Phila Bergmann/Thea Reifler

The ProtoZone as Exhibition Methodology

17–29 July 2023

Medium
Group Course and individual consultations/ Curating

Location
Hohensalzburg Fortress

Teaching language(s)
English, German

What to bring
Working tools you need for your own artistic and/or curatorial practice(s)

Requirements
Willingness to work in a group, good communication skills in English

Maximum number of participants
20

Participation fee 
€ 640,– (reduced € 480,–)

Drawing on a background in theatre, music, choreography and performance, Phila Bergmann and Thea Reifler developed a curatorial approach that reflects movement in exhibition spaces as well as within and between communities. For Shedhalle Zurich, they refined this idea towards an inclusive structure hosting different genres, from visual arts to performative practices, and consciously embedding them with surrounding ecosystems and agents as well as in utopian imagination. Considering not only physical and social movement, the concept ProtoZone describes this approach of introducing process as a tool in an art institution, together with new collaboration models.

Phila and Thea invite the participants to a time-space imagined as a ProtoZone. The students will engage in process-based exhibition-making, with their visions, practices and projects. Phila and Thea will share their curatorial work in theatre, music, and visual arts, providing input, collaborative structures, and one-on-one conversations on project developments.