Curating today can be many things, as proved by a good deal of literature on the subject.

In her professional practice, Kyiv-based, temporary Vienna-relocated Lizaveta German has tested many of those “manies”. Curating is an adventure, Lizaveta believes. Especially if you dare to choose a free-lancer’s path in Ukraine. In her statement, Lizaveta will speak about her most recent experience of producing new exhibitions, including the Ukrainian pavilion at the 59th International Exhibition–La Biennale di Venezia, and of different ways to support Ukrainian artists in times of war. Curating comes from latin curare, which means to care. It seems like a good time to restore the true meaning of this word.

Long moments, seemingly incidental discoveries and situations between facts and fictions about everyday life, geopolitical events and art are often the starting point of Klaus Schafler’s artistic as well as curatorial projects. In simultaneity he works in changing roles, between his own artistic practice, in temporary collectives, and since September 2022 also as the director of an art institution, the Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna.