In her lecture, Marie-France Rafael (Zurich University of the Arts) examines how new discursive artistic practices of curating under current socio-technical conditions make specific use of feminist and collective approaches to create reflexive forms of meaning-making and challenge the institutionalized and infrastructural hierarchies in digital archives and exhibitions.

In their lecture, Marina Nething and Alina Fuchte present “nextmuseum.io”, a digital platform for swarm curation in museums. In light of digital transformation and societal changes, the project tests new participatory approaches. It introduces platform development, open calls, and digital experiments. At its core is the question of how swarm intelligence changes curatorial processes and what challenges arise.

In his lecture, Jörg Albrecht introduces “Droste Worlds”, a project at Burg Hülshoff blending physical heritage sites with a digital venue. The speaker defines “curating in digital times“ as distinct from digital curating, rooted in a long durée of digitality. The presentation outlines three propositions: creating access to layered time and text, embracing glitches and bugs in technology, and building environments that challenge established narratives.

In her lecture, Berit Hummel (University of Münster) examines art in public space through the lens of digital access as a form of translation. Drawing on Rosalind Krauss’s “expanded field” and historical debates on sculptural representation, it analyzes contested cases like Richard Serra’s “Tilted Arc” and Olu Oguibe’s “Monument for Strangers and Refugees”. Focusing on works from Skulptur Projekte Münster, she explores how absent or relocated public artworks are mediated through digital platforms, raising questions about the parameters of such translations without resolving their inherent conflicts.