Stedelijk Museum Annual Report 2012

situation in the countries participants had visited, such as Greece, Macedonia, and
Egypt.
Feb. 22
Mar. 13
Apr. 24
May 15
Stedelijk @ Sonic Acts Festival
For the biennial multimedia Sonic Acts Festival, the Stedelijk organized several
master classes and a keynote speech around the theme Traveling Time, or how the
notion of time influences contemporary art practices.
Feb. 20–23
Feb. 23
Sonic Acts Master Classes: Catherine Christer Hennix, Peter
Kubelka, Olaf Nicolai, Pauline Oliveros, and Tino Sehgal
“No Time Is There”: George Dyson
Stedelijk @ Universiteit van Amsterdam
In collaboration with long-term partner University of Amsterdam, the Stedelijk
organized the international symposium Marx and Aesthetics. The symposium
discussed how Marx formulated aesthetic philosophy and how contemporary
scholars, artists and critics have incorporated his thinking into their (artistic)
practice.
May 10–13
Marx and Aesthetics: Milena Bonilla (artist), Clint Burnham (Simon
Fraser University, Vancouver), Terrell Carver (University of Bristol),
Phil Collins (artist), Chto Delat (artist), Zachary Formwalt (artist),
Josef Früchtl (University of Amsterdam), Rainer Ganahl (artist),
Boris Groys (New York University), Jochen Hörisch (Universität
Mannheim), Sven Lütticken (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam), Pedro
Reyes (artist), Kristin Ross (New York University), Kati Röttger
(University of Amsterdam), Helmar Schramm (Freie Universität,
Berlin), Ruth Sonderegger (Akademe der Bildenden Künste,
Vienna), Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver), and
others.
Stedelijk @ SMBA
In 2012, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) the project space of the
Stedelijk, brought the multi-year Project 1975 to completion. To conclude the
project, the Stedelijk joined up with SMBA to host the large-scale symposium titled
The Postcolonial Exhibition. Invited speakers from all over the world reflected on
how postcolonial theory—as developed by Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri
Spivak—shapes contemporary curatorial practice today, whether such a thing as a
postcolonial exhibition can actually exist.
May 25
The Postcolonial Exhibition: Elena Sorokina (art historian and
curator), Jelle Bouwhuis (curator, SMBA), Johannes Fabian
(anthropologist), Anke Bangma (curator, Tropenmuseum), B (artist),
Chris Dercon (director, Tate Modern), Kofi Setordji (the Nubuke
Foundation, Accra), What, How and for Whom (WHW; curatorial
collective), Abdellah Karroum (L’Appartement 22, Rabat), Jesús
María Carrillo Castillo (head of cultural programs, Museo Reina
Sofia), Irit Rogoff (Goldsmiths, University of London)
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