I is for Institute
Welcome to the I is for Institute podcast, hosted by Alex Klein, the Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE’60) Curator at ICA, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In this series you will hear from our colleagues working in contemporary arts organizations around the world about their individual perspectives on the work they are doing to shape and imagine different institutional models. At this critical moment when museums and their infrastructures are being reevaluated, these dialogues highlight pressing concerns for art workers, artists, arts institutions, and their publics. We invite you to follow these ongoing conversations to access the archive at our website iisforinstitute.icaphila.org.
I is for Institute
Episode 6: I is for Institute with Mari Spirito, Executive Director and Curator, Protocinema
October 20, 2022
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Episode 6
In this episode, Mari Spirito, Executive Director, and Curator of Protocinema, a self-described ambulatory and cross-cultural art organization that commissions and presents site-aware art around the world, discusses the complexities of working across geographies and ruminates on the importance of relationship building in the creation of alternative art ecosystems.
Co-hosted by Alex Klein, Dorothy and Stephen R. Weber (CHE ’60) Senior Curator and Pelle Tracey, ICA Curatorial Intern and doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan.