As part of Sarah Theurer’s residency program in Buenos Aires, Theurer gives a talk about her work, curating as programming, and the exhibition as a responsive medium. Theurer delves into her curatorial approach, emphasizing the importance of engaging with local students and exchanging ideas within a different cultural ecosystem.

The talk, titled “Echoes – Curating Beyond the Exhibition”, explores her experiences over the past five years with generative, site-specific, and durational projects. She outlines curatorial methods that shift focus from the art object to the art experience. Key themes include rhythm and sensitivity to sound, which help disentangle curating from a single-voiced selection process and re-invent the curator as a game master.

Following her presentation, attendees reflect on experiential exhibitions, live art in museum spaces, and curating outside the traditional gallery setting.

The talk is a collaboration with the Art Department of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Bio

Sarah Theurer (Berlin, 1988) is a curator and editor specializing in time-based art practices and techno-social entanglements. Since joining Haus der Kunst, Munich in 2020, she has spearheaded ground-breaking exhibitions and actively contributes to discussions on emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, and sound in the exhibition context. Her curatorial practice emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and challenges deterministic thinking to contribute to a transnational transformation in the contemporary arts landscape. She regularly publishes in catalogues and
magazines.