Ronald Kolb
Post-Exhibitionary Practice

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https://oncurating-space.org/games-fights-encounters

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An exhibition and mediation project examining the points of contact and tensions between art and political activism
OnCurating Project Space, Zurich, 7–28 March 2020

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With video works by Paloma Ayala, Baltensperger + Siepert, Daniela Brugger, Luke Ching, Chto Delat, Enar de Dios Rodríguez, Harun Farocki, Jeff Hong, Marc Lee, Yoshinori Niwa, Dima Nechawi, Mohamad Omran, Uriel Orlow, Ursula Palla, Robert Schlicht + Romana Schmalisch, Jonas Staal.

And with participation of the activist and cultural groups: Architecture for Refugees Schweiz, Autonome Schule Zürich, The Creative Memory of The Syrian Revolution, „le peuple qui manque – a people is missing (Kantuta Quiros, Aliocha Imhoff), Love Lazers, Libreria delle Donne, foodwaste.ch/OGG Bern, Progetto Oreste, Stadtlücken, Video Activism, Warsaw Biennale, Who writes his_tory?, The Media Office of Kafranbel.

Curatorial direction and overall organization: Dorothee Richter, Ronald Kolb

Curatorial team: Marco Arrigoni, Alina Baldini, Maya Bamberger, Myriam Boutry, Jose Cáceres, Anastasia Chaguidouline, Gözde Filinta, Giulia Frattini, Beatrice Fontana, Annick Girardier, Arianna Guidi, Salome Gviniashvili, Abongile Gwele, Daniela Hediger, Noémie Jeunet, Nur Kaya, Rafia Kodmani, Ronny Koren, Eveline Mathis, Courtney Meier, Domenico Roberti, Tea Virolainen, Elena Vogiatzi, Noriko Yamakoshi, Patrycja Wojciechowska.

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Games.Fights.Encounters brought artistic practices, activism, and curating into dialogue in response to rising populism, and social inequality. Drawing on Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau’s concept of “chains of equivalence,” the exhibition explored shared political concerns without erasing the differences between artistic and activist practices. It created a plural and productive conflict zone in which diverse positions, urgencies, and possible alliances could encounter one another.