How can museums and institutions
deal with the continuities of Nazism in the 21st century? This anthology – the volume 7 of the publication series
curating. ausstellungstheorie & praxis
– is dedicated to curatorial formats and strategies that address mechanisms of repression and denial of Nazi history.
The contributions analyze the normalization of fascist aesthetics and discourses. They position themselves within new debates
about the politics of memory, seek ways to confront histories of violence, and reflect on contexts and projects in museums,
universities, and public spaces.
What role does memory play in curatorial projects that confront the tendency to
ignore or dismiss Austria’s Nazi past? Do we deal with the topic in order not to have to deal with it? Or do we confront it
in order to confront the continuities in the present?
With contributions by
Louise Beckershaus,
Stefan Benedik, Ramesch Daha, Veronika Floch, Markus Fösl, Ina Friedmann, Julia Friedrich, Martina Genetti, Martina Griesser-Stermscheg,
Leon Kahane, Christian Klösch, Angela Koch, Jakob Krameritsch, Laura Langeder, Sophie Lillie, Inge Manka, Michaela Melián,
Eva Meran, Ursula Mindler-Steiner, Simon Nagy, Ljiljana Radonić, Bernadette Reinhold, Dirk Rupnow, Hemma Schmutz, Karin Schneider,
Monika Sommer, Ruth Sonderegger, Nora Sternfeld, Julia Voss, Arye Wachsmuth, Anselm Wagner, Franz Wanner, Mirjam Zadoff, Luisa
Ziaja
Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Institute of Conservation, University of Applied Arts
Vienna
Nora Sternfeld, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (HFBK)
Monika Sommer,
House of Austrian History, Vienna
Luisa Ziaja, Belvedere, Vienna
The series curating. austtellungstheorie
& praxis is edited by Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, Christine Haupt-Stummer, Renate Höllwart, Beatrice Jaschke, Monika
Sommer, Nora Sternfeld, and Luisa Ziaja. All editors are members of the association schnittpunkt. austellungstheorie &
praxis, an extra-institutional network for actors in the museum and exhibition field. Together they are directors and teachers
of /ecm - educating/curating/making. Study Programme for Exhibition Theory & Practice at the University of Applied Arts
Vienna.
All volumes of the series curating. ausstellungstheorie & praxis:
Volume 7:
Nicht
einfach ausstellen – Kuratorische Formate und Strategien im Postnazismus (2025)
Volume 6:
Widersprüche
– Kuratorisch handeln zwischen Theorie und Praxis (2023)
Volume 5:
Sich
mit Sammlungen anlegen – Gemeinsame Dinge und alternative Archive (2020)
Volume 4:
Gegenöffentlichkeit
organisieren – Kritisches Management im Kuratieren (2019)
Volume 3:
Das
radikaldemokratische Museum (2018)
Volume 2:
Kuratieren
als antirassistische Praxis (2017) / Curating
as Anti-Racist Practice (2018)
Volume 1:
Gegen
den Stand der Dinge – Objekte in Museen und Ausstellungen (2016)
BOOK PRESENTATION
Nicht einfach ausstellen was presented to the public on November 28, 2024, at Flux 1, University of Applied
Arts Vienna.
Welcome
Petra Schaper Rinkel, Rector, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Insights into the book
Martina Griesser-Stermscheg, ecm team and Professor of Restoration and Conservation,
University of Applied Arts Vienna &
Renate Höllwart, graphic design
Discussion of present challenges
Monika Sommer, Nora Sternfeld and Luisa Ziaja, ecm team
Moderation
Beatrice Jaschke, ecm
team
An event by the Publications Department in collaboration with the editors
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