THOUGHT EXHIBITION research project, UCPH: expert interviews, transcripts

Semi-guided expert interviews conducted by Daniel Irrgang, with protagonists associated/involved with the “Thought Exhibitions” at ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (DE). Research Project: “Thought Exhibition: The significance of Bruno Latour's art exhibition concept for his work and as a model for art institutions” Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, project code: EC/H2020/101028379 Interviewees: - Alexandra Arènes, Soheil Hajmirbaba (video call via Zoom, March 7, 2023, CET) - Marie-Claire Pierret (video call via Zoom, March 24, 2023, CET) - Lívia Nolasco-Rozsas (Berlin [DE], June 28, 2024, CET) - Martin Guinard-Terrin (video call via Zoom, June 18, 2024, CET) Project abstract: The research project investigates the concept of “thought exhibition” (TE), a curatorial approach developed by Bruno Latour (BL) and Peter Weibel during four exhibitions at ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe (Germany). The project will gain new insights into Latour’s work in philosophy and STS by demonstrating the significance of TEs for this work. It will also provide a conceptual framework for the role of the arts in facilitating engaging narratives on ecologically/socially critical issues. In particular, the project will investigate Latour’s concepts of “hybrids”, artefacts which cannot be put distinctively in categories of nature or culture, transgressing the dualistic distinctions, and of “compositionism”, a relational way of juxtaposing objects and actors in the exhibition space.