Organised by Friederike Schäfer, Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters" in cooperation with Mateo Chacón Pino (University of Kassel/documenta Institut).

Following two workshops and three public lectures (for recordings see below), the Working Group "Exhibition Ecologies" is meeting for a three-day workshop to consolidate their discussions on developing suitable methodologies and theories to address the intricate intersection of exhibitions and ecologies, focusing on aesthetics, epistemologies, infrastructures, and ideologies.

The workshop will also serve to advance plans for expanding the working group into an international research network of scholars dedicated to this topic.

As a first result, an edited volume on "Exhibition Ecologies" is forthcoming with De Gruyter in 2026.

Current Members of the Working Group:

Dr. Friederike Schäfer (Freie Universität Berlin/EXC 2020, initiator)
Mateo Chacón Pino (University of Kassel/documenta Institut, initiator)
Dr. Linn Burchert (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich)
Dr. Lee Chichester (Ruhr University Bochum)
Dr. Regine Ehleiter (University of Münster)
Dr. Michael Klipphahn-Karge (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich)
Magali Wagner (University of Bern/SNF project "Mediating the Ecological Imperative: Formats and Modes of Engagement")

Critical Friends:

Dr. Hannah Baader (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz)
Prof. Dr. Shannon Jackson (University of California, Berkeley)
Prof. Dr. Liliana Gómez (University of Kassel/documenta Institut)
Dr. Maria Bremer (Ruhr University Bochum)
Isabelle Lindermann (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
Dr. Fiona McGovern (Ruhr University Bochum)

Video recordings of previous public lectures are now available on the documenta Institut's YouTube channel:
Dr. Hannah Baader: Exhibition Ecologies – Exhibiting Ecologies: Some Considerations (27 February 2025)
Prof. Dr. Shannon Jackson: Fragile Ecologies Across Aesthetics and Politics (28 February 2025)