (2024) with Charlotte Masse and Vajiko Chachkhiani's installationLiving Dog Among Dead Lions - Agape (2024) with Christian Mosar.
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