A multitude of practices and formats traditionally remain unseen prior to the opening of an exhibition. “Format,” part 1 of “Institution Building”, makes visible what is usually hidden: maintenance, installation, inventories, fire-escape routes, schedules, budgets, organigrams—understanding them as productive and creative tools for an institution in transformation.
With contributions by Atelier Kanal (noArchitecten, Sergison Bates architects, EM2N), Thomas Bayrle, Laurent Busine / Mundaneum – Maurice-Karel Heymans / Léonard Homez / Paul Otlet / Wouter Van Acker, Simon Denny / Linda Kantchev, Jean Glibert, Victor Horta , Alfred Ledent, Lesley Lokko / African Futures Institute, Amelyn Ng, Hila Peleg, Dennis Pohl / Bouwcentrum-Cegos, Hilary Sample, Harald Szeemann, Oriol Vilanova
TALKS I 02.09.2021 - 19:00
Laurent Busine & Wouter Van Acker: Mundaneum by Paul Otlet
Aslı Çiçek: Exhibition as Format
Dennis Pohl: Diagram Architecture for the European Council
PODCASTS
Simon Denny
Lesley Lokko
Hilary Sample
Vikramaditya Prakash