Curating Degree Zero Archive in Cork

West Cork Arts Centre
Skibbereen, Ireland

15. MARCH – 19. APRIL 2008

On the invitation of Ann Davoren, director of the West Cork Arts Centre, the artist, educator and curator Mick Wilson organised the exhibition, in relation to his work with the Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media in Dublin.
The archive was displayed in a straightforward manner and visitors also encountered audio recordings of specially conducted interviews with a selected number of curators and arts practitioners.

The Arts Centre hosted the seminar entitled “Talking Curators: Reviewing 10 Years of Curatorial Discourse”, an afternoon of presentations and debate chaired by Mick Wilson. The seminar featured contributions from Paul O Neill, Mike Fitzpatrick, Aisling Prior, Georgina Jackson and Pippa Little.


The archive was displayed in a straightforward manner and visitors also encountered audio recordings of specially conducted interviews with a selected number of curators and arts practitioners.

The Arts Centre hosted the seminar entitled “Talking Curators: Reviewing 10 Years of Curatorial Discourse”, an afternoon of presentations and debate chaired by Mick Wilson. The seminar featured contributions from Paul O Neill, Mike Fitzpatrick, Aisling Prior, Georgina Jackson and Pippa Little.

Documentation of the archive’s presence in Skibbereen can be found at: https://gradcam.ie/cdz Curating Degree Zero was launched by Dorothee Richter and Barnaby Drabble to research, present and discuss changes in the practice of freelance curators, artist-curators, new-media curators and curatorial collaborations. Beginning in 1998 with a three-day symposium and an ensuing publication, the project went on to build an expanding archive about these practices. Between 2003 and 2008 the archive toured to 17 venues, where it was displayed, used and accompanied by a programme of live events and discussions.
Participants
Arts Initiative Tokyo (JP)
Rosanne Altstatt (USA)
Amasté (E, Basque Country)
Artlab (UK)
Anthony Auerbach (UK)
B+B (UK)
Marius Babias (D)
Basekamp (USA)
Ute Meta Bauer (D/USA)
Lorenzo Benedetti (ITA)
Tobias Berger (D, Hong Kong)
Ursula Biemann (CH)
Beatrice Von Bismarck (D)
Blok (HRV)
Lionel Bovier (CH)
Tim Brennan (UK)
c a l c (E)
camouflage (BE)
Ele Carpenter (UK)
Daniela Cascella (ITA)
Vaari Claffey (IR)
Barbara Clausen (A)
consonni (E)
Copenhagen Free University (DK)
CRUMB (UK)
Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann (D)
D.A.E (E)
Catherine David (F)
Joshua Decter (A)
Clémentine Deliss (UK)
Claire Doherty (UK)
Barnaby Drabble (UK, CH)
Sergio Edelsztein (IL)
Eichelmann, Faiers & Rust (UK)
EIPCP (A)
Octavian Esanu (Mo)
Jacob Fabricius (DK)
Elena Filipovic (BE)
Fiteiro Cultural (BR, CH)
Freee (UK)
Mark Garry (IE)
Sönke Gau (D/CH)
Catalin Gheorghe (RO)
GMK (HRV)
David Goldenberg (UK)
Horst Griese (D)
Frederikke Hansen (DK, D)
Kent Hansen (DK)
Maria Hlavajova (NL)
Justin Hoffmann (D)
Manray Hsu (TW/D)
Andrew Hunt (UK)
Per Hüttner (SW, F)
Instant Coffee (CA)
International 3 (UK)
K&K (D)
Christoph Keller (D)
Alexander Koch (D)
Annette Kosak (CH)
Holger Kube Ventura (D)
Kuda.org (SP)
Kuratorisk Aktion (D/DK)
Daniel Kurjakovic (CH)
Simon Lamuniere (CH)
Kelly Large (UK)
Maria Lind (SW)
Locus + (UK)
Chus Martinez (E)
Bernd Milla (D)
Elke aus dem Moore (D)
Nina Möntmann (D)
Heike Munder (D/CH)
Lise Nellemann (DK, D)
Tone Olaf Nielsen (DK)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (CH/F/UK)
NEID (D)
Paul O’Neill (UK)
Marion von Osten (D)
Sarah Pierce/The Metropolitan Complex (US/IR)
Planet22 (CH)
Tadej Pogacar (SL)
Prelom (SP)
Aisling Prior (IR)
Protoacademy (UK)
Catherine Queloz (CH)
Reinigungsgesellschaft (D)
RELAX (CH)
Dorothee Richter (D/CH)
Maria Riskova (SL)
Stella Rollig (A)
Sabine Schaschl-Cooper (CH)
Annette Schindler (CH)
Katharina Schlieben (D/CH)
Eva Schmidt (D)
Trebor Scholz (USA)
Marco Scotini (ITA)
Yukiko Shikata (JP)
Nathalie Boseul Shin (KR)
Gregory Sholette (USA)
Joshua Simon (IL)
Lisette Smits (NL)
Reinhard Storz (CH)
Bettina Steinbrügge (D)
Szuper Gallery (UK/D)
Toasting Agency (F)
TNC Network (F)
Attila Tordai (RO)
Trinity Session (SA)
Mark Tribe (USA)
Unwetter (D)
Value (CH)
Sencer Vardaman (TR/D)
Yvonne Volkart (CH)
Stevan Vukovic (SR)
Gavin Wade (UK)
Florian Waldvogel (D)
Cristine Wang (USA)
Astrid Wege (D)
Lee Welch (IR/USA)
What, How and for Whom / WHW (HR)
Jan Van Woensel (BE/USA)
Ina Wudtke (D)
Florian Wüst (D)
Tirdad Zolghadr (CH, IR, D)
Tal Ben Zvi (IL)