It's an eventful week at Independent Curators International (ICI) with Terry Smith in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev at the New Museum on October 14 and Chus Martínez's Curator's Perspective at The CUNY Graduate Center on October 17, as well as two events at ICI’s Hub: Dialogues in Contemporary Art on October 16 and Exhibitions on Exhibitions on October 18. We then celebrate the arrival of the participants for the fall Curatorial Intensive on October 21 and look forward to Terry Smith's conversation with Jens Hoffmann in San Francisco on October 23. In between talks, visit our website to read the latest DISPATCH by Leeza Ahmady.
TERRY SMITH IN NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO  Sunday, October 14, 2012
The New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002 General Public: $8
Members: $6Tuesday, October 23, 2012
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art
350 Kansas Street
San Francisco, CA 94107 Terry Smith speaks on his new book, Thinking Contemporary Curating, with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director, dOCUMENTA(13), at the New Museum, and with Jens Hoffmann, Director of CCA Wattis Institute, at the Wattis Insitute. Smith will explore the relationships between contemporary art and its wider settings, within a worldview that he believes is characterized above all by its contemporaneity. Purchase a copy of Thinking Contemporary Curating here.
For more information about the events, click here or contact Misa Jeffereis, Public Programs & Research Coordinator, at [email protected].
For more information about the book, click here or contact Mandy Sa, Communications Manager, at [email protected].
DIALOGUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART: TAKE 3  Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7–8:30 PM
ICI Curatorial Hub
401 Broadway, Suite 1620
New York, NY 10013
Independent curator Leeza Ahmady brings together artists John Menick and Yusuf Misdaq in what promises to be yet another invigorating discussion. With very different backgrounds and individual perspectives on artistic activity, both artists have made heartfelt works that are simultaneously process-based, conceptually vigorous, and seamlessly span across mediums: writing, sound, film, and more. The Dialogues in Contemporary Art series is part of an ongoing effort by AhmadyArts to disseminate broader, more thorough knowledge of art communities and artists’ activities both inside and outside of Asia.This event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] with DCA: Part 3 in the subject field.
For more information about this event, click here or contact Misa Jeffereis, Public Programs & Research Coordinator, at [email protected].
CURATOR'S PERSPECTIVE: CHUS MARTÍNEZ  Wednesday, October 17, 7–8:30 PM
The Graduate Center, The Segal Theater
365 Fifth Avenue, New York
The Curator's Perspective series continues with Chus Martínez, Head of Department and Member of Core Agent Group of dOCUMENTA(13), who will also take part in a U.S. tour of the series. The Curator’s Perspective is an itinerant public discussion series that features international curators who distill current happenings in contemporary art, including the artists they are excited by, exhibitions that have made them think and their views on recent developments in the art world.This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected] with Chus Martínez in the subject field.
For more information on this Curator's Perspective, click here and for more on the Fall Curator's Perspective series contact Misa Jeffereis, Public Programs & Research Coordinator, at [email protected].
EXHIBITIONS ON EXHIBITIONS Thursday, October 18, 2012, 6:30–8 PM
ICI Curatorial Hub
401 Broadway, Suite 1620
New York, NY 10013
As ICI and Hans Ulrich Obrist prepare to celebrate 20 years of do it next year, with an upcoming publication and exhibition that will present the history of this landmark project, curators Kari Conte and Florence Ostende will use the documentation of this “exhibition in progress” as the starting point for a discussion on exhibition histories and the rise of self-reflexive exhibitions. Started in 1993, do it employs an open curatorial format questioning the traditional definition of an exhibition as an event limited to a specific time and space. This event is free and open to the public, though seating is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] with Exhibitions on Exhibitions in the subject field.
For more information about this event click here or contact Misa Jeffereis, Public Programs & Research Coordinator, at [email protected].
For more information about do it, click here.
WELCOME FALL 2012 CURATORIAL INTENSIVE
PARTICIPANTS & FACULTY  Curating Beyond Exhibition-MakingProgram Dates: October 21–30, 2012
We welcome the participants of the Fall 2012 Curatorial Intensive program: Deena Chalabi (New York), Jennifer Davis (Toronto, Canada), Shlomit Dror (New York), Emily Garner (Massachusetts), Pablo Guardiola (San Francisco), Olga Sureda Guasch (Berlin, Germany), Maiza Hixson (Delaware), Fatima Hussain (Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan), Georgie Meagher (Sydney, Australia), Anne Reeve (Washington, D.C.), Rosana Sancin (Ljublijana, Slovenia and Lisbon, Portugal), Eric Golo Stone (Los Angeles), Fatos Ustek (London, UK), Didem Yazici (Frankfurt, Germany), Vanini Belarmino (Berlin, Germany and Singapore).
This intensive is developed in collaboration with Dominic Willsdon, Curator of Education and Public Programs, SFMoMA, program faculty include Luis Camnitzer, artist; Pablo Helguera, Director of Adult and Academic Programs, MoMA; Sarah Hromack, Head of Digital Media, Whitney Museum of American Art; Anthony Huberman, Director, The Artist's Institute; Brian Kuan Wood, Editor, e-flux journal; Carin Kuoni, Director, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School; Chus Martínez, Head of Department, Core Agent Group, dOCUMENTA(13); Sina Najafi, Editor-in-Chief, Cabinet Magazine; Sofía Olascoaga, independent curator and educator; and Sally Tallant, Artistic Director, Liverpool Biennial. Related Event: Join the Curatorial Intensive participants for a roundtable discussion with Anthony Huberman, Chus Martínez, Sally Tallant, and Dominic Willsdon, moderated by Kate Fowle. Click here for more information.
For more information about this iteration of the Curatorial Intensive, click here or contact Kimberly Kitada, Curatorial Intensive Associate at [email protected].
DISPATCH: LEEZA AHMADY  Mud to Concrete: A Report On My City
After countless years, independent curator Leeza Ahmady, returned to Kabul, Afghanistan twice in 2012 through her role as a dOCUMENTA (13) Agent. Bearing witness to the wide array of Afghan art and cultural production, Ahmady shares her reflections and inquiries about current realities, historical relationships, and possible futures for visual and performing arts, film, music, and historical preservation. This DISPATCH offers an insightful glimpse into the many exciting artistic initiatives in Kabul with the aim of inspiring further, deeper engagement and research by others.
Read the first installment of this DISPATCH here or contact Misa Jeffereis, Public Programs & Research Coordinator, at [email protected] for more information.
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ICI PICKSThe California College of the Arts is looking for a Director of the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art. Applicants are invited to submit a letter of interest, resume and contact information for three professional references. Contact [email protected] for more information.
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ICI PICKSSpring Workshop in Hong Kong welcomes MAP Office for a series of readings, conversations, and performances; and New York composer Michael Friedman for a month-long residency where he will investigate Hong Kong culture, practices, and politics. Learn more about Spring Workshop here.
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