Lecture Series, Winter Semester 2026/27
Research Station on Lutherplatz
The TRACESlecture series is intended as an open forum for exchange between the university, the art academy and the general public. The invited speakers were selected in close consultation with lecturers from the university and the Kassel Art Academy, and each talk is linked to specific courses.
National and international guests from the fields of fine art, design, exhibition practice, theatre, art history and curatorial theory will provide insights into their working methods, research questions and perspectives on exhibition practice. This creates a transdisciplinary programme that brings together different approaches and positions and stimulates discussion on exhibition practice in its many and varied forms.
All lectures take place on Tuesdays at 6.00 pm at the TRACES Research Station on Lutherplatz. Admission is free. All interested parties are warmly welcome.
Dates:
20 October 2026, 6.00 pm
Anna Schimkat
Mit dem Raum hören. Über Klang, Öffentlichkeit und die Politik des Hörens [Listening to Space: On Sound, the Public Sphere, and the Politics of Listening]
Invited by Klasse Slotawa
27 October 26, 6.00 pm
Marissa Lee Benedict & David Ruether
Organizational Fictions. An Artist Talk on Scores for Infrastructures and Bureaucracies
Invited by Mi You as part of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Worlds of Raw Materials—Cultures in Transition”
3 November 26, 6.00 pm
Hanna Krüger
As if the world were otherwise. Spekulative Modelle, Ausstellungen und das Kuratorische [Speculative Models, Exhibitions, and Curatorial Practice]
Invited by the Department of Exhibition Design
10 November 26, 6.00 pm
Friederike Daumiller
Zwischen Inhalt und Raum. Über das Gestalten von Ausstellungen [Between Content and Space. On the Design of Exhibitions]
Invited by the Department of Design of Textile Products
17 November 26, 6.00 pm
Maral Müdok
Collecting and Exhibiting an Active Archive: Chronicles of First-Generation Female Workers in Germany
Invited by Vallejos-de Bruijne Klasse