Miguel A. López

During his talk, Miguel A. López will explore nontraditional forms of curatorship. He will discuss a collection of strategies and models rising from localized needs and different ways of sharing resources, knowledge, and space.  

Audiences will also learn about three specific examples of curatorial work that decentralize authority and foster collaborative working models. The first is the Museo Travesti, founded by the late drag queen and philosopher Giuseppe Campuzano, whose collection became a resource for Peru’s trans community. The second is Losing Human Form: A Seismic Image of the 1980s in Latin America, an exhibition developed by Red Conceptualismos del Sur, which was founded by an international group of researchers, artists, and archivists. Losing Human Form, presented at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid in 2012, offers an effective example of collective curation. The third is TEOR/éTica, a nonprofit visual arts organization in San José, Costa Rica, that switched from a centralized leadership structure to a model of collective directorship based on shared responsibility.  

A Q&A will follow the program. 

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From left to right: Giuseppe Campuzano, Museo Travesti del Perú, 2004; public intervention in Lima’s historic center. Miguel A. López, photo courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Perder la forma humana. Una imagen sísmica en los anõs ochenta en América Latina; curated by Red Conceptualismos del Sur; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2012; photo: Joaquín Cortés and Román Lores.