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Positioning symposium - A Symposium on Curatorial Learning in the Nordic-Baltic Region and Beyond

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Culture and languages

PUBLICS expands the activities of The Centre for Curatorial Thinking by co-hosting the second in a series of four annual, interrelated, and cooperative symposia—spanning Curatorial Thinking, Learning, Instituting, and Collaborating—and explores the importance of public discourse across Finland, the Nordic-Baltic region, and beyond. In this second symposium, we collectively reflect on the relationship between learning, curatorial thinking, exhibitionary practices, and discourses of the curatorial.

Seminar
Date
11 Nov 2026 - 12 Nov 2026
Location
Vasagatan 50, Gothenburg

Positioning gathers past and present approaches, knowledges, and critiques within practices of the curatorial. In doing so, the symposium creates a space for dialogue between local and international contemporary art scenes and their practitioners to generate new opportunities for artists, curators and cultural workers in the Nordic-Baltic region.

Positioning at HDK-Valand with the Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary (CAPIm), is convened by Nick Aikens and Seda Yıldız and centers artistic practice. 

Schedule  

11 November - HDK-Valand (Glasshouse) 

13.30-14.00 Arrival / Coffee  
14.00-14.30 Welcome notes: PUBLICS / HDK-Valand 
14.30-15.00 Position Paper by Celine Condorelli  
15.00-15.30 Position Paper by Raimundas Malašauskas  
15.30-16.00 Moderator / respondent: Mick Wilson  
16.30 – 17.30 Panel Discussions / For the Record presentations  
Marianna Feher, Adriana Munõz, Nick Aikens, Andris Brinkmanis, 
17.30 – 18.00 Moderator Nkule Mabaso, Respondent with Final Word Marti Manen
18.15 - 19.00 Listening session: Onkar Kular (Black box room) 
Dinner & Reception (Reception)

12 November - HDK-Valand (Bio Valand and Glasshouse) 

9.00 - 9.15 Welcome notes (Bio Valand) 
9.15 - 10.45 Dora Garcia screening (Bio Valand) 
11.00 - 11.30 Position Paper by Dora Garcia (Bio Valand) 
11.30 - 12.00 Position Paper by Urgent Pedagogies - Magnus Ericson & Pelin Tan (Bio Valand) 
12.00-12.30 Moderator / Respondent: Emiliano (Bio Valand) 
Lunch (Glasshouse) 
13.30 - 14.30 Panel Discussions / For the Record presentations Rana Issa, Irfan Hošić, Seda Yıldız, Jason E. Bowman (Glasshouse) 
14.30 - 15.00 Moderator Maddie Leach, Respondent with Final Word Paul O’Neill (Glasshouse)