Ronald Kolb
Post-Exhibitionary Practice

Postgraduate Programme in Curating 2021–22


2021–22
Co-Head
ZHdK Zurich


Annual curricula co-developed and co-taught with Dorothee Richter.

Each study year combined theoretical seminars and collective readings with the collaborative development of exhibitions, publications, conferences, Summer Schools, and workshops.


2021–22 — Commons and Commoning in the Exhibitionary Complex
Curriculum exploring commons and commoning as artistic, curatorial, and educational practices within the exhibitionary complex. Readings included Donna Haraway, George Caffentzis, Lauren Berlant, Silvia Federici, Anna Tsing, and James Clifford. The programme culminated in the shared exhibition Compost—The Open Bin (Composting Knowledge) and the Summer School and public talk series Commoning Curatorial and Artistic Education, organised as part of documenta fifteen’s CAMP notes on education in Kassel. The related research was published in OnCurating, Issue 54: Commoning Curatorial and Artistic Practices—documenta fifteen.