Harald Szeemann, had very early in time warned us when saying in his “Plateau of
Humankind” in 2001: “Who is going to stop the superficial glittering of the biennials
if not the Biennale of Venice?”. Of course, on his position of Venice Director, he said
that to be to Venice’s advantage, but if we read the sentence more deeply, we can
see that he intended to stress that a biennial (each one of the many ones!) must
vouch for an interpretation as correct as possible in real time and that its chief
curator must guarantee an answer to that. Mr. Szeeman vouched for this: after
heavy criticism of his “When attitude becomes form” exhibition in 1969 he quit the
Kunsthalle Bern. That guides us directly to my second note.
But before that, here is the first question ending my note one: even if completely
conditioned by the impossibility of having now eagle eyes (and general information)
upon the huge contemporary artistic production, how can we assume again the
responsibility of pronouncing sensed interpretations of the artistic phenomena?
Note 2. On Risk-taking Curator Versus Risk-sharing Team
In The Herald Tribune’s obituary of Harald Szeemann by Roberta Smith, February
26th, 2005 we read: “[…] Szeemann was often said to be the first independent, or
freelance, curator. He invented the curator as art star, a globe-trotting, deal-
making, usually male impresario of large-scale exhibitions that bore the imprint of a
single vision and succeeded or failed on the strength of site-specific works executed
especially for the show.”
That means in our discourse: at the time it was still clear, in the exact time of the
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Harald Szeemann, 2001’deki “‹nsanl›k Platosu”nda flu sözleri söyledicurrency1inde, bizi
önceden uyarm›flt›: “Bienallerin yüzeysel par›lt›s›n› Venedik Bienali decurrency1il de kim
durduracak?” Venedik Bienali Direktörü olarak onun konumunda biri, tabii ki bunu
Venedik’in yarar›na söylemiflti. Ancak cümleyi daha derinlemesine okuducurrency1umuzda,
bir bienalin (birçok bienalin her birinin) gerçek zamanda olabildicurrency1ince docurrency1ru bir
yoruma kefil olmas› ve bafl küratörünün buna bir yan›t güvencesi vermesi
gerekticurrency1inin alt›n› çizmeyi amaçlad›currency1›n› görebiliriz. Bay Szeeman, bunun
güvenilirlicurrency1ini sacurrency1lad›: 1969’daki “Tav›rlar biçime dönüflünce” sergisinin acurrency1›r bir
flekilde elefltirilmesinden sonra, Kunsthalle Bern’deki görevinden istifa etti. Bu da
bizi docurrency1rudan ikinci notuma yönlendiriyor.
Fakat bunun öncesinde, birinci notumu sonland›ran ilk soru: devasa çacurrency1dafl sanatsal
üretime iliflkin flimdilerde çok keskin gözlere (ve genel bilgiye) sahip olman›n
olanaks›zl›currency1› alt›nda tamamen koflulland›r›lm›fl olmam›za racurrency1men, sanatsal
görüngünün duyarl› yorumlar›n› dillendirme sorumlulucurrency1unu yeniden nas›l
üstlenebiliriz?
Not 2: Risk Alan Küratöre Karfl› Riski Paylaflan Ekip Üzerine
The Herald Tribune’un, Harald Szeemann için Roberta Smith taraf›ndan 26 fiubat
2005’te haz›rlanan ölüm ilan›nda flunu okuduk: “[…] Szeemann s›kl›kla ilk bacurrency1›ms›z
veya serbest çal›flan küratör olarak an›l›rd›. O, küratörü; sanat y›ld›z› olarak, gezgin,
anlaflma yapan, tekil bir görüflün bask›s›n› docurrency1uran ve özellikle gösteri için
uygulanan mekana has ifllerin gücüne göre baflar›l› veya baflar›s›z olan, büyük
çaptaki sergilerin genellikle erkek menejeri olarak keflfetti.”
– Bu bizim söylemimizde flu anlama geliyor: o zaman hala belirgindi, tam serginin
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